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These Maps Show Every Country’s Most Valuable Exports

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Samantha Grossman     May 21, 2014 Find out which products make the most money across the globe Ever wonder what exports ultimately bring in the most money around the world? For many countries, it’s obviously oil, but for others, commodities ranging from soybeans to opium to diamonds bring in the most cash. To visualize this information, GlobalPost  gathered data  from the CIA Factbook to determine each nation’s highest valued export, and then created a series of maps. See the results broken down by region: CORRECTION: This map incorrectly identifies Mexico’s most valuable export. It is manufactured goods.

2people1life: For 66th wedding ceremony, UK couple choose Karachi

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2people1life dot com  Photo by: Ayesha Mir Published: May 28, 2014 Alex and Lisa, a UK-based couple, celebrated their 66th wedding ceremony at a house in Karachi on Monday evening. With marigolds, roses and mithai, the couple enjoyed a thoroughly traditional ceremony. PHOTOS: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS KARACHI:  If this adventurous couple from the UK wanted a Pakistani wedding, they surely got one — complete with late arrivals, rickshaws, dhol walas and, of course, gunshots. Alex and Lisa were in Karachi this weekend to have their 66th wedding ceremony. The idea to have a wedding in Pakistan’s port city came about purely by chance. The couple entered the country on their way to India, after having a ceremony in Iran. As they were driving their trusted camper van, Peggy, through Nushki district in Balochistan, its axle broke and they were stranded. The couple had to stay in Quetta for nearly a week to wait for the car parts to arrive from the United States. The...