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Speech by Mr Ardian Fullani, Governor of the Bank of Albania, at the reception for the bankers amp; representatives of banks operating in Albania, organized by the Albanian Assoc. of Banks, on the occasion of the closing year 2008, Tirana, 18 December 2008.

Remarks by Dr Tarisa Watanagase, Governor of the Bank of Thailand, at the HKMA Distinguished Lecture, Hong Kong, 16 December 2008.

Speech by Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, at the convocation of the Institute of Business Management, Karachi, 6 December 2008.

Keynote guest address by His Excellency Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain, at the FundForum Middle East 2008: quot;Building a Sound Framework for the Fund Management Industryquot;, Manama, 2 December 2008.

Opening and closing remarks by Mr Yandraduth Googoolye, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mauritius, at the working session at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Indian Bank#39;s Assoc. Conference, Mumbai, 7 November 2008.

Speech by Dr Kenny H Kalyalya, Deputy Governor-Operations of the Bank of Zambia; at the opening of Standard Chartered Bank Zambia Solwezi Branch, Solwezi, 10 December 2008.

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Speech by Dr Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, at the Bankers#39; Club, Kolkata, 10 December 2008.

Presentation by Mr Mugur Isarescu, Governor of the National Bank of Romania, on the occasion of the session organised by the Romanian Academy on quot;The Euro Adoption Strategy and the International Financial Crisisquot;, Bucharest, 2 October 2008.

Inaugural plenary address by His Excellency Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain, at the 15th World Islamic Banking Conference 2008, Manama, 24 November 2008.

Address by His Excellency Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain, at the BCCI Seminar quot;Impact of the Current Global Financial Crisis on Bahrain#39;s Economyquot;, Manama, 18 November 2008.

Address by Mr Yandraduth Googoolye, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mauritius, at the Financial Stability Institute, World Bank and International Monetary Fund Seminar, hosted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, 5 November 2008.

Remarks by Dr Kenny H Kalyalya, Deputy Governor-Operations of the Bank of Zambia; at the official opening of Bank of China#39;s new premises, Lusaka, 9 December 2008.

Speech by Mr Christian Noyer, Governor of the Bank of France, at a round table discussion at the University of Paris-Dauphine, Paris, 11 December 2008.

Speech by Mr Ben S Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, at the Fifth ECB Central Banking Conference quot;The Euro at Ten: Lessons and Challengesquot;, Frankfurt am Main, 14 November 2008.

Comments by Professor Axel A Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the Fifth ECB Central Banking Conference quot;The Euro at Ten: Lessons and Challengesquot;, Frankfurt am Main, 13 November 2008.

Speech by Mr Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, at the Fifth ECB Central Banking Conference quot;The Euro at Ten: Lessons and Challengesquot;, Frankfurt am Main, 14 November 2008.

Speech by Mr Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, at the Fifth ECB Central Banking Conference quot;The Euro at Ten: Lessons and Challengesquot;, Frankfurt am Main, 13 November 2008.

Speech by Mr Andras Simor, Governor of Magyar Nemzeti Bank (the central bank of Hungary), for the panel at the Fifth ECB Central Banking Conference quot;The Euro at Ten: Lessons and Challengesquot;, Frankfurt am Main, 14 November 2008.