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WELLINGTON Jack Conklin Titans Jersey , July 11 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand and Australian tourism ministers are hoping for a visitor boom by allowing international visitors attending the Cricket World Cup next year to need just one visa for both countries.

Ministers of both countries met in Melbourne Friday to discuss how the two host countries could maximize the tourism opportunities stemming from the tournament.

Fourteen cities across Australia and New Zealand will host 49 ICC Cricket World Cup matches over February and March, with the first semi-final to be played at Auckland's Eden Park and the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 29.

Seven New Zealand cities would host World Cup games, and the government would work with Australia to capitalize on the tourism and other economic benefits of staging the event, New Zealand Associate Tourism Minister Todd McClay said in a statement from his office.

"The integrated visa process will make it easier for fans to follow their teams and catch all the action as well experience the many tourist offerings in both countries," said McClay.

Australian Federal Tourism Minister Andrew Robb said the streamlined visa arrangements would allow tourists to freely move between Australia and New Zealand for the World Cup.

"This is a major international sporting event which will bring major benefits for our tourism and hospitality sectors Jonnu Smith Titans Jersey ," Robb said in the statement.

The agreement for a single visa under Australian rules was first announced by the two prime ministers in February in what was seen as a possible precursor to a permanent single visa agreement.

However, a joint report from the two countries' productivity commissions in May concluded that a "trans-Tasman tourist visa" for citizens from elsewhere "would present a number of challenges, given significant visa systems and security differences."

Further work would be required to assess the visa waiver arrangements in both countries and whether the benefits of implementing a trans-Tasman visa would outweigh the costs, it said.

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Given the single-minded fervor with which fans follow their -favorite teams, it stands to reason that the topics of religion and sports often find themselves in the same conversation. Just ask Seattle -Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.

Last week Taywan Taylor Titans Jersey , Wilson gave an interview during which he explained his last-minute interception that essentially handed February's Super Bowl trophy to the New England -Patriots. Wilson claimed that as he walked off the field, ""God says to me, 'I'm using you … I want to see how you respond.'""

This will probably come as a surprise to Seahawks fans, most of whom blamed the interception not on divine -intervention, but instead on an inexplicably bone-headed play call. Patriots fans who -worship at the altar of Bill Belichick's coaching acumen Adoree' Jackson Titans Jersey , on the other hand, -credited a sound -defensive strategy for the play.

Wilson's religious reference - particularly the implication that some type of divine being is heavily invested in something as seemingly trivial as a football game - will no doubt make many mainstream sports fans uncomfortable. Those -people will dismiss Wilson's comment as ridiculous or fanatical.

Especially because while many athletes publicly thank God after inspiring wins, most conveniently forget to mention Him after losses.

That seems less off-putting than hypocritical. But give -Wilson credit for responding in the exact same manner to the most disheartening loss of his career as he did to his most uplifting win - the Seahawks' miraculous, come-from-behind win over the Green Bay Packers two weeks earlier.

""That's God setting it up, to make it so dramatic Corey Davis Titans Jersey , so -rewarding, so special,"" Wilson said in the locker room after the game.

In a roundabout way, -Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers -refuted Wilson's claim, later telling a radio show host Authentic Johnathan Cyprien Jersey , ""I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think He's a big football fan.""

Personally, I agree wholeheartedly with Rodgers. But I also acknowledge Wilson's freedom to believe whatever he wants, and I -respect the -consistency of those beliefs - regardless of the outcome of any particular football game.

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BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Some foreign experts have pointed out that while China has made tremendous effort in environmental governance and sustainable development Authentic Sylvester Williams Jersey , it still faces many environmental challenges and has a long and bumpy road to travel.

The scale of China's economy is one of the biggest challenges China has to deal with in environmental protection nowadays, said Isabel Hilton, director of China-dialogue, a non-governmental organization based in London and Beijing promoting nature conservation and business cooperation.

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Hilton also suggested China take advantage of its enormous manufacturing capacity to fast forward the transformation of its energy structure, "which is still 70 percent dependent on coal."

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