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- ↑ International Management Association website Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine , accessed April 22, 2010
- ↑ "Membership Criteria". International Council for Open and Distance Education. Archived from the original on 2012-06-05.
- ↑ "North Rhine-Westphalia District court Duisburg VR 51324 – Akademie für Internationale Kultur- und Wissenschaftsförderung e. V." Common Register Portal of German Federal States. Federal Republik of Germany. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ↑ Honolulu University sues dead Singapore agent Archived 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine , October 15, 2006
