1.   Almost immediately, Salomon and its fellow underwriters were forced to buy back at least two million shares.

2.   At least two million people die from it each year, many from strains of the bacteria that have become resistant to the available drugs.

3.   Pakistan is home to at least two million Afghan refugees, the largest population outside Afghanistan itself.

4.   APTV has stunning pictures of the ice and snow art which attracts at least two million visitors each year.

5.   But jobs are scarce in a city packed with one million locals and at least two million Afghan refugees who fled civil war in their homeland.

6.   The Philippines will have to import at least two million tonnes, Indonesia four million and Bangladesh three to four million tonnes.

7.   At least two million people have been made homeless by the fighting which erupted in early April, and hundreds of thousands have fled the country.

8.   At least two million Rwandans have abandoned their homes to seek a dubious safety in the hills.

9.   At least two million people joined the rally which was one of the biggest public gatherings in Philippine history.

10.   At least two million others fled to neighbouring countries.