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Saudi Arabia calls for strong stand against terrorism
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia condemned the bombings in Boston and in Iraqi cities recently, stressing the need for the international community to take strong stand against terrorist attacks. "The international community is required to take a determined stand against...Tags: G20, Labor Legislation, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Imperial and Royal Matters, Finance
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Europe austerity strategy is hurting growth, IMF says
WASHINGTON — Britain and the Eurozone are steadfastly sticking to austerity measures despite increasing evidence that such action alone isn't working to revive their economies and is dragging down global growth. Such persistence, analysts said,...
Tags: Sweden, Angela Merkel, Government, Moody's Corporation, Brookings Institution
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Foreign Policy: America's favorite brands are owned by foreigners
Foreign PolicyWASHINGTON — It's Saturday night and you want to go see a movie. You fire up your IBM ThinkPad and check the listings. The local AMC theater is showing "Iron Man 3," the Marvel Comics blockbuster partly filmed in China. You hop in your Volvo, fill...Tags: New York City, Africa, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Coca-Cola Co., Credit and Debt
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IMF cuts its forecast for global economy in 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has lowered its outlook for the world economy this year, predicting that government spending cuts will slow U.S. growth and keep the euro currency alliance in recession. The global lending...
Tags: Washington, DC, G20, International Organizations, Labor Markets, Japan
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Honor us ... maybe
Tuesdays with MitchDear ( -- --) Congratulations! We here at ( -- --) University would like to invite you to be our commencement speaker. This, as you know, is a great honor. You would join the ranks of ( -- --) last year and ( -- --) the year before and also ( -- --), who...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Students, Robert Zoellick, Nicole Polizzi, Barack Obama
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Palestinian Authority prime minister resigns
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.JERUSALEM -- Embattled Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned late Saturday after struggling for years against political rivals and lackluster public support. Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who in recent months had also clashed...Tags: Palestine, Government, George Washington, John Kerry, Salam Fayyad
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Spotlight on economics: Global food security in 2050
The book, “Who Will Feed China?: Wake-up Call for a Small Planet,” authored by Lester Brown in 1995, was a surprising wake-up call about world food security. Brown claimed that food production was not growing fast enough to feed China's increasing...Tags: United States Census Bureau, Agricultural Research and Technology, Agriculture, Africa, Health Organizations
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BRICS in the development wall: Competing interests
Barely a decade old, the BRICS alliance forged to challenge Western-dominated global economic strategy may already have outlived its purpose. The collaborative five-country bloc that came together to create a counterweight to the Group of 7 rich-...
Tags: Africa, G20, Brazil, Russia, Finance
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China's 'black clinics' flourish as government debates health reform
ReutersA one-room shack with a single, bare light bulb on a non-descript Beijing side street is 29-year-old Chinese migrant worker Zhang Xuefang's best recourse to medical care. Not recognized as a Beijing resident, she does not qualify for cheaper healthcare...Tags: Beijing (China), Hospitals and Clinics, Employment, Common Cold, Employment Opportunities
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Rachel Marsden: A European bailout unlike any other
American VoicesPARIS -- The European Union's $13 billion bailout plan for Cyprus has nothing to do with socialism but rather with much greater stakes. This is the EU attempting to outmaneuver an uncharacteristically flat-footed Vladimir Putin and Russia in a key...Tags: Anna Chapman, Russia, Finance, International Organizations, Vladimir Putin
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Burkina Faso's film industry reemerges with a populist bent
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The film festival crowd had filled the last seats in the Cine Neerwaya and, when there was no room left, sat four abreast in the aisles. The opening credits hardly dimmed the buzz in the theater; for those who missed a...Tags: Africa, Government, Burkina Faso, National Government, Western Africa
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Hugo Chavez's legacy
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday of cancer at age 58, was beloved and reviled, bombastic and provocative, a flamboyant figure who was vastly influential in his country and throughout the region. The former paratrooper-turned-populist...
Tags: George W. Bush, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Cuba, Iran
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