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Philippines picked for WB 'green accounting' project
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkMANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- The Philippines has been chosen along with four other countries for the pilot implementation of a World Bank-led project to develop "green accounting," or the inclusion of the value of natural resources in...Tags: Science and Technology, Natural Resources, International Economic Institution, Gross Domestic Product, Media Industry
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1000 GMT, April 22
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- BOSTON - The ethnic Chechen college student accused with his deceased older brother of the Boston Marathon bombing faced federal charges as early as Monday as he lay hospitalized under armed guard, severely wounded and unable...Tags: China Earthquake (2010), Political Fundraising, Social Sciences, Giorgio Napolitano, Bashar Assad
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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: Angela Merkel, Budgets and Budgeting, Brookings Institution, Politics, Sweden
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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: G20, Washington, DC, Politics, Global Expansion, Labor Markets
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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: Barack Obama, Iraq War (2003-2011), Students, Colleges and Universities, Robert Zoellick
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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: George Washington, Salam Fayyad, Palestinian National Authority, John Kerry, West Bank
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Ehrlich should clarify his Chávez comments
I teach at Towson University in the College of Liberal Arts, where it is part of our core mission to help students develop their critical thinking abilities — a skills platform essential for career advancement. One key skill is finding the best...
Tags: Venezuela, Colleges and Universities, Government, Executive Branch, Hugo Chavez
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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: Science and Technology, Health Organizations, Demographics, Agriculture, Global Warming
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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: Cyprus, G20, NATO, Africa, 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: Health Insurance, International Economic Institution, Politics, Employment Opportunities, Beijing (China)
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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: Cyprus, Anna Chapman, Vladimir Putin, Finance, Politics
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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: Senegal, Entertainment, Budgets and Budgeting, Africa, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
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