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...reserve currency and nukes. This supposedly means we can spend our way out of debt because creditors like China will forever lend us money. Failing that, we can just print more dollars. Yet even these benefits can't change the fact...

In this article: U.S., Barack Obama, Timothy Geithner, Moody's, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Greece, Social Security, and Medicare

Scotland v USA, World Twenty20 Qualifiers Carl Wright leads USA to victory USA 121 for 4 (Wright 62, Cush 41) beat Scotland 120 for 7 (Hamilton 41, Darlington 2-19, Dhaniram 1-12) by six wickets A 97-run partnership between Carl Wright...

In this article: USA, Scotland, and Fraser Watts

...exposing the treaties will have little or no direct effect on the alliance, partly because the United States announced in the early 1990s that it was no longer carrying nuclear weapons on most of its warships. But the investigation could...

In this article: Japan, Katsuya Okada, Tokyo, Okinawa Prefecture, Yukio Hatoyama, Washington, and Democracy

TOKYO (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders have not set specific terms on which they would accept a U.S. offer to mediate indirect peace talks with Israel, and expect clarification on such talks in a week, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday.

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Tokyo, Washington, East Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza Strip

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In this article: Alex Ovechkin, Canada, University of Wisconsin, Pavel Bure, Cammi Granato, Washington Capitals, and Canucks

...where access to doctors is scarce. Such projects, typically underwritten by governments or pharmaceutical firms, have often been used as a tool to disseminate news about treating diseases such as diabetes or AIDS. "Other countries are...

In this article: Verizon Wireless, AIDS, Obesity, Tobacco, T-Mobile, AT&T Wireless, and Sprint Nextel

Geithner Says U.S. Will 'Never' Lose Aaa Debt Rating (Update1) February 08, 2010, 01:28 PM EST Adds Stanley Fischer comment in eighth paragraph.) Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the U.S. is in no danger...

In this article: Timothy F. Geithner, U.S., Stanley Fischer, Sydney, Recession, Bank of Israel, Reserve Bank of Australia, and International Monetary Fund

...when asked if the Swiss parliament should ratify the treaty, adding not finding a solution was unimaginable. The United States has said it would withdraw the summons seeking client names if it got 10,000 UBS account holder names...

In this article: UBS AG, Tax, Summons, European Union, Berne, and Switzerland

...Ryukyus. "Japan had kept paying the kindness budget simply because it is the one that wanted the U.S. forces to stay," he said. "If the United States wants to stay here at any cost, it should be the one who is paying." Tokyo's share rose...

In this article: Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Okinawa, World War II, Washington, D.C., Nago, Okinawa, and Asia

...mission -- larger, more expensive and more complex than that of any other country -- could advance U.S. diplomacy in a region long suspicious of U.S. intentions, say former diplomats and political analysts who track politics here. "I...

In this article: Haiti, Washington, Latin America, and Hugo Chavez