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Improvement expected for economy...nations that began their recoveries earlier in the year. France, Germany, Japan and the US have all already enjoyed an upturn in output, putting pressure on the UK Government. Meanwhile, union leaders have pressed the Government to... In this article: Recession, TUC, UK, Tax, Unemployment, and Investec |
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear facilities
...and urged Tehran to reconsider. The United States, Russia, China, Germany, Britain and France met after U.S. President Barack Obama warned there could be a package of sanctions against Iran within weeks. The United States and Israel have...
In this article: Iran, S-300, Tehran, Russia, Israel, Tel Aviv, Moscow, and Fars News Agency
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Independent.ie | 4 days ago
EUR200m boost as foreign student numbers soar
There has been significant growth in student numbers from India and China, but the largest number, at 2,570, continue to come from the US, followed by Britain (1,309), China (1,104), Malaysia (987), Canada (601), Germany (535), France (524),...
In this article: Cash cow, India, China, Malaysia, Poland, and Canada
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Big powers draft resolution to press Iran at IAEA
...said. The draft text, backed by the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China, is to be presented at the year-end meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation governing board that starts on Thursday. Russian...
In this article: International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, U.N. Security Council, Uranium, UN, Tehran, and Vienna
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Financial Times | 4 days ago
Germany warns US on market bubbles
Germany warns US on market bubbles Published: November 20 2009 19:48 | Last updated: November 20 2009 19:48 Germany's new finance minister has echoed Chinese warnings about the growing threat of fresh global asset price bubbles, fuelled by...
In this article: Wolfgang Schauble, Jean-Claude Trichet, Frankfurt, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany, US, and US Federal Reserve
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | 1 day ago
Most global banks are still unsafe warns S&P
...to beef up their defences. Every single bank in Japan, the US, Germany, Spain, and Italy included in S&P's list of 45 global lenders fails the 8pc safety level under the agency's risk-adjusted capital (RAC) ratio. Most fall woefully short.
In this article: Standard & Poor's, Leverage, UBS, Citigroup, US, Credit crunch, Standard Chartered, Mitsubishi, and Danske Bank
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 5 days ago
Britain urged to act as debt mounts
...when delivering a preliminary annual budget report on December 9. Britain has yet to follow the eurozone, France, Germany, Japan and the United States out of recession. Public finances have been severely stretched since late 2007 as the...
In this article: Britain, Gordon Brown, Revenue, Recession, Labour, Alistair Darling, Unemployment, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Algeria court acquits 2 former Guantanamo inmates
...drugs trade, Abbache said. Police in neighboring Pakistan arrested them after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Afghanistan's Taliban regime following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. A state prosecutor had sought a...
In this article: Defendant, Algeria, Guantanamo Bay, Detainee, Guantanamo, Taliban, Afghanistan, and Algiers
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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km) and with about 308 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.4 trillion (a quarter of nominal global GDP and a fifth of global GDP at purchasing power parity).
- Name:
- the United States
- Conventional Long Name:
- United States of America
- Capital:
- Washington, D.C.
- Language:
- None at federal level
- English (de facto)
- Motto:
- E Pluribus Unum
- Largest City:
- New York City
- Government type:
- Federal constitutional republic
- Founding Date:
- September 03, 1783
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 3794101
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 6th
- GDP (nominal):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 17th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $47,440
- Currency:
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym:
- American
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- USD
- Country Calling Code:
- +1
- ccTLD:
- .us .gov .mil .edu
- Anthem:
- "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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