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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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L.A. Times - L.A. Now | 4 days ago
USC again has most foreign students, followed by NYU [Updated]
...increases in students from China helped fuel the rise. As in other recent years, India once again sent the most students to the U.S., followed by China, South Korea, Canada and Japan. But there are indications that the growth might have...
In this article: New York University, U.S., H1N1, UCLA, Institute of International Education, Columbia University, State Department, China, Asia, and New York
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AP Online | November 12, 2009
Japan drops child-snatching case against US man
Japan drops child-snatching case against US man TOKYO (AP) - Japanese prosecutors confirmed Friday that they have dropped the case against an American man arrested in Japan when he snatched his children from his ex-wife. Christopher Savoie...
In this article: Japan, U.S., Barack Obama, Tokyo, Yukio Hatoyama, and Barbara Boxer
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washingtonpost.com | 7 days ago
Obama says base issue must be solved quickly
Obama says base issue must be solved quickly TOKYO -- President Barack Obama says the U.S. and Japan will work quickly to resolve a dispute over American military bases on Okinawa. At a news conference Friday, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama...
In this article: Barack Obama, Yukio Hatoyama, U.S., Okinawa, Tokyo, and Japan
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NPR | 7 days ago
U.S.-Japan Hone Alliance As Obama Starts Asia Tour
U.S.-Japan Hone Alliance As Obama Starts Asia Tour Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET President Obama attends a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama...
In this article: Barack Obama, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan, Asia, Democratic Party of Japan, Liberal Democratic Party, Tokyo, Singapore, and Climate change
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Financial Times | 1 day ago
OECD warns on rising job losses
...the crisis have been fully overcome. " The economic contraction forecast for 2009 is slightly less severe than that suggested by the OECD's interim assessment for Europe, the US and Japan in September. Then, aggregate GDP was expected to...
In this article: Recession, Balance sheet, Unemployment, US, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, UK, and Barack Obama
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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:
- July 04, 1776
- Formations:
- Current constitution
- Area:
- 9826675
- 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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