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Romania's president, rival in runoff election...30.7 percent, election authorities said after about 96 percent of the vote was counted. Geoana, a former ambassador to Washington, enjoys support among many Western diplomats and officials as the figure who can end weeks of political... In this article: Mircea Geoana, Romania, Traian Basescu, Communism, Social Democrats, Tax, Unemployment, and IMF |
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Guardian | November 12, 2009
Gordon Brown sends team to Washington to lobby IMF on Tobin tax
Gordon Brown sends team to Washington to lobby IMF on Tobin tax Brown sends team to IMF to lobby for City tax Prime Minister hopes to win backing of other nations to force IMF to consider so-called international 'Tobin tax' on all...
In this article: Tax, International Monetary Fund, Gordon Brown, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Washington, Edinburgh, Revenue, and Global warming
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CBS News | 6 days ago
Detective Says Chief Ordered Mass Arrests
Detective Says Chief Ordered Mass Arrests DC Police Detective Alleges That Ramsey Ordered Mass Arrests Of Hundreds Of Protesters In 2002 AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - A Washington, D.C., police detective alleges that former police chief Charles...
In this article: Charles Ramsey, Alleges, All rights reserved, Philadelphia Police Department, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Associated Press
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 06, 2009
Gold price hits new record at $US1100
...IMF has targeted for sale over the coming years. The Washington-based IMF, which holds 3217 tonnes of gold, is the third-largest official holder of the metal after the US and Germany. India is the world's biggest consumer of gold,...
In this article: IMF, India, The Central Bank, Inflation, Sri Lanka, London, and Washington
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | November 13, 2009
UK sends officials to Washington to drum up IMF support for Tobin Tax
...support for Tobin Tax Gordon Brown has sent two senior Treasury officials to Washington in an effort to win the International Monetary Fund round to the controversial idea of a tax on all financial transactions. Published: 8:19AM GMT 13...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, Tax, James Tobin, Washington, Timothy Geithner, Oxfam, and Gordon Brown
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IMF sells 200 tonnes of gold to India
...lending to the poorest countries." The Washington-based IMF, which currently holds 3,217 tonnes of gold, is the third-largest official holder of the precious metal after the United States and Germany. On September 18, its executive board...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, India, Revenue, Reserve Bank of India, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, London, Washington, Germany, and United States
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TIME | 4 days ago
Should the U.S. Continue Its Stimulus-Program Payouts?
...now the weak dollar is helping America's exports. But it is also spooking holders of U.S. debt, whose continued purchases of U.S. Treasury bills allow Washington to fund its deficit spending. Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
In this article: U.S., International Monetary Fund, Inflation, Australia, Fannie Mae, Recession, Unemployment, Down Under, Reserve Bank of India, and Jean-Claude Trichet
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Daily Express | November 09, 2009
Gold at a new high as dollar weakens
...paper currency, he said. Last month, India bought almost half the 403 tonnes of gold that the Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) put up for sale and other countries are expected to follow suit. Investment research manager...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, Inflation, Deflation, India, Fairfax, Middle East, and Washington
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Washington, D.C. (pronounced: /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən ˌdiːˈsiː/), formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides. The District has a resident population of 591,833; however, because of commuters from the surrounding suburbs, its population rises to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of 5.3 million, the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the country.
The United States Congress has supreme authority over Washington, D.C.; residents of the city therefore have less self-governance than residents of the states. The District has a non-voting at-large Congressional delegate, but no senators. D.C. residents could not vote in presidential elections until the ratification of the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1961.
- Name:
- District of Columbia
- Motto:
- Justitia Omnibus(Justice for All)
- Founding Date:
- July 16, 1790
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 68.3
- Total Area (km):
- 177.0
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 61.4
- Land Area (km):
- 159.0
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 6.9
- Water Area (km):
- 18.0
- Elevation (ft):
- 0–409
- Elevation (m):
- 0–125
- Time Zone:
- EST
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