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Tag Archives: United Nations
R&D: House Repeals Healthcare Law, Bloomberg Promises to Fight Unions, and Congo’s Constitution is Revised
Here is your R&D for January 20th: House passes health law repeal from Politico House Republicans managed to pass a bill that repealed President Obama’s healthcare law yesterday. The vote was 245-189 and no House Republican defected during the vote. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, currency, Democratic Republic of the Congo, dollar, Harry Reid, healthcare, healthcare reform, healthcare repeal, Israeli-Palestinian issues, Joseph Kabila, Labor, Lebanon, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, President Obama, R&D, top five news stories, U.S. economy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Chinese relations, UN, unions, United Nations, yuan
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R&D: UN Warns of New Food Crisis, Romney’s Healthcare Problem, and GM’s IPO Takes Off
Here is your R&D for November 18th: Fears of new food crisis as prices soar from the Financial Times The cost of global food imports will reach $1 trillion this year for only the second time in history. The UN … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andry Rajoelina, cholera, Dominican Republic, food crisis, General Motors, GM, Haiti, healthcare, healthcare reform, Madagascar, Mitt Romney, R&D, the Republican Party, top five news stories, UN, United Nations
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R&D: U.S. Shifts Toward India, Why Nancy Pelosi Should Stay, and GOP Outreach to Latino Voters
Here is your R&D for November 8th: Obama confirms US strategic shift towards India from the BBC President Obama confirmed America’s foreign policy shift towards India over teh weekend when he announced that he would support India’s bid to have … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, currency, currency markets, EU, European economy, European Union, France, Germany, global economy, gold standard, GOP, Great Britain, India, Marco Rubio, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, R&D, Robert Zoellick, the Republican Party, the World Bank, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Indian relations, UN, UN Security Council, United Nations
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R&D: The Justice Department Sues New York Over Overseas Ballots, Colombia Wins Security Council Spot, and Home Foreclosures Top 100k in September
Here is your R&D for October 14th: New York is sued for missing deadline on overseas ballots from the Washington Post The Justice Department has sued the state of New York for missing deadlines to mail ballots overseas troops. The … Continue reading →
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Tagged China, Chinese politics, Colombia, foreclosures, France, French pension reform, housing market, Justice Department, military ballots, New York, R&D, Security Council, Social Security, top five news stories, U.S. economy, UN, United Nations, voting issues, voting rights, Wen Jiabao
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R&D: The European Parliament Tells France to Stop Roma Expulsions, Amnesty International Condemns U.S. on Cuban Sanctions, and Serbia Backs Compromise UN Resolution on Kosovo
Here is your R&D for September 10th: Roma expulsions must stop now, MEPs tell France from the UK Telegraph The European Parliament has requested that France stop its forced deportations of Roma back to their home nations. Although parliament can’t … Continue reading →
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Tagged Chicago mayoral race, Cuba, Cuban embargo, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, France, Ground Zero mosque, Imam Muhammad Musri, Kosovo, Quran burning, R&D, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Daley, Roma, Roma expulsions, Serbia, Terry Jones, top five news stories, U.S.-Cuban relations, UN, United Nations
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R&D: Imam Warns of Backlash on Ground Zero Mosque, Castro Admits Cuban Model is a Failure, and Americans Support More A Stronger Federal Role in Education
Here is your R&D for September 9th: Imam Says Moving Center Could Embolden Radicals from the New York Times Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is behind plans to build the controversial mosque two blocks from Ground Zero, says that if … Continue reading →
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Tagged big government, Cuba, Cuban economy, Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, education, education reform, Fidel Castro, Ground Zero mosque, Islam, R&D, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Rwanda, security, Sudan, top five news stories, Turkey, Turkish constitution, UN, United Nations
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R&D: Obama’s Popularity Crisis, New Stimulus Discussions, and Wilders Pulls Out of Dutch Government Talks
Here is your R&D for September 3rd: How Barack Obama Became Mr. Unpopular from Time Magazine Barack Obama entered the White House with record approval ratings. However, the last year has taken a toll on his popularity. Find out why … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bush tax cuts, Dutch politics, Geert Wilders, global food prices, jobs, President Obama, R&D, stimulus, taxes, the Netherlands, top five news stories, U.S. economy, unemployment, United Nations, world economy
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R&D: Australia Won’t Have New Elections, Obama’s Risk on Iraq, and a Review of the UN Climate Panel
Here is your R&D for August 31st: Australia PM Rejects Fresh Election Call from the Wall Street Journal Despite Australia’s crazy election result, Prime Minister Julia Gillard refuses to call for a new election. The alternative, a gridlocked parliament, could … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afghanistan, Australia, Australian parliamentary elections, Barack Obama, climate change, global warming, Iraq war, Iraq withdrawal, Israel, Israeli-Lebanese relations, Julia Gillard, Lebanon, Obama Iraq speech, President Obama, R&D, top five news stories, UN, UN climate panel, United Nations
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R&D: The Collapse of the United States, Obama Criticized on UN Human Rights Report, and Infighting in the DPJ
Here is your R&D for August 26th: What I learned from Jared Diamond from Foreign Policy Jared Diamond’s recent book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed describes why certain societies prosper and others decline based on a myriad … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Party of Japan, DPJ, housing market, human rights, Ichiro Ozawa, Japan, Kenya, Kenyan constitution, Naoto Kan, President Obama, R&D, top five news stories, U.S. economy, United Nations, Universal Periodic Review
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NFL Nats IX R&D: Energy & the Environment
World’s ecosystems provide ‘services’ equal to global income from the Agence France Presse EU beating gas emission targets from the Financial Times UK given final warning over London air quality from the Guardian Nigeria without oil: Akwa Ibom example from … Continue reading →
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Tagged carbon emissions, EU, European Union, global economy, Great Britain, Nigeria, oil, Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, R&D, top news stories, UN, United Kingdom, United Nations
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