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...Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported that Europe's largest economy had shrunk by half a percentage point in the third quarter, following a 0.4% decline the previous period. The UK revealed a 0.5% slide in GNP over the past three months, while Spain and Italy showed similar contractions. The one small bright spot on the map was France's unexpected 0.14% growth - fueled, just as surprisingly, by a 0.2% rise in consumer spending, and a 0.3% jump in investment outlays by businesses...
...emerge strong. Though the shield was a brainchild of the Bush administration, it should not be thrown out with the bathwater. The Russians, meanwhile, need to be called out on their ridiculous gambit. Medvedev cannot realistically be prepared to attack Europe, with Russia’s recent economic slide and much of its revenue coming from oil sales to the very countries it now claims it will threaten. Obama will have many chances to improve on the Bush administration’s record in his willingness to use diplomacy instead of resorting to force. His interactions with Russia, however, will...
...average of around 30 million viewers per season. All of this began to change in 2004, though, as the show’s viewer ranking slipped out of the top 15 and its average viewership was halved. This may be the result of NBC’s general slide, the rise of internet TV, or simply just a drop in quality. But these may merely be secondary factors, since FOX’s “House” premiered in 2004.For those who aren’t familiar with the show, it follows Dr. Gregory House (played by Hugh...
...familiar refrain across Ireland. After more than a decade of runaway growth, the good times have ended. In September the Celtic Tiger, the best performing economy in the euro zone by some stretch in recent years, became the bloc's first to officially slide into recession. After expanding at three times the E.U. average between 1996 and 2007, Ireland's economy is expected to shrink by 0.75% next year, according to government predictions...
...state is a curious testimony to Mexico's identity as an emigrant nation, in which enormous numbers of young men and women continue to risk their lives sneaking into "El Norte" for a perceived better life. Every weekend, dozens of participants pay about $20 apiece to scramble up hills, slide down ravines and run through tunnels pursued by siren-blaring pickup trucks and pumped-up border-patrol agents shouting in accented English. (See pictures of the fence between the U.S. and Mexico...