Talks to resolve Honduras’ political crisis resumed Sunday with the two sides at odds over reinstating the ousted president and creating a reconciliation government.

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The number of centenarians already has jumped from an estimated few thousand in 1950 to more than 340,000 worldwide today, with the highest concentrations in the U.S. and Japan, according to the latest Census Bureau figures.

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The International Space Station is now more crowded than it’s ever been before, with a record number of 13 people onboard.

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How long will Cronkite trump all other news’ Too bad he never moonwalked….

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Maputo — The Mozambican government and the World Bank on Friday signed two agreements in Maputo under which the World Bank is to provide loans of 75.6 million US dollars for projects in health and communications.

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China’s Internet users have surpassed the U.S. population in number, and more Chinese than ever are using e-commerce and accessing the Web through mobile phones, according to official statistics.

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The economy will shrink sharply in 2009 before edging into growth in 2010, and the government should plan to reduce borrowing when recovery comes, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.

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Organizing for American (OFA), the grassroots arm of the Democratic National Committee, funded the television advertisements that declare “It’s time for health care reform.”

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More people now go online in China than there are people in the United States.

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An interesting article. But it does not say which World Bank Report this refers to. In addition, it is not clear just how strong these ‘implicit’ comments are. Are the implications drawn out by the authors, or are they the journalist’s inference’

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WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s economic growth is likely to reach 4 percent in 2009, half the pace of last year, as the economy remains relatively unaffected by the global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday.

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By some accounts, Obama has nearly three dozen czars in his administration, managing everything from closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to ending the genocide in Darfur.

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Global economy risks falling into a “deflationary spiral” unless urgent action is taken to reduce high levels of excess capacity in industry.

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Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said at one point today that “politics has no place in the courtroom.” But Sessions must not be watching the Supreme Court very closely.

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Alan Johnson the Home Secretary has said he does not “lie awake at night” worrying that the population is going to hit 70million.

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Freetown — World Bank Country Director has assured government of the bank’s commitment to supporting President Ernest Bai Koroma’s three-year agenda for change programme.

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It’s a delicate chore. Republicans, seeing their best chance to make big points with the American public since Barack Obama won the White House, are trying to strike just the right balance in criticizing Sonia Sotomayor without alienating Hispanics and women.

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THE 20th World Population Day was celebrated on Saturday under the banner of ‘Fight Poverty, Educate Girls’ and focused on women and the economic crisis.

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WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) – The amount of money that expatriates from developing countries will send home in the form of remittances probably will fall 7.3 percent this year and could hit poor nations hard, the World Bank said on Monday.

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L’aquila — Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, Friday in L’Aquila, Italy, urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other financial institutions to define development support strategies for Africa.

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Leaders on all sides in Honduras see the United States as the key to getting what they want, even as the Obama administration distances itself from the crisis.

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ISLAMABAD, July 12 (Reuters) – Pakistani officials will meet with the World Bank and Asian Development Bank from Monday to discuss progress in addressing the problem of circular debt and improving the power sector, the finance ministry said.

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Politics can be a cruel mistress. But things change. And parties revive.

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Britain is the world’s only leading economy unable to budget for any kind of economic rescue package next year the IMF has warned.

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MANILA, Philippines â Despite the improved financial health of the Philippine corporate sector last year, sources of easy credit are starting to shrink, the World Bank said in its latest quarterly report.

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A quick note from Maria: the Nike Foundation’s Managing Director, Lisa MacCallum suggested we take a moment to comment on World Population Day. Following is…

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OTTAWA – Watch for political ads coming soon to the side of a bus near you.

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Luanda — Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, currently attending the G8 Summit of L’Aquila, Rome (Italy), is to meet separately with the presidents of the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF), Robert Zoellick and Dominique Straus-Kahn, respectively, Angop learned.

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has held talks about the global economic crisis with the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

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An 18-year-old student takes her place alongside politicians and public figures on the BBC show.

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As soon as anyone calls for tight controls on Wall Street, pundits and politicians rush to the defense of “financial innovation.”

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World Population Day, observed on July 11, serves as an urgent reminder that, even amidst a global recession and tight budgets, governments around the world…

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MANILA, Philippines – The World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gave conflicting outlooks on the Philippine economy this year.

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The International Monetary Fund has raised its 2009 growth forecast for Asia’s developing economies from 4.8 percent to 5.5 percent but cautioned that a sustained rebound will depend on recovery in developed economies.

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WASHINGTON — The government’s top watchdogs are quickly becoming all bark and no bite, say critics who call the recent “purge” of inspectors general a warning about limited transparency in the Obama administration.

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Both sides in Honduras’ leadership crisis on Tuesday signaled willingness to forge a diplomatic solution to the deadlock over the fate of President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted last month in a coup.

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The International Monetary Fund Tuesday revised up its forecast for South Korea’s economic growth this year, saying the government’s rapid stimulus efforts limited the impact of the global downturn.

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Who is the voice of the Republican Party’ According to a new USA TODAY/Gallup poll, no one, really.

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The economic crisis has disrupted HIV prevention and treatment programmes, including causing shortages of anti-retroviral drugs, a report by UNAIDS and the World Bank said Monday.

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* Ministers disagree on single seat in international bodies

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A North Korean who spent his childhood working in a labour camp has urged world leaders to break the isolation of the population to help topple the regime.

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn’t wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month. After staying out of the public eye for most of Saturday, a day after abruptly announcing she would soon give up her job as governor, Palin indicated on a social networking site that she would take on a larger, national role, …

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IT IS the land of spectacular fjords, Vikings – and now cut-price medical treatment.

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COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s central bank chief said that the island could live without a major IMF bailout that had been delayed by the final stages of the government’s fight with Tamil Tiger rebels.

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July 4 (Bloomberg) — Sarah Palin’s abrupt announcement that she was resigning as Alaska’s governor left observers speculating about a future for her that could range from a 2012 White House bid to political oblivion.

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Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered U.S. assistance in achieving that, as concerns grow that a lack of political progress is fueling violence in Iraq.

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Accra — The Board of Directors of the World Bank has approved a total of US$535 million to support three credit facilities aimed at helping improve economic governance and stabilizing Ghana’s economy.

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It is well documented that police officers have a higher risk of developing heart disease: The question is why. In the most recent results coming out of one of the few long-term studies being conducted within this tightly knit society, researchers have determined that underlying the higher incidence of subclinical atherosclerosis — arterial thickening that precedes a heart attack or stroke — …

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The populations of older, major U.S. cities have rebounded in recent years, largely the result of people arriving everywhere from overseas to nearby suburbs. New York, the country’s most populous city, had the biggest increase from mid-2007 to mid-2008, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Wednesday. The city added 53,000 residents to bring its population to 8.4 million. That was …

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