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Economy looms large in Michigan's US Senate race
Associated Press WriterMichigan's economic misery topped the list of issues in the U.S. Senate race long before the debate over rescuing the U.S. financial industry came up. It's even bigger now as uncertainty swirls around what's next for the nation's economy. Incumbent U....Tags: CEO Pay, Business, General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC, Ethics
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World Bank president says Group of 7 is outmoded and should be replaced with larger group
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ The Group of Seven industrialized countries is outmoded and should be replaced with a new entity that would include growing economies in Asia and Latin America, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Monday. He said the financial...Tags: Facebook, Global Change, Globalization, Diplomacy, Financial Markets
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A roundup of editorials from Michigan newspapers
Plug Great Lakes Compact loophole It took 53 years, but the Great Lakes states finally have a federal mandate to prevent massive diversions of Great Lakes water -- such as to states in the arid West and Southwest and the corn and wheat belts of the...Tags: Google Inc., Population, Hunting, Regional Authority, Trade Agreements
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Point/Counterpoint: Should NAFTA be renegotiated?
Pro Mark Weisbrot The film ''Battle in Seattle'' has opened in movie theaters. It's a rare combination of high drama and history-making events as they actually happened when thousands of protesters shut down the World Trade Organization in Seattle nearly...Tags: Economy, Bill Clinton, Treaties, Trade Agreements, New York Times
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California-Mexico border technology park gets green boost
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA long-delayed project to attract computer chip makers to the Mexico-California border is getting a green makeover. Silicon Border Development said Wednesday that it had obtained financing to move ahead with a science park in Mexicali, Mexico, thanks...Tags: Investments, Global Warming, Semiconductors and Active Components, Computing and Information Technology, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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End to malaria deaths may be near, world leaders say
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWith $3 billion in new pledges, world leaders say they believe that an ambitious goal to stop deaths from malaria by 2015 is finally within reach. A plan billed as the most comprehensive ever to tackle the mosquito-borne disease, which kills nearly 1...Tags: Bill Gates, Los Angeles, Gordon Brown, Bono, Medicine
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Global leaders pledge $4.5B to send kids to school
A coalition of governments, charities and U.N. agencies pledged $4.5 billion on Thursday in an effort to get all the world's children in school by 2015. A meeting -- which included British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Australian Prime Minister Kevin...Tags: Elementary Schools, Employees, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Human Rights
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Palin meets foreign leaders, Kissinger in New York
The Associated PressRepublican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin met her first world leaders Tuesday. It was a tightly controlled crash course on foreign policy for the first-term Alaska governor, who has been outside North America just once. Palin sat down with...Tags: Alaska, Asif Ali Zardari, Henry Kissinger, Heads of State, Trade Agreements
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Presidential portraits
This is the final chapter of Perspective's pre-election look at how our presidents shaped history. For all 43, go to chicagotribune.com\presidents Aug. 19, 1946 – State: Arkansas Religion: Southern Baptist Marriage: Hillary Rodham Military...Tags: Baseball, John Adams, Emergency Incidents, Armed Forces, Heads of State
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Bush, Uribe again urge Congress to OK Colombia deal
The Associated PressPresident Bush and Colombian President �lvaro Uribe renewed their push Saturday for Congress to approve a free-trade deal before lawmakers leave town to campaign for re-election. Bush said his administration negotiated a free-trade agreement...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Contracts, Diplomacy, George Bush, Trade Agreements
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No good choice: Biden, Palin could be bad news for Latin America
McClatchy NewspapersDuring the past few months, you may have read in this column that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's stand on free trade and his Republican rival John McCain's position on immigration are not good for Latin America. Unfortunately, their...Tags: Alaska, Google Inc., Illegal Immigrants, Joe Biden, Contracts
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