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Tag Archives: United States
China Moves Toward Liberalizing Its Currency Market
China has started making moves toward liberalizing its currency market, though not fast enough for some in the U.S. government who bizarrely complain that China keeps the yuan artificially low. In December, China announced that it approved 13 foreign and … Continue reading
Tagged China, United States
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UNICEF Report Says 211 Million Children Worldwide Work Full-Time
In February, UNICEF UK released a report on the current status of child labor across the globe. According to the UNICEF report, worldwide about 211 million children ages 5-14 work full-time. UNICEF estimates that 1 in 12 children work in … Continue reading
Tagged Portugal, UNICEF, United States
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Kyoto Protocol Goes Into Effect Without United States
The Kyoto Protocol went into effect on February 16, without the world’s largest generator of greenhouse gases, the United States. In addition, the protocol exempts large greenhouse gas generating countries such as China and India from its requirements. Under the … Continue reading
Tagged Australia, China, Global Warming, India, United States
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More Overwrought Hype About the Birth Dearth
Phillip Longman, a senior fellow at the New American Foundation, is the latest to jump on the “we’re not having enough babies” bandwagon with a book published last year, The Empty Cradle and an extended essay presenting his views on … Continue reading
Drug Resistant Strain of HIV Reported in U.S.
As if the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic isn’t bad enough, New York health officials reported in February that they had discovered what appears to be a quick progressing, drug-resistant strain of HIV dubbed 3-DCR HIV. Drug resistant strains of HIV has … Continue reading
Tagged AIDS/HIV, United States
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Surprise — Free Trade Works Out In The End
Despite Adam Smith’s definitive explanation of how free trade could benefit both parties engaging in trade, pretty much every society is skeptical of free trade and that other country stealing our jobs. So, today, we have the specter of some … Continue reading
Tagged Canada, Free Trade, United States
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2004 Was Deadly Year for Journalists
At least 129 journalist and other media workers were killed in 2004 — likely the largest number since the International Federation of Journalists kept keeping records of media killings in the 1980s. That number is expected to rise as more … Continue reading
U.S. Once Again Sets Bad Example with Shrimp Duties
While it calls for developing nations to open up their markets, the United States this month imposed duties of shrimp from Vietnam and China of 93 percent 112 percent respectively. The duties will hit Vietnam especially hard as shrimp exports … Continue reading
Tagged China, United States, Vietnam
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U.S. Withholds $34 Million from the UN Population Fund
The United States this month announced it would withhold $34 million allocated to the United Nations Population Fund for the third year in a row. Under the provisions that the UN Population Fund money is allocated, it cannot be given … Continue reading
The Developing World Needs More Condoms
At the XV International AIDS Conference in Thailand, Population Action International released a report claiming that developing nations are only receiving about 10 percent of the condoms needed to make a serious dent in the transmission of HIV. In its … Continue reading