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Retired World Bank official talks of rising above paralysis and discrimination
holly.shok@herald-mail.comShe started her story with the night she was paralyzed — a then 18-year-old lying on the side of a European road, rain splashing on her face, a searing pain as she tried to stretch. “I can’t stand to touch my body,” she said....Tags: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Economic Organization, Employment Opportunities
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Former World Bank official to speak at League meeting
Retired World Bank administrator Anne B. Thomas will be the guest speaker at the League of Women Voters annual meeting Tuesday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Otterbein United Methodist Church on the corner of East Franklin and Locust streets in Hagerstown. The...Tags: University of New Mexico, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Economic Organization, Career and Workplace, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Brazilian named to head World Trade Organization
SAO PAULO, Brazil--Roberto Azevedo of Brazil has been elected the first Latin American director-general of the World Trade Organization, the global body charged with moving forward stalled trade agreement talks. The choice of Azevedo over close rival...
Tags: Brazil, Politics, Economic Organization, International Organizations, Mexico
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Good fences make safe lions
During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well. Fifty years ago, human population densities were low in the areas where lions roamed. But...
Tags: South Africa, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Tourism and Leisure, Economic Organization
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COOL not ruled illegal by WTO but finds label wording to be a problem
On Friday, March 8, 2013, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new rule to bring the mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations into compliance with the July 2012 decision of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Consumers, Politics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, International Organizations
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A.W. 'Tom' Clausen dies at 89; longtime Bank of America leader
A.W. "Tom" Clausen, a no-nonsense Midwesterner who led San Francisco-based Bank of America before and after serving as president of the World Bank, died Monday at a hospital in Burlingame, Calif. He was 89. The cause was complications from pneumonia,...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Politics, Economic Organization, The New York Times, Banking
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World Bank invests in Baltimore-based Laureate Education
A division of the World Bank Group announced Wednesday that it has invested $150 million in Laureate Education Inc., giving the international development organization a small stake in the Baltimore-based global higher education company. "It's an...Tags: International Finance Corporation, Politics, Economic Organization, International Organizations, Career and Workplace
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U.N. nuclear talks with Iran fail to get access for inspectors
World NowEight hours of negotiations between U.N. officials and Iran's nuclear policy envoy ended Friday without an agreement for inspectors to visit suspect Iranian facilities, the U.N. nuclear agency's deputy director said.... -
Corn, soybean prices at all-time high worldwide, World Bank says
World NowThe cost of corn and soybeans soared to all-time heights in July, pushing global food prices upwards and pushing budgets to the breaking point in the Middle East and Africa, the World Bank has warned.... -
Ex-Navy SEAL pushes back on Pentagon warning over Bin Laden book
World NowThe former Navy SEAL who wrote a first-person account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden launched another attack Friday as his lawyer disputed the Defense Department’s claim that he was required to obtain Pentagon approval before publishing the... -
A legacy we dare not leave
WASHINGTON -- You might not have noticed that another round of U.N. climate talks is under way, this time in Doha, Qatar. You also might not have noticed that we're barreling toward a "world … of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Ecosystems, Economic Organization, Barack Obama
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Corn-based ethanol fuel won't solve our energy problems
My recent letter of questioning the use of corn to produce ethanol prompted the expected rebuttal from the Renewable Fuels Association ("U.S. must abandon corn-based ethanol," Aug. 28). That, however, doesn't change the fact that corn ethanol only...Tags: Ethanol, Renewable Energy, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Biofuels
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