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IMF urges U.S. to repeal 'ill-designed' sequester cuts
WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund on Friday urged U.S. officials to scale back its automatic federal spending cuts, warning that they were "excessively rapid and ill-designed" and were hurting the nation's economic recovery "The sequester...
Tags: Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, Christine Lagarde, Government Debt, Public Finance
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Europe rethinks its pursuit of austerity
LONDON — After years of unrelenting austerity, Europe seems to have turned a corner on its debt crisis — right into a dead-end street. Since the turmoil erupted in 2009, countries from Ireland to Greece have focused almost exclusively on...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, European Union, Italy, European Central Bank, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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IMF warns U.S. not to scale back stimulus too soon
WASHINGTON — Amid speculation that the Federal Reserve soon might start scaling back its stimulus efforts, the International Monetary Fund cautioned that a pullback before next year could hurt economies worldwide. Highlighting its concern Friday,...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress, Productivity, Economy
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European anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe. A recent Tel Aviv University report found that the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Europe increased by 30 percent between 2011 and 2012. A separate analysis of anti-Semitic incidents in France noted a jump...Tags: Nazi Party, Government, Politics, Islam, Religion and Belief
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Insurgent attack on Kabul airport ends; all 7 militants slain
KABUL, Afghanistan – Insurgents launched an hours-long attack early Monday on the heavily guarded military side of Kabul’s international airport, which houses a key NATO strategic headquarters, but failed to breach that part of the complex...Tags: NATO, Emergency Incidents, Suicide, Taliban, Afghanistan
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Next debt-ceiling histrionics could do real harm
At this stage in the U.S. recovery, there isn't much that fiscal policy can do to accelerate growth. Some argue that we need another tax cut, while others would prefer increased spending. Neither is going to happen on a significant scale. Radical...Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Budgets and Budgeting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace
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Taliban claims responsibility as insurgents attack Kabul airport
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents attacked the military side of Kabul’s international airport at dawn Monday, jarring residents of the Afghan capital awake to the sound of explosions and gunfire. The area houses a key NATO strategic headquarters,...
Tags: NATO, Emergency Incidents, Heavy Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering, Taliban
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Holding the national security course
President Barack Obama's latest changes in his top national security team seem more a shift to a stronger emphasis on human rights than a break with his long-range determination to keep the United States out of nation-building adventurism. His...Tags: Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Samantha Power, Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Clinton
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Hagel, NATO counterparts to discuss possible training role in Libya
BRUSSELS — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to consult with his European counterparts this week about a possible North Atlantic Treaty Organization role training Libyan security forces as he attends his first meeting of the alliance&...
Tags: NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Barack Obama, China, Taliban
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Red Cross temporarily halts operations in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that it has temporarily suspended operations in Afghanistan after an attack this week in the eastern city of Jalalabad in which a security guard was killed and a staff...Tags: First Aid, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Vaccines, Polio, Taliban
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'Portlandia' hits the Emmy campaign trail with James Carville
When you're aiming for an Emmy award nomination, sometimes you have to pull out the big gun to make an impression. "Portlandia," IFC's acclaimed quirky comedy that pokes gentle fun at Portland, Ore., and its offbeat residents, has done just that as it...Tags: James Carville, Politics, IFC (tv network), Primetime Emmy Awards, Portlandia (tv program)
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NFU: USDA keeps COOL, complies with WTO ruling
WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a final rule governing Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) to meet compliance requirements set forth by a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling. National Farmers Union (NFU)...Tags: Politics, Dwayne Johnson, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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