Obama remains extraordinarily popular overseas, particularly in Western Europe.

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The simple fact is growth has slowed, particularly in the US, Western Europe and other developed regions, much of it due to macroeconomic issues.

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In this sense, Japanese history resembles that of western Europe, particularly England, in that the nation was never trampled under by the military aggression of the Chinese, Mongolian, or Islamic empires.

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While many are pointing the finger toward the number of lower-tier Google (GOOG) Android-powered devices from the likes of Samsung, LG, HTC, and others hitting the market as the culprit, the data shows that a number of markets have high smartphone penetration levels, particularly in the U.S. and Western Europe.

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Executives in western Europe and Latin America are particularly gloomy: nearly three out of five think things will get worse over the next six months.

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"In certain countries, particularly the United States and Western Europe, Facebook has actually reached a point where it appears they've saturated the market, " said Justin Smith, founder of Inside Facebook, which offers news and market research on the social networking giant.

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We can and should control surface pollution as that effects air quality yet there is a huge difference between controlling air quality as that remains constant in cold or warm environments while temperatures constantly fluctuate from day to night, month to month and year to year, in the Western isles of Europe we are having a particularly cool and wet summer.

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Second, a movement from the highly subsidized locations in Europe (particularly Germany and Spain) to very sunny areas such as the Southwestern US, Western China, and the high desert of Chile and Peru.

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