Well clearly it altered the world economy in the short term, and the trading status of several middle eastern countries in the medium and long term.

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There are 550 schools in this Eastern European country, and as the new term starts this month around 20 of them will take part in the pilot program.

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But Daewoo also has decent factories and a strong market position in India and Eastern Europe, both good prospects for long-term growth and cheap places to make cars for neighbouring markets.

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Or, like West Germans embracing their much poorer eastern brothers and sisters, would historic nationalism trump short term economics?

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Thanks to concerns about cost, pricing formulas and doubts about long-term commitments from Europe in light of competing projects coming from the Eastern Mediterranean, the Galsi has found itself pushed back again and again.

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In eastern Ohio, AFSCME is campaigning hard for Rep. Zack Space, even though the second-term Democrat has been abandoned by other unions and Democratic interest groups after he voted against health-care legislation.

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