The number of global mobile subscriptions will pass the 6 billion mark in February.
In recent days, Iran has threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, the channel through which about a third of global seaborne oil exports pass.
If a global recession does come to pass and markets start to shrink, more businessmen and workers may demand protection from their governments.
Recently, the media Knights Templar of the religious orthodoxy of man-caused global warming made a contrived pass at reviving flagging public respect for their fading catechism.
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Kerry said during the debate he would never grant another country a veto on U.S. actions to protect itself, but he said the decision to go to war should pass a "global test" of legitimacy.
Asia ex-Japan is mostly given a pass in the swirling global concerns about sovereign debt, but the region has its worrisome deficit cases, such as India.
The output and input price indexes rose above 50, suggesting that the recent rally in global energy and commodity prices are likely to pass through gradually to output prices.
"I heard Senator Kerry say that there was some kind of global test that you ought to be able to pass to support pre-emption, and I don't understand what that means, " Rice said.
Over half of this expanded global demand was met by a single mine, Mountain Pass, in the deserts of southeast California.
Hours, sometimes days pass with barely a tweet coming from this global communications firm, as was the case with the most recent loss of service.
Instead he asked the Security Council to pass a nonbinding resolution stressing the urgency of global disarmament and arms-control treaties among the five permanent Security Council members.
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And there is the threat of far bigger supply disruptions if Iran were ever to carry out its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which 17m barrels of oil pass every day, some 20% of global supply.
More than his failure to pass his domestic agenda on health care and global warming despite his Democratic Party's control over both houses of Congress, Iran's announcement on Thursday that it is a nuclear power and has the capacity to produce weapons-grade uranium is a testament to Obama's feckless incompetence.
China is set to pass Japan by the end of the year, and become the second largest global ad market.
The ruling family has tried to pass the buck, dissociating itself and Wahhabism from al-Qaeda's global jihad, which it blames on Egyptian influences.
What skilled person in an athletic discipline would pass up an opportunity to test his or her talent against an equally proficient global field?
While some were bracing for choppier U.S. growth ahead, the market's ability to pare its losses reflected a desire among some investors to stay the course, in a bet the latest headwinds will soon pass and shake out traders and investors with less conviction in the global recovery.
Global equity and commodity markets remain higher after rising ahead of the Greek vote on expectations it would pass, thereby improving risk sentiment in markets.
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Unlike at the end of the first world war, there is now a global disease-surveillance system which would sound the alarm if H5N1 showed signs of being able to pass from person to person.
While temporary factors such as the incredibly high price of oil and substantial supply chain disruptions are expected to pass, the second half of the year still has to face substantial headwinds as the global economy stalls. (Read Economy Moving At Snail Speed, ISM, Jobs Report Show).
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Many millions of students pass through American public education and are perfectly well served, ready to go compete in that global marketplace I keep reading about.
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Politicians may be willing to borrow and pass something like TARP even despite popular opposition if enough economists scream that they must or the global economy will collapse.
Comcast, a global media and technology company, today announced plans to bring Xfinity TV customers an all-access, free pass to the biggest TV catch-up in TV history from March 25-31.
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