Now the Czech government seems to have done a deal that will make life easier for its America-bound citizens.
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Forbes breaks down its America's Best Colleges list into regions because many college-bound students base their decisions on location, proximity to home and culture.
Deluges, hurricanes and other weather disasters are an annual occurrence: China will always have its floods, Bangladesh its cyclones, the Philippines its typhoons and America its tornadoes.
It serves to remind its readers why America changed its strategy in Afghanistan, and why the administration would be wrong to bow to pressure to change it back again.
We estimate that Halliburton derives 64% of its value from its North America division.
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Its expansion in America will pause until its 150 existing stores in the country start making a profit.
The other reaches back past the founders to the nation's Puritan ancestors, and concludes that at its core America is religious.
Flagging sales, lower market share and mounting health care costs for employees and retirees in its North America division are all part of the picture.
Virgin has now been granted permission for its Virgin America operation.
And with competitors failing to gain similar traction in the industry, OpenTable is clearly sailing in clear waters when it comes to its North America business.
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It argues that for much of its history America (and to some extent other rich countries) enjoyed the benefits of free land, lots of immigrant labour and powerful new technologies.
BAE, which generates over 40% of its sales in America, needs to reduce its dependence on shrinking defence budgets.
The Japanese firm began selling its products in America in 1955 and achieved its first big marketing breakthrough there in 1968 with the Trinitron television.
With the base row over, if America can rely upon Japan to play a greater part in its own defence, America can reduce the number of its own troops in Japan and move some forces to Guam or even Hawaii.
It must also fix its money-losing European unit, stabilize its business in South America and maintain its leadership in China, where a slowing market means more competition.
Though a fiery speech by Mr Assad last week warned Israel of danger if it did not make peace, it is arguable that Syria has more to lose than to gain, if peace reduces its leverage over America in Iraq and over Israel through its influence on Hamas and Hizbullah.
Los Angeles, with its vibrant mix of races, has often seemed to show America its own future.
Its success outside America has been patchy: just 9% of its subscribers in London have ever bought anything from it.
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Since then, Washington has turned its back on Latin America, and turned its focus on the Middle East and Asia.
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And instead of handing over more of its money, he would like it to teach the rest of America its values.
We believe in an America that invests in its future and its people, an America that's built to compete in the 21st century.
If Mr Arias's American-backed mission to mediate succeeds, Barack Obama's administration may yet emerge from its first big test in Latin America with its prestige enhanced.
Ever since its debut as America's tourist icon, Niagara has built a reputation that depends on separating its natural wonder from the artificial accretions around it.
The NRA is planning its own advertising campaign, but despite being one of the best-funded lobby groups in America its spending is unlikely, for the moment at least, to rival that of Mr Bloomberg, he adds.
Last year, encouraged by Indonesia's deepening democratisation and its co-operation in fighting terrorism, America scrapped its restrictions on military aid (including providing weapons) to the country.
Pakistan has felt let down by America's failure to back it in its wars against India, and abandoned when, after helping Pakistan fuel the anti-Soviet resistance in Afghanistan in the 1980s, America turned its attention elsewhere.
Nearly half of its profits come from Latin America, and Brazil is its main hub.
Ameriprise Financial said in its earnings announcement today that it was planning to sell Securities America, its independent brokerage firm with 1, 800 financial advisors.
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Ironically, tonight CNN Premieres its Black in America 2 series hosted by Soledad O'Brien.
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