• David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in the country -- both of whom will brief the U.S. Congress this week on the state of progress in Iraq.

    CNN: Volunteers collect Baghdad's nameless dead

  • Sanctions should roll back, with Israel and Arab state endorsements, if Iran makes tangible progress in talks.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Although the State Department has noted Libya's progress in ending support for terrorism, officials said Libya will not be removed from the list until some remaining concerns are addressed, including Libya's suspected involvement in a plot to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.

    CNN: U.S. to lift final sanctions against Libya

  • In these meetings, he discussed the current state of transition to Afghan lead and our progress towards meeting the objectives agreed to at the NATO Summit in Chicago earlier this year.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Recently folks from the University of California, Riverside announced that they had made progress in creating an ultraviolet solid state laser.

    FORBES: What is the Future of Optical Disc Technology and who will Use It?

  • But even putting that to one side, the rising indebtedness of the state more than offsets any progress by the private sector in reducing debts.

    BBC: US ahead of UK on road to reducing debts

  • Walmart updated its progress towards waste reduction goals in the state with an announcement that 80 percent of waste generated in the state is recycled, reused or otherwise diverted from area landfills.

    FORBES: Written by Melissa Hincha-Ownby

  • Now, the secretary of state said that the troops coming out depended on political progress in Iraq, and on the police forces on Iraq being able to take control of the situation there.

    NPR: Administration Hints at Troop Changes in Iraq

  • In 2000, for instance, a state agency called the Oregon Progress Board did its own survey on hunger.

    ECONOMIST: And, despite ever-expanding waistlines, it is not alone

  • The new system would have incorporated student progress on state tests and replaced a simple system in place for decades that rated the vast majority of teachers satisfactory.

    WSJ: State Warns School Aid Is at Stake

  • She added that Ed Balls, Secretary of State at the DCSF, had instructed Lord Laming to report on progress in implementing safeguarding arrangements for children in England in light of the Baby P case.

    BBC: Child abuse 'missed' by register

  • The leader of Bahrain's main opposition party has called on the UK government to act as a mediator with the ruling al-Khalifa family if progress towards democracy remains stalled in the troubled Gulf state.

    BBC: Bahrain opposition seeks UK support as tension simmers

  • "Considering that over a third of America's transit riders use the systems most heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy, it is imperative that we continue this rapid progress to restore these systems in the tri-state region, " Federal Transit Administration head Peter Rogoff said.

    WSJ: US announces $1.4B in Sandy transit aid to NY, NJ

  • "The notion of pan-Asian community is still a work in progress, " said Dennis Hayashi, director of the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing, who previously served in the Clinton administration.

    CNN

  • The Commission report noted Croatian progress in areas such as anti-trust, mergers and state aid, including privatisation of shipyards.

    BBC: EU backs Croatia to join in July as 28th member state

  • By bringing together Federal, State, and local governments and private industry partners, we have made great progress in securing cyberspace for business, education, entertainment, and civic life.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • With her career as a top lawyer, a judge and state governor she would seem to have removed most obstacles to women's progress in a previously male-run world.

    ECONOMIST: Roma Mitchell

  • Under the deal, at least 20% of a teacher's overall score would in many cases be based on how much progress students make on a state standardized exam.

    WSJ: Teacher Evaluation Deal Reached

  • By establishing full reciprocity as the prerequisite basis for a two-state "solution" President Obama might just be able to make useful progress toward peace in the Middle East.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • But while past Supreme Court rulings rejected challenges to Section 5, in a 2009 decision the justices signaled that the formula for selecting jurisdictions covered by Section 5, last updated with the 1972 election results, may not reflect subsequent progress in race relations and therefore may become an unconstitutional burden on state prerogatives to decide their own ballot regulations.

    WSJ: Justices Question Aspects of Voting Rights Act

  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, visiting Afghanistan with her British counterpart, said Thursday that she sees progress in the troubled nation despite the Taliban militia's threat to security.

    NPR: Rice Stresses Progress, Taliban in Afghanistan

  • While a large part of the EU's reluctance to admit Turkey relates to slow progress in the area of human rights, there are also significant concerns about the state of the economy.

    BBC: Turkey's inflation woes

  • The Eurozone leaders have made no progress in facing up the real problem: either they must form a true nation state union that eliminates the nation sovereignty of the Eurozone by merging all power into one central government resulting in the elimination of national governments or they must disband the Euro.

    FORBES: Euro Crisis Will Only Get Worse And Do Serious Damage To Investors

  • Cameroon's progress as a state has been hampered by a level of corruption that is among the highest in the world.

    BBC: NEWS | Africa | Cameroon tracks 'ghost workers'

  • But, of course, the progress of approving trans-border pipelines has been housed, if you will, in the State Department for quite a long time under administrations that have been both Democratic and Republican because of the international nature of those pipelines, the fact that they cross international borders.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

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