• In 2000, the countries of the world agreed to halve adult literacy by 2015.

    UNESCO: EDUCATION

  • Between foreign countries, I fly the major airlines of the major industrialized countries of the world, whenever possible.

    FORBES: Which Airlines Should You Fly?

  • This is an issue for the people of Egypt and the people of countries around the world to petition their governments.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • He said presiding over this year's jury would give him the opportunity to discover "the most mysterious niches of filmmaking in the most mysterious countries of the world".

    BBC: Bertolucci to lead Venice film festival jury

  • Flying to and from the US, I fly major US airlines when I have a choice, as well as the airlines of the major industrialized countries of the world.

    FORBES: Which Airlines Should You Fly?

  • Locally grown food also becomes more compelling when you look at the state of some of the world's food-producing countries which the rest of the world relies on for key produce.

    CNN: All About: Food and the environment

  • He added that the policy of contrition was not even proving effective in changing the behaviour of countries in the world that were of concern to the US, like Iran or Cuba.

    BBC: Obama's first 100 days: Foreign policy

  • "If we try to lurch into this thing without bringing with us what will probably be the majority of the countries of the world, it would be extremely unwise and very dangerous, " he warned.

    BBC: North Africa and Middle East debate part two

  • "It would either be maybe playing some cricket abroad in one of the warmer countries of the world, whether it be South Africa or Australia - who knows, or going on that Champions Trophy trip, " he said.

    BBC: SPORT | Cricket | England | Giles hoping to make Ashes tour

  • The U.S. has benefitted immensely over the years from the fact that the other countries of the world do not impose the same arcane tax reporting and investment restrictions on their expats as the U.S. imposes on its.

    FORBES: Relinquishing U.S. Citizenship

  • If you rank the countries of the world in terms of the academic performance of their schoolchildren, the U.S. is just below average, half a standard deviation below a clump of relatively high-performing countries like Canada and Belgium.

    NEWYORKER: Most Likely to Succeed

  • The final shape of global banking regulations is yet to be seen, as it is really a work in progress, and, for most of the emerging market countries of the world, the true impact is still a couple of years away.

    FORBES: Banking From A Venezuelan Perspective

  • Beyond that, there's every evidence that an inappropriate use of technology has created chemical changes in the environment which will need to be addressed and I don't see the will to address it in the major wealthy countries of the world who have created the problem.

    BBC: News | Back to the future | John Mohawk

  • It is a fact that the pace of growth in some of the emerging countries of the world, emerging economies of the world creates a vastly increased demand for fossil fuels -- growth in China, growth in India, growth in Brazil and elsewhere -- and that creates more demand, and that has an impact on oil prices.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • It's challenging, innovative stuff, and it likely would sound very different had Mr. Stanko been born in Brooklyn likewise if Miles Davis had been born in Warsaw (in which case he would have been named Kilometers Davis.) Would that the United Nations get all the countries of the world together harmonizing the way that jazz seems to be able to.

    WSJ: The Jazz Scene: Intercontinental Artistic Missions

  • In fact, I have a vision that when the G20 meets later in the month in Seoul, that the world needs a new balance between deficit countries and surplus countries, and that balance has to be restored by paying more attention to the development -- of the development potential, including infrastructure development and energy infrastructure agricultural infrastructure in the poorer countries of the world.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and Prime Minister Singh Press Availability | The White House

  • They are the countries of the world whose central banks buy U.S. dollars collected by their export businesses, by printing their own money with which to do it, and with those dollars turn around and buy U.S. government securities, not because they necessarily consider them good investments, but primarily because the U.S. government securities market is currently the only U.S. dollar repository big enough to take the bid.

    FORBES: America, poised for a hyperinflationary event? ...the Roadmap

  • What is surprising, though, is just how big the China market is compared to the other industrialized countries of the world.

    FORBES: China's Manufacturing Prowess

  • "We want to achieve peace with the Palestinians and with the countries of the Arab world, while attempting to reach maximum understanding with the United States and our friends around the world, " Netanyahu said on June 7 in announcing the speech.

    CNN: Poll: Half of Israelis back bombing if needed to stop Iran nukes

  • The result was an agreement by the United Nations, European Union, the governments of 74 countries, the World Diamond Council -- representing the industry -- and a number of interest groups such as Global Witness.

    CNN: How diamonds fuel Africa's conflicts

  • America spent much of the 80s among the top five on the list of freest countries in the world.

    FORBES: When Investing, Why I Pick Countries Over Companies

  • Indeed, mobilizing the talent of young people is the only sure way of unlocking the potential of the poorest countries in the world.

    CNN: Without frontiers, young people mobilize for change

  • The U.S. is one of the few countries in the world where a large majority of consumers can choose from five or more wireless providers in their local market.

    FORBES: Senator Kohl Boosts Anti ATT/T Mobile Merger Sentiment

  • As a group, the eurozone economies comprise just over a fifth of the world economy, a similar share to the US. They are some of the richest countries in the world.

    BBC: The great shakedown in Cannes

  • The U.S. is one of the very few industrialized countries in the world that taxes the income of its citizens and resident aliens no matter where they live and where the income comes from.

    FORBES: A Taxing Proposal For Expat Americans?

  • "I thought that even though we were one of the poorest towns in the South East we could help one of the poorest countries in the world, " he said.

    BBC: London 2012: Hastings twin town hosts Sierra Leone team

  • In 2005 Scotland became one of the few countries in the world to legally protect the rights of women who want to breastfeed in public.

    BBC: Vitamin D and weaning advice for new Scottish mothers

  • The popularization of Science is today becoming a fundamental issue in the political strategies of the development of countries all over the world.

    UNESCO: Science Policy and Capacity-Building

  • About 50% of the clothes and accessories sold by Zara are manufactured in Spain, while 26% are produced in the rest of Europe and 24% in Asian and African countries and the rest of the world where labor is somewhat cheaper.

    FORBES: Zara Accused Of Alleged 'Slave Labor' In Brazil

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