The country remains deeply divided over the role, scope, cost and power of our government.
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It cannot be, since, thanks to its geography, the country remains a strategic pivot.
Whether America is up to the giant task of stabilising the country remains to be seen.
The country remains more orderly and less prone to petty corruption than those farther east.
The country remains predominantly rural: over 600m out of 1.24 billion Indians rely directly on farming.
The rest of the country remains highly unstable, although the situation in the Freetown peninsula is significantly calmer.
The country remains a "great place to retire, " he said, despite security concerns.
But the country remains dreadfully poor, with more than half the 75m Vietnamese still living below the poverty line.
Smartphones make up only a fraction of the Indian mobile market, and desktop Internet access in the country remains low.
The country remains in a growth recession as the private sector reduces debt and the external deficit is worked down.
But this year Mr Hollande's opinion poll ratings have slumped, as the country remains mired in recession and unemployment at 10.6%.
Colombia in recent years has made strides against drug cartels, but the country remains a top supplier of cocaine to illicit markets.
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The country remains one of the few places in the world where women are drafted to fight alongside men in combat roles.
While the country remains an important player within the UNSC thanks to its veto power, NATO politics has usurped Russian wishes time and time again.
The country remains closely divided, and the economy is teetering again.
Now, the administration in Syria has stepped up security controls after the recent uprisings in the region, and the country remains under emergency law, in place since 1963.
Americans may be more willing to accept gay marriage these days at the polls, but on a couple hot button issues, the country remains as divided as ever.
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But despite its oil wealth, the country remains largely impoverished.
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Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of the population is older than 65, while the number of immigrants in the country remains below 2%, according to the International Organization for Migration.
The Greeks tend to forget their politics in the numbing heat of August, but the country remains trapped in a cycle of decline, with a shrinking economy and rising unemployment.
Even as France faces stiff new competition from China, the U.S. and Germany to capitalize on the continent's vast economic potential, the country remains uniquely positioned to respond to Africa's security crises.
The situation in the country remains difficult, and America's newly rewritten draft resolution to the United Nations seems unlikely to persuade other nations to provide much extra money or troops to the effort.
Though the country remains a fixture on the State Department's list, American officials tend to accept that Libya, its horrid past notwithstanding, has not been directly involved in terrorist activities for several years.
The country remains acutely vulnerable to natural disasters.
But the country remains an economic minefield: Debt payments are a political football, healthy companies risk being taken over through loopholes in bankruptcy law and businessmen with political ties still can get the government to harass their rivals.
Chen said in a profile piece on him in WantChinaTimes.com, that the country remains an important trade partner for the United States and that while Romney does not want to provoke a trade war, he will not compromise either.
Despite the king's confidence, the country remains unstable, and has seen an attempted coup against Mr Karzai, an assassination attempt against the defence minister, Mohammed Fahim, and riots by poppy farmers, irate at government attempts to destroy their opium-producing crops.
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