There is just not enough gold in the world to be used as a value backed money medium.
The probe centers on past lax regulatory-compliance practices that allegedly allowed HSBC units around the world to be used for potential terrorism financing and for drug cartels to launder illicit proceeds.
The document published this week spells out the amounts that Mr Sachs and his team believe will be required, not just for Africa but for all of the developing world, and the methods to be used.
China is now the largest manufacturer in the world -- used to be the United States of America.
Russian citizens are much better informed about the state of the world than they used to be, internet penetration has exploded over the past decade, and you can bet that if, say, Bulgaria was rapidly converging to Western living standards there would be huge pressure on the Kremlin accomplish a similar economic miracle.
Having the maximum three spots at the Olympics and world championships used to be a birthright for the American women.
Where Kael made demands of the future, though, Wolcott has essentially produced a book-length complaint that the world is not the way it used to be.
Of the 12 stadiums to be used for the World Cup, just three are ready, in the cities of Fortaleza, Belo Horizonte and Salvador.
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Rather, it's that there aren't as many desperately poor people in the world as there used to be who tighten their belts when prices go up.
One of the biggest problems is "skimming" - when the magnetic strip is copied and the information used to clone a card that can then be used anywhere in the world.
The success of the peacemaking mission in Sierra Leone has given heart to all who think that the rich world's military power should be used to rescue "failed states".
In brief, Caldwell is part of a larger trend that is trying to apply the way developers think about the digital world to products that can be easily used by non-technical consumers.
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Now is the time to make our education system the best in the world, the envy of the world. (Applause.) It used to be.
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MLS, says it is pinning a lot of its hopes on the television coverage of the World Cup, which will be used to cross-promote the domestic game.
Some scientists say the Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia, which used to be the world's highest ski run, has already nearly disappeared.
The ideas will be judged on three criteria: how it will use technology to better the world, how the cash awarded will be used to implement the project, and how the organization will implement the plan.
Her initial idea was that certain personality types would more easily excel at different jobs, and the tool was intended to be used by women entering the workforce during World War II.
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More than a decade of working on arms trade issues has taught me that while it may be straight-forward to physically transfer weapons to anywhere in the world, it is far harder to monitor how they will be used -- and whose hands they will ultimately end up in.
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So critics of R2P may well use the argument that five victors of the second world war should not have the crucial say as to when coercion may be used.
He contrasted the Mobile World Congress of today with its predecessor, which used to be held in the southern French town of Cannes.
That is the biggest moat in the entire world for one piece of metal to be used by everyone agreeing its money.
The usual supposition is that this money will then be given to Third World kleptocrats or possibly used to make the world safe for sea kittens.
Dr Helen Lee, who led the research, told BBC News Online the new test could be used in the developing world, where people may find it hard to access healthcare, and in developed countries, where up to half those tested do not come back for their results.
The ICC would like the technology to be used in all 49 World Cup matches in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Ivory Coast - the world's largest cocoa producer - used to be seen as a haven of peace and prosperity in West Africa.
Killers frontman Brandon Flowers may be used to playing the world's biggest venues, but he could be making an unlikely visit to a County Antrim village, if his drummer has his way.
America is taking this position because officials believe that as it is the most powerful country in the world, an international court could be used to mount frivolous and politically motivated actions against its citizens.
However, when trillions of dollars are spent preparing to fight World War II where warfare no longer bears any resemblance to the way it used to be conducted, is it really unreasonable to review how we are spending all this money and find a few bucks that can be cut?
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The MCA said tests showed it to be "common fuel oil" used by ships all over the world.
The working model of the sensory systems will then be used in a robot to see if it can move around the world with the sophistication of a honey bee.
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