Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's willingness to confront Tehran over its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. officials said, has emerged as a crucial litmus test for U.S.-Iraqi relations a decade after Washington toppled strongman Saddam Hussein.
New distribution of healthy food products in China and a low-calorie fruit puree set to test U.S. markets could spark market share gains for the company.
The general repeated the consistent Chinese line that North Korea's nuclear threat is best dealt with through negotiation, even though he said it was possible Pyongyang could conduct a fourth nuclear test despite U.N. sanctions that China itself helped to draft following the latest test by China's close ally.
It's the second high-profile American visit this year to North Korea, a country that remains in a state of war with the U.S. It also comes two weeks after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test in defiance of U.N. bans against atomic and missile activity.
This means the United States must avoid the temptation to make cooperation on North Korea a litmus test for U.S.-China ties.
Although the three plus months spent here at the start of 2012 falls short of the 183 days required for residency status in the U.S., the substantial presence test should be enough for most players to be considered U.S. residents for 2012.
If your test case is U.S. Senate Republicans, yep, it sure looks that way.
The day started with mild gains, but after the Federal Reserve released its stress test results on U.S. banks, financial stocks soared.
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As the world waits and watches for an expected North Korean ballistic missile test, the U.S. and its allies are prepared to respond if necessary.
Smith says that one test in the U.K. found 80% of time, people would surrender after seeing the warning arc, without an officer actually having to fire the device.
The law sets the stage for an almost guaranteed legal showdown, with proponents saying the law is intended to test the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal.
The pending auction of the battery business of A123 Systems, Inc. (OTC Markets:AONEQ) will present yet another test for the U.S. expansion plans of Chinese companies interested in becoming global players.
Before facing Spain in September, the next big test for the U.S. singles players comes next month in Madrid, where all the world's best men and women will gather on clay for the crucial French Open prelude.
Mr. Siegel got his first high-profile test during the U.S. track and field trials in late June when Jeneba Tarmoh finished third in the 100-meter sprint but was later declared in a dead heat with Allyson Felix.
Mr. Yeltsin and the Russian military-industrial complex and security apparatus to which he is increasingly beholden have asserted that the repeal of statutes derided as the "legacy of the Cold War" is a litmus test of the U.S. commitment to Russian reform.
Mr. Yeltsin -- and the Russian military-industrial complex and security apparatus to which he is increasingly beholden -- have asserted that the repeal of statutes derided as the "legacy of the Cold War" is a litmus test of the U.S. commitment to Russian reform.
Concerns over the health of U.S. banks have cast a shadow over the recent recovery, and the stress-test results, showing most U.S. banks would be well-capitalized in the event of an economic downturn, helped allay some of those worries.
It was the most significant action taken by North Korea as it sought to show its anger over South Korean-U.S. military drills and U.N. sanctions imposed over Pyongyang's February nuclear test, its third.
The closure of the Kaesong plant the last outpost of inter-Korean economic cooperation followed weeks of verbal attacks by North Korea against the South and the U.S. after the U.N. imposed tougher sanctions against Pyongyang after its third nuclear test in February.
The closure of the Kaesong complex the last outpost of inter-Korean economic cooperation in turn followed weeks of near-daily verbal attacks by North Korea against the South and the U.S. after the U.N. imposed tougher sanctions against Pyongyang following its third nuclear test in February.
The closure of the industrial complex the last outpost of inter-Korean economic cooperation in turn followed weeks of near-daily verbal attacks by North Korea against the South and the U.S. after the U.N. imposed tougher sanctions against Pyongyang following its third nuclear test in February.
The first indication of the latest test was seismic activity at the test site, which U.S. officials estimated at roughly magnitude 5.1.
North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, fired test rockets and threatened U.S. and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.
Since pulling out of the six-party talks three years ago, the North has conducted a long-range rocket test and its second-ever nuclear test in defiance of U.N.
It plans to expand the test into 60 more U.S. stores, as well as 10 European and 10 Australian stores, most of which will open in the first half of the year.
North Korea, a financially beleaguered state hit by fresh U.N. sanctions after its nuclear test in February, may expect the launches will prompt the offer of dialogue from the U.S., they said.
North Korea, a financially beleaguered state hit by fresh U.N. sanctions following its nuclear test in February, may expect the launches will prompt the offer of dialogue from the U.S., they said.
Albright then underscored the disdain this Administration has repeatedly exhibited toward the legislative branch, notably last year when -- after a majority of the U.S. Senate rejected the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty -- she and other spokesmen declared the vote made no difference, the U.S. remained bound by the CTBT's prohibitions on nuclear testing.
While testing at that level is better than not being able to test at all, confidence in the credibility of the U.S. nuclear deterrent simply cannot be maintained without the ability to test at higher yield levels at least on an exceptional basis.
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