Considering how far behind the United States is compared to other developed nations with regards to parental leave, that's shameful.

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Experts estimate that about 3 percent of the electrical energy consumed in the United States and other developed countries is used to treat wastewater, and a majority of that electricity is produced by fossil fuels that contribute to global warming.

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Despite such gains, preprimary enrollment in the United States is below that of many other developed countries, especially in the years before kindergarten.

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Another factor is that the United States has not developed the sort of intelligence infrastructure in this region that it painstakingly built up in the tribal areas of Pakistan and Yemen.

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The population of most developed countries, the United States in particular, is aging.

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That could be an increasing problem if recent stats from independent analytics firm Social Baker are to be believed that Facebook is shedding users in developed markets like the United States, U.K. and particularly Japan.

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Moreover, his current actions will not only lead to losing status in the United States but also in the developed world, particularly Europe which is siding more and more with Washington, as is demonstrated in the new pro-American foreign policies of French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.

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The report suggests a rule based on the growth of the overall economy, which is similar to a proposal being developed in the United States by Senator Corker of Tennessee.

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"We believe the percentage of accounts that are duplicate or false is meaningfully lower in developed markets such as the United States or Australia and higher in developing markets such as Indonesia and Turkey, " the company said in the filing.

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The United States remains the only developed country with no guarantee of paid maternity leave and is lagging behind on how much women earn compared with men.

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That is UN-speak for a commitment developed nations like the United States undertook in 2002 to commit 0.7% of their gross domestic product to Official Development Assistance (ODA, also known as foreign aid).

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This is unfortunate because the United States has one of the most punitive corporate tax systems in the developed world.

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