• And while other countries, especially France, claim to offer generous grants to help alleviate translation costs, I personally have never encountered one.

    FORBES: Swedish Crime Fiction and the Trouble With Translation

  • It's unfair, he said, that the U.S. is being forced to pay the brunt of drug costs while other countries negotiate discounts.

    FORBES: Amgen (And Biotech) Are Growing Up

  • While other countries shape practice in their democratically elected parliaments, America wrangles incessantly over the choice of nine lawyers with lifetime appointments.

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  • Americans once led the world in educational attainment, but this is now barely rising while other countries have caught up (see article).

    ECONOMIST: Innovation

  • But while other countries stayed where they were, the American incarceration rate then took off to 313 per 100, 000 in 1985 and 648 in 1997.

    ECONOMIST: Far too many Americans are behind bars

  • While other countries consider ways to live within their means, Washington is intent on devising ever more creative ways to delay the day of reckoning.

    FORBES: Cowardice Of Compromise As Spineless Politicians Sink U.S. Deeper Into Debt

  • While other countries are examining the Swiss model with a view to establishing a similar system of their own, the scheme's national co-ordinator Nicole Stutzmann issued a note of caution.

    BBC: News | Europe | Drugs lesson from Switzerland

  • And as long as nobody was cruel enough to point to international league tables such as the PISA tests, showing British results stagnating while other countries soared ahead, all was well.

    ECONOMIST: Fixing British education

  • The U.S. committed to exchange for gold dollars held by foreign central banks and Treasuries (governments) while other countries used their dollar reserves to peg (i.e. manipulate) their currencies to the dollar.

    FORBES: Currency Manipulation

  • All these indicators show at best a stagnation of the position of France while other countries are progressing and that higher education and research are regarded as determinants of growth and competitiveness.

    UNESCO: Education

  • While other countries have banned the use of BPA, the United States, driven by the powerful chemical industry, takes the opposite approach: refusing to regulate BPA until there is strong evidence to prove it is unsafe.

    CNN: Ban unsafe chemical from baby bottles and cups

  • Pig farmers have had to spend money on this, while other European countries still allow intensive methods.

    ECONOMIST: Farming

  • The Philippines has reduced tariffs on foreign petrochemicals to 10%, while other ASEAN countries "still have 30%, " he says.

    CNN: DAD AND ME

  • Put crudely, if Americans save more and spend less while other big countries do the opposite, the world economy will prosper.

    ECONOMIST: America's economy

  • Last year, Britain proposed allowing human cells to be cloned for research purposes while other European countries, including Spain and France have banned human cloning altogether.

    CNN: Team to attempt human cloning

  • France has lowered taxes as well, while Italy and other countries reigned in their budget deficits.

    BBC: The euro: Still in the doldrums

  • The United States wants to focus on trade, security and corruption, while Brazil and other countries want to highlight social issues.

    BBC: Greenpeace protester

  • While most other rich countries chose to make betting on horse-racing a state monopoly, Britain legalised private bookies in the 1960s.

    ECONOMIST: Gambling

  • Syria, Tunisia and Turkey also shifted from ecological creditor to debtor status during this period, while the other Mediterranean countries saw a worsening of their ecological deficits.

    UNESCO: OFFICE IN VENICE

  • Federal funding for university research also has been shrinking, adjusted for inflation, while such funding in other countries like China, Japan and South Korea has grown.

    WSJ: Funding Cuts Lead to University Battles, Warning From Panel

  • President Obama announced last week the deployment of another 30, 000 U.S. forces to Afghanistan, increasing the total U.S. troop commitment to almost 100, 000, while at least 25 other countries have pledged another 7, 000 troops.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Twitter used a novel feature called "Country Withheld Content" which means that users in Germany should be unable to see messages posted by the account while they remain visible in other countries.

    BBC: French court orders Twitter to reveal racists' details

  • The size of the French banking sector shrank by nearly 50% during the decade, while the banking sectors in other countries such as Britain and the U.S. grew by 39% and 50%, respectively.

    WSJ: Nicolas Lecaussin: What's the Matter With the French Banks?

  • Fellow bailout recipients like Ireland -- which had to accept a full country bailout for its bust banks -- may ask for their terms to be reviewed, while Spain could clash with other countries over which banks are worth saving and which aren't.

    CNN: First relief in Spain...then reflection

  • On Aug. 30, he left for Tunis, while his forces dispersed to other Arab countries.

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  • Corporate taxation is so heavy in the U.S. relative to other countries that even while enjoying its near-zero rate in Ireland, Apple ends up with roughly the same overall effective tax rate, 14%, as South Korea's Samsung, its main global competitor.

    WSJ: Review & Outlook: The Apple Tax Diversion

  • The trickle of hard currency brought in by a few intrepid travellers helped buy food from across the border in Botswana and Zambia, and while some rangers sought work in other countries, a hardy band of guides stayed on to try and protect the animals from poaching.

    BBC: Zimbabwe, a side you've never seen

  • While Russia worries about intellectual property, other countries are concerned about security.

    WSJ: China Clones, Sells Russian Fighter Jets

  • These nations typically enjoyed expanding elephant herds while the number of elephants in other African countries, such as Kenya and Tanzania, was shrinking.

    FORBES: When You Ban The Sale Of Ivory, You Ban Elephants

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