The Czechs are in their first semi-final since 1997 while the US have not made the final since 2003.
While the US and the UK still dominated the ratings, significant gains were made by their top Asian competitors.
While the US market is currently the largest for BD3D, the United Kingdom, Germany and France are rapidly growing markets.
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The overall number is not an exact, scientific comparison because Brazil includes farm payroll while the US data does not.
While the US remains the world's largest beer market in terms of profit, brewers there are entering a new era.
While the US started printing money five years ago, Japan has only started within the last year, really the last six months.
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Brazil tops the list with 3, 663 data requests while the US made 3, 580 and the UK came a distant third with 1, 166.
Over the last 12 months, Brazil created 2.25 million jobs while the US created a little over 454, 000, according to government data.
While the US believes its alliances and its military presence in the Pacific have underwritten peace in Asia, China has a different view.
Spain and Russia are expected to be England's main rivals in Europe, while the US and Australia are among the other countries bidding.
While the US and Europe struggled to recover, the emerging nations boomed and, as they did so, demand for commodities went through the roof.
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While the US economy seems to be gaining some strength, especially in jobs and housing, Europe could remain a challenge for a few years.
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The House passed the measure by a 354 to 67 vote, while the US Senate approved it on Friday afternoon by unanimous consent.
While the US has turned to shale gas, Europeans have once again embraced the black stuff, as the cost of coal has plummeted.
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The Spirit aircraft has resumed flying, while the US Airways plane is out of service for inspection and repair of its damaged tail cone, the airlines reported.
While the US is leading the calls for China to allow the yuan to float freely, it is the European Union which sees the yen as currently undervalued.
Russia backs the government, while the US supports the rebels.
While the US government is set to take a 60% stake in GM, the Canadian government is due to own 12.5%, with GM's unions having 17.5%, and bondholders 10%.
Investors further ignore the fact that many European countries have already taken measures to bring their government finances in order, while the US is still deliberating within Super committees.
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The White House had warned of great risks in leaving the Pentagon without a leader at a time of budget challenges and while the US has troops in Afghanistan.
Mr Biden, who arrived in Georgia after visiting Ukraine, said that while the US was keen to maintain good relations with Russia, certain issues were not up for discussion.
While the US relationship with the Islamic world has suffered from the recent inflammatory anti-Islamic film, values-based finance has emerged as an unlikely, yet significant point of connection.
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There was a certain amount of ' fudge' about the negotiations, however, and while the US did sign up, the decision has still to be ratified by the US Congress.
While the US led the way with more than 13% of gross domestic product spent on health, Canada, Australia and the best-performing European nations were all spending about 9% to 10%.
The international bond fund was down 1% til mid-February and the emerging market bond was off over 2%, while the US government bond fund was behaving like a bank CD, up 0.1%.
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But within half a century, the picture had changed dramatically, for while the US continued its seemingly inexorable journey to global greatness and unprecedented affluence, it no longer did so on the trains.
And yet, while the US applied this principle in Afghanistan and Iraq, it applied it only partially in Pakistan, and failed to apply it all in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority.
While the US unemployment rate for November unexpectedly fell to 8.6 percent from 9 percent in October, recent jobs numbers may reflect deeper systemic problems in the nation with respect to labor and economic activity.
Another 140, 000 people living between 20-30km of the facility were told on Tuesday not to leave their homes, while the US embassy has advised American citizens living within 80km of the plant to evacuate or seek shelter.
While the US data was definitely not support for the dollar side of this pair from an economic standpoint, it has led to some risk aversion buying of US denominated assets and thus helped the dollar slightly.
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