After Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia one year ago, the only country to follow its lead was Nicaragua.

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The government of the Netherlands collapsed in February after the prime minister tried to keep Dutch forces in Afghanistan from returning home this year.

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He became the ambassador to the country earlier this year, after retiring from the military.

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Moreover, we found it interesting that the SPX, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Russell 2000 Index pulled back to their respective breakevens for the year, and closed the week in positive territory after rallying from these year-to-date breakeven numbers which are 1, 257.64, 11, 577.51 and 783.65, respectively.

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The import tax is rising from 4% to 6%, a year after doubling from 2% to 4%.

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This can be considered effectively a worst case scenario, as the couple retired just one year after the worst 10 year stock market performance in American history, from 1999 to 2008.

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