Australia has set a November deadline to zero, for Japan to stop whaling in Antarctic waters, or face international court action.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

"We have put ourselves onto a timeline. We are working it through with the Japanese but if they do not come at this agreement to zero, we will initiate that action."

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

With interest rates near zero, no equivalent action is available to the Fed today.

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The Federal Reserve, trying to kick-start the economy, is keeping short-term interest rates at zero and is taking action to drive down long-term rates as well.

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Everybody I know is going to a Super Bowl party, including my football-ambivalent wife, who has watched exactly zero hours and zero minutes of NFL action this year.

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