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  1. AP Interview: Peres, at 90, Still Going Strong

    Tue, 18 Jun 2013

    This is his retirement." Peres has become a fixture at a variety of annual international events like the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, showing up each year to a kind of reverent acclaim enjoyed by only a tiny handful in the

  2. The Note's Must-Reads for Monday, May 27, 2013

    Mon, 27 May 2013

    largest economy. "It's the only stimulus," the Columbia University professor said in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Jordan May 25. "Clearly the economy is not back to normal, and to accept this as the new normal would be

  3. PM Note: Jason Collins' Political Connections, What the Typo-Ridden Sequester Fix-It Doesn't Fix

    Mon, 29 Apr 2013

    war" and onto to strengthening public health and judicial systems. At a recent debate on drug policy at the World Economic Forum on Latin America, panelist Oscar Naranjo, Colombia's revered former national police chief, said "when we add

  4. The End of the "War on Drugs"?

    Mon, 29 Apr 2013

    war" and onto to strengthening public health and judicial systems. At a recent debate on drug policy at the World Economic Forum on Latin America, panelist Oscar Naranjo, Colombia's revered former national police chief, said "when we add

  5. World's Most Unfriendly Countries for Tourists

    Mon, 18 Mar 2013

    Same with Ireland. And possibly Italy, especially if you're younger than 5 or a blonde. A new report from the World Economic Forum has ranked 140 nations based on the "attitude of population toward foreign visitors." Here's the short version

  6. The Coal Monster: Pollution Forces Chinese Leaders to Act

    Thu, 7 Mar 2013

    paying for decades of waste, says Ma Jun, 44, a leading environmental activist in China. Ma, who attended the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, was more optimistic about the future when he returned to smoggy Beijing than one would expect

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  1. CEOs Say the Darndest Things

    Fri, 18 Jan 2013

    Gates "Two years from now, spam will be solved."-- Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, in a 2004 comment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Ken Olsen, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp. " There is no reason for any individual

  2. India at Crossroads on Path to Superpower Status

    Thu, 6 Sep 2012

    been president of the Supreme Court Bar Association several times, and he has also represented his country at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. A versatile politician capable of serving in various government capacities, Sibal's

  3. The Global News Quiz

    Fri, 1 Jun 2012

    refused to leave - convinced it would compromise or end her fight for freedoms. This week Suu Kyi addressed the World Economic Forum in Bangkok. 12) According to reports, the Ila prison hopes to find people willing to play hockey, chess and

  4. Myanmar Opposition Leader Suu Kyi Speaks Freely but Skeptically

    Fri, 1 Jun 2012

    traveled outside of the country she still calls Burma. The Nobel laureate and former political prisoner attended the World Economic Forum in Bangkok. Addressing the issue of new economic opportunities in East Asia, she called for "healthy skepticism

  5. The Global Note: A Syrian Boy…Europe's Fever…Obama's Cyberwar…The Diamond Jubilee

    Fri, 1 Jun 2012

    She was right - and today Gloria RIVIERA reports that Suu Kyi received a standing ovation as she addressed the World Economic Forum in Bangkok - her first foreign trip in a quarter century. Suu Kyi urged the international community to exercise

  6. The Global Note: Italy Quakes…Tremors At the Vatican…After Syria's Massacre…The "Flame" Virus

    Tue, 29 May 2012

    refugee camp for people from Myanmar in Tak province on Wednesday. She will then attend and deliver a speech at the World Economic Forum being held in Bangkok on Thursday and Friday. NORTH KOREA SUFFERING SERIOUS DROUGHT North Korea is reporting a

  7. The Global Note: The "Bomber" Was A Spy…The Pentagon's Syria Problem…Iraq's Oil Boom…The Rarest Gorilla

    Wed, 9 May 2012

    The Washington Post reports. BULLISH ON AFRICA: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM OPENS TODAY From Bazi KANANI in Nairobi: The three-day World Economic Forum in Africa opens today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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  1. The Party's Over in Davos

    Wed, 28 Jan 2009

    crisis. Cast a shadow over the opening of the annual World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland today be all your reports the that's how many people gathered at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland or describing the mood. The

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    Global financial crisis. Cast a shadow over the opening of the annual World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland today be -- all -- your reports the normally glitzy gathering is not so flashy this year. In a word humbling that's how many people gathered at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland or describing the mood. The annual retreat once lauded in admired for Atlanta it and it's an it's an
  2. Euro Worries Weigh Down US Stocks

    Tue, 24 Jan 2012

    eager instruments whole debacle has been going for some years now and so. Interesting enough when out jobless the World Economic Forum is kicking tomorrow. US banks probably. As opposed to you know the Euro the Euro crisis that you know it it's

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    enough when -- -- -- -- -- -- -- out jobless the World Economic Forum is kicking -- tomorrow. US banks probably. As opposed to you know the Euro the Euro crisis that you know it it's
  3. Survey of Fatherly Behavior

    Mon, 30 Jan 2012

    weekend here happened they went to the Swiss resort town of now hosts and they run the senior that's for the World Economic Forum takes place. Every these women rolled up topless as angry as little they have the other important political oppression

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    town of now hosts and they run the senior that's for the World Economic Forum takes place. Every -- these women rolled up topless as angry as little -- they have the other important political oppression that
  4. Economy Suffers on Global Scale as Well

    Sat, 31 Jan 2009

    President Obama's tough words on CEO pay this week average the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland where in this global economy now. The debate over whether any of this bailout money should be spent on executive

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    President Obama's tough words on CEO pay this week average the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland where in this global economy now. The debate over whether any of this bailout money should be spent on
  5. Wall Street Reacts to Obama's Speech

    Wed, 26 Jan 2011

    government folks' business people mingling in Davos as we speak what are what themes are emerging from this year's World Economic Forum . Well coming from Davos and it looks so beautiful it was actually watching some earlier this morning with a gorgeous

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    as we speak what are what themes are emerging from this year's World Economic Forum . Well coming from Davos and it looks so beautiful it was actually watching some -- -- earlier this morning with a gorgeous
  6. Ford's Numbers Up

    Fri, 28 Jan 2011

    be sooner than expected. All right let's move on to knowing a little time left what's the latest. of the World Economic Forum situated there in the picturesque mountains of Switzerland. Right so let's suited to New York actually probably

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    -- knowing a little time left what's the latest. -- of the World Economic Forum situated there in the picturesque mountains of Switzerland. Right so let's suited to New York actually probably fifty I think 2008 the
  7. Ubuntu Education Fund

    Tue, 13 Apr 2010

    orphaned as some pop children and their families. The co-founder and take a was recently recognized the the World Economic Forum as a 2010 young global leader. In Jacobs joins us from London to tell his extraordinary story and first of all

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    families. The co-founder and take a -- was recently recognized the the World Economic Forum as a 2010 young global leader. In Jacobs joins us from London to tell his extraordinary story and -- first of all
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