Word: agreement
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...could get the idea that the mighty U.S. can be scared out of any venture that might get more than a handful of its soldiers killed. Initially, the Haitian military forces that deposed the democratically elected Aristide in 1991, and are now trying to wiggle out of an international agreement to let him return to power, got their way with no more than some effective theater. As the troopship U.S.S. Harlan County anchored off Port-au- Prince, thugs surged through the dock area brandishing pistols, screaming ''Get out!'' and kicking at or banging on cars, including one carrying U.S. charge...
...Other than tax policy, Bush’s efforts in other areas of the economy led to significant successes that have likely mitigated the current recession. Besides the Central American Free Trade Agreement, he more than quadrupled the number of trade agreements between the U.S. and other countries and would have implemented others with nations like Colombia had congressional Democrats let him. Expansions of free trade offer a potential first step to economic recovery: After all, in the beginning throes of the crisis in 2007, it was double-digit annualized export growth that kept GDP growing despite lagging consumption...
...center of attention again, and this time in a new and unaccustomed role: as the hero of the hour, the institution seen as best able to rescue the collapsing world economy. A principal outcome of the April 2 meeting of G-20 leaders in London was an agreement to triple the IMF's resources to $750 billion, and to allow it to issue a further $250 billion on its own. Part of that money is supposed to go to countries suddenly in financial straits, and part is designed to serve as a more general liquidity boost to the contracting world...
...London or ASI Global in Houston, which are generally staffed by former military personnel experienced in hostage situations, and whose day rates can run to thousands of dollars, according to insurance brokers. Those companies begin negotiations with the kidnappers or pirates, and are usually authorized to take decisions without agreement from the shipping or oil companies concerned. Since the pirates off Somalia are motivated by money - rather than politics, as in Iraq and Afghanistan - the talks focus on one issue: the ransom amount. (See pictures of modern-day pirates...
...Japanese descent - and their family members - to secure government money for tickets home. It sounded like a good deal to the Brazilians for whom it was intended. The fine print in Portuguese, however, revealed a catch that soured the deal: it's a one-way ticket with an agreement not to return...