Word: aide
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...island archipelago, Indonesia boasts the world's biggest Muslim population. It is also the world's third largest democracy (after India and the U.S.), proving that Islam need not be the enemy of political freedom. Back when Obama lived in Jakarta, where his American mother was an anthropologist and aid worker, Indonesia was ruled by a dictator and mired in poverty. Today, it is a proud member of the G-20 club of wealthiest economies. While much of Indonesia is still poor (18% live under the poverty line), the country is finally using the profits from its plentiful natural resources...
...also refined its giant single market, created a new world currency, and introduced elements of a common foreign policy under the leadership of Javier Solana. We are not only the strongest economic union in the world but also the main source of aid for developing countries. Thus, the criticism that Europe is too preoccupied with itself is both shallow and unfair. On the contrary, Europeans are busy creating a model that is internationally relevant, especially for Asian countries and groupings. Some, such as ASEAN, are watching the European experiment very closely. (Read: "Europe's Errors" by Kishore Mahbubani...
...could it be possible that "the peaceful continent" and "the most generous donor of development aid in the world" fails to exist on the world stage? Its success in building "an attractive social, economic and political model" is no accident. It rose from a somber period in human history where war and death besieged civilization. It exists because hard and sometimes cantankerous work led to complex compromises. (See pictures: "Behind the Scenes with Obama in Europe...
...just the size of the debt that causes anxiety; it's whom we owe it to. Foreign governments, to which we are already beholden for the bulk of our energy, own a quarter of our debt. Now the U.S. government can't function without their aid? It's scary...
...order to get the data, Berman had to coordinate various efforts from different agencies. The most amazing thing about creating this portal, Berman said, was to talk to those agencies and individuals of similar minds and to see them come together in this concerted effort to aid Haiti...