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...most common hospital mishaps...
...remarkable journey. I remain confident that Asia will be able to pull it off. At the same time, I don't underestimate the risks that the Next Asia will face as it once again moves out of its comfort zone. That's something we all have in common in looking to the postcrisis...
...economic miracle, thousands of guest workers from southern Europe were integrated without major problems. Times have changed as to the economic situation and full employment in Germany. Never-theless the integration of Turks is not primarily due to economic conditions as your article might suggest, but it is a common cultural task that Germans and Turks must face together. Some Turkish people are not eager to learn German, thus missing out on the most important tool for integration. I do not blame the Turks for their habits, I just want to emphasize that there is still a long...
...fight against poverty and the fact that we got heads of state to agree to development goals. For the first time, we came up with a common agenda for development...
...world in which extreme poverty and immense wealth live side by side is simply not sustainable. We're dealing with issues--crime, nuclear weapons, diseases, swine flu--[that] no country can handle alone. How do we get governments to act cooperatively in the common interest? We saw a bit of that during the financial crisis. There was a sense of despair that pulled them together. Now that some people are rushing ahead and saying we are out of the crisis, we are falling back on the old habits of protecting our national interests...