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Recently, however, Medvedev and his Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, have said nuclear-weapons reductions are possible only if the U.S. drops its plans to expand its missile-defense shield into Eastern Europe. The U.S. argues that such defenses, including installations in Poland and the Czech Republic, are necessary to protect the West from a possible missile strike by Iran. The Russians don't buy that. The shield, it thinks, is designed to give the U.S. an edge against Russia. "We don't believe that any plans for [missile defense] have anything to do with the 'Iranian threat,'" Sergei Ryabkov, Russia...
Currently, several islands of the Galapagos have significant communities, while others are off-limits to human activity—at least for now. Yet, as Galapagos-born children grow up and have children of their own, the communities will inevitably expand. While many inhabitants recognize the importance of their surroundings, continued development and economic expansion— including fishing the islands’ protected, rich waters—will cause deepening challenges for the true indigenous residents of the islands: the native wildlife species...
TRIGGERED A public plan would kick in at a future date if private insurers did not sufficiently expand coverage and lower costs to certain mandated levels...
...trillion - equal to 13% of the country's GDP, a level not seen since World War II - the Federal Reserve could simply resort to printing more money, further flooding the markets with dollars. While the central bank said on June 24 that it had no plans to expand its purchase of government or mortgage bonds beyond the $1.2 trillion earmarked for the purpose in March, not everyone is convinced. "There is always the nagging concern that if this is just a dead cat bounce in the equity markets and we have a further rocky ride in the second half...
...timing is certainly right. Analysts say Hong Kong Disneyland needs to expand to stand up to plans for a much larger Shanghai Disneyland in the next few years. Construction has not begun, but the Shanghai municipal government and Disney Co. signed off on a project proposal earlier this year. The new plan could also lift spirits at a time when Hong Kong's tourism has taken a hit on swine flu concerns. According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the number of new visitors to the city in May dropped a steep 13.4% year on year. For the first five...