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Announcement in sentence

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Consider his announcement, after the completion of the nuclear tests, that France was willing to give up such measures "for ever."
The purge came not long after an announcement that Saudi women will no longer be banned from driving cars or attending public sports events.
Shortly after Hariri’s announcement, Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile that Houthi rebels in Yemen had fired at Riyadh.
The best hope to tackle the profound structural problems came with the May government’s pre-election announcement of its intention to adopt an industrial strategy.
The announcement was welcomed by ordinary Nigerians, but incited jitters in the industry, prompting anxious questions about how deep Obasanjo’s angry sword will cut, and how smooth the political succession is likely to be.
However, in the aftermath of German President Joachim Gauck’s recent announcement that his country is prepared to embrace a larger role in global affairs, it is far from certain whether Germany is willing to align its foreign policy more closely with that of the EU.
Joachim Nagel of the German Bundesbank lauded the Bank of China announcement as a “milestone on the road toward creating a renminbi trading center in Frankfurt.”
Such opposition seems counter-intuitive, given that the ECB’s mere announcement of the OMT program calmed sovereign-debt markets and reduced borrowing costs in peripheral countries.
Already, longstanding tensions have begun to boil over; tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets since Putin’s 2011 announcement that he would reclaim the presidency.
The French Death RattlePARIS – Moody’s announcement in November that it had downgraded France’s sovereign-credit rating by one notch from its AAA rating prompted one blogger to poke fun at rating agencies’ tendency either to get things completely wrong or to recognize suddenly a crisis that had long been staring them in the face.
Evaluations of those experiences led to last year’s announcement of more FTZs, as well as the Xiong’an New Area, an ambitious plan to transform – using cutting-edge technology – dusty plains in Hebei near Beijing and Tianjin into a dynamic green model city.
This announcement led to a strong rally of the Asian currency and stock markets.
Despite the announcement of plans to create a European army along with France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, Germany is less relevant in both European and world politics than it was before the Iraq war.
In 2010 – following the Fed’s announcement of a third round of quantitative easing – Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega accused advanced countries of waging a global “currency war.”
But if, as Rosenstein’s announcement said, Mueller is limited to investigating “federal crimes,” broader issues will escape examination.
If companies are acting in anticipation of his own announcement that he is launching a trade war, then his trade war is not just an excuse.
They are cheering because financial markets are cheering, following the Federal Reserve’s recent announcement of further stimulus.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s announcement in May that the Fed would soon start reducing its asset purchases and end QE in 2014 caused long-term interest rates to jump immediately.
Although Bernanke’s announcement has focused markets on exactly when this “tapering” will begin and how rapidly it will proceed, these decisions will not affect the increased level of rates a year or two from now.
Reinventing the World BankMADRID – Robert Zoellick’s announcement that he will not seek reelection as President of the World Bank has focused attention on whether the tradition of putting an American in charge will or should endure.
Draghi spent months before the ECB’s January 22 announcement that it would launch quantitative easing (QE) in intense public debate with the Germans over which point of principle they chose as a “red line” – the point beyond which no deal would be possible.
To stabilize the euro's rate at this stage would be equivalent to a European Central Bank's announcement that it prefers stabilizing the euro at a higher value to avoiding recession.
There is no question about it: Cook’s announcement was a huge step forward.
In Russia, on the same day Cook made his announcement, a memorial to Apple founder Steve Jobs was dismantled, ostensibly to comply with a law prohibiting “gay propaganda.”
And I find that his announcement accords with my own experience: “[Being gay has] made me more empathetic, which has led to a richer life.
Yet, given the brief period that remains until the scheduled election, an announcement is required soon if a fair result is to be achieved and a recovery process launched to halt the country’s slide into chaos.
Since Trump’s TPP announcement, many Asian countries have now pledged to join a regional trade bloc spearheaded by China.
President Mbeki reacted to Obsanjo's announcement with what South Africa's business weekly, The Financial Mail , described as "surprise and consternation."
Whether the announcement of the new caliphate turns out to be politically significant, however, remains to be seen.
Last year, the Fed’s mere announcement that it would gradually wind down its monthly purchases of long-term financial assets triggered a “taper” tantrum in global financial markets and emerging markets.
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