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Not only is the US military busy trying in Iraq, but the way the US went into Iraq - which proved to have fewer nuclear capabilities than Iran - undermined American credibility, making it difficult to recruit allies to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Viruses contain another 15-30% of these genetic sequences.
Is this true of the GFCI, or does it contain valuable insights into how the global financial system is evolving?
But the real challenge for Obama is to do more to explain what the “pivot” means, because already his bold side trip to the unfinished project in Myanmar is being perceived as yet another effort to contain or, worse, encircle China.
LONDON – The international community’s attention in the Middle East nowadays is inevitably focused on the Islamic State’s military advances in Syria and Iraq, the failed states of Yemen and Libya, the activities of Islamic extremists everywhere, and the continuing efforts to complete a deal to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
But, with Africa receiving only 5% of global funding for cancer prevention and control, the disease is outpacing efforts to contain it.
Yet, by passing the blame for their ongoing terrorist-proxy policy to their mullah puppets, the generals have made the US believe that the key is to contain the religious fringe, not the puppeteers.
Hemoglobin contains hemes, chemical compounds that contain iron – a transition metal that can undergo oxidation, or “rusting” processes.
By contrast, the emphasis in the United States has been on finding market-friendly ways to contain spillovers from bank failure.
To be effective, such a cease-fire must contain a monitoring mechanism.
The Western Roots of Anti-Western TerrorBERLIN – The Islamic State’s horrific attacks in Paris provide a stark reminder that Western powers cannot contain – let alone insulate themselves from – the unintended consequences of their interventions in the Middle East.
Since Tsipras’s election in January, German officials have barely been able to contain their fury that a left-wing upstart government of a tiny, bankrupt country would dare to challenge one of the world’s great economies.
China’s pragmatic leaders knew that the US presence helped to contain the Soviet Union (and subsequently Russia), prevented Japan from re-arming, and kept sea-lanes open.
Some Chinese strategists believe that the US is using Asian states, particularly Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines, as pawns to contain China.
The damaged reactors and spent-fuel ponds contain around ten times as much nuclear fuel as did the Chernobyl reactor that exploded in 1986.
These pools contain vast amounts of long-lived radioactivity, typically in a simple building, without multiple engineered layers of containment.
Preempting the Next PandemicSYRACUSE – Recent disease outbreaks, like Ebola and Zika, have demonstrated the need to anticipate pandemics and contain them before they emerge.
The number of obstacles faced by scientists and public health experts in the race to contain deadly infectious diseases is staggering.
These five poor states contain 45% of India's population, and 56% of its poor.
Since early 2010, in order to contain inflation and property bubbles, the Chinese government has tightened monetary policy.
It may contain positive news for India, and for the world.
The Palestinian police have cooperated with the Israelis to contain violence on the West Bank.
From the current Israeli government’s perspective, then, the correct strategy is to keep the Palestinian government on the West Bank weak and off balance, without quite bringing it down, and to contain Hamas with periodic displays of military power (while destroying long-range missiles that can do serious damage to Israel).
Thus, the effort to contain and destroy the Islamic State has become yet another referendum on President Barack Obama's stewardship of US foreign policy.
By signaling their intention to contain price pressures, they would alter inflation expectations – and thus essentially convince the public and the government to do the heavy lifting.
Such agreements comprise more than expressions of intent; they contain codified, enforceable rules, along with sanctions for non-compliance.
Needless to say, as unemployment rose and many other countries decreased hours worked in order to contain job losses, tax reductions on overtime were phased out and the scope of short-time work was enhanced.
But, as we have seen many times before, individual hotheads can ignite fires that are difficult to contain.
Struggling to contain costs, health-care payers are also among its beneficiaries.
Many constitutions contain such a rule, and even President Vladimir Putin of Russia has stated that he will abide by it.
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