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On July 1, Russia opened a new front in the economic war on Ukraine when the energy giant Gazprom, which is majority-owned by the Russian state and slavishly pursues Russian foreign-policy objectives, decided unilaterally to cut off the country’s gas supply.
In just the last two years, 51,000 schools were opened and 680,000 teachers appointed.
Nearly 60% of Indians have a bank account (indeed, more than 50 million new bank accounts have been opened in the last three years, mainly in rural India).
But diplomacy regarding the Korean peninsula, in which all roads lead to Beijing, has opened the door to China as the new "go-to" guy.
Between 1995 and 1997, Explorer almost completely eradicated Navigator, although Navigator had initially opened up the World Wide Web for most users and its dominance appeared unassailable.
But a second reform front, aimed at enhancing regional coordination, must also be opened.
For Merkel, Sunday’s election has opened a door, especially with respect to overcoming the euro crisis and to deepening European integration.
Fortunately, the IMF opened the door to discussion of this issue in a recent staff position paper.
Argentina's economic position today, indeed, would be vastly different if America and Europe opened their markets to its agricultural goods.
In time, interest rates could be reduced and a repressed banking system opened.
The EU opened a dialogue with the Cuban regime, sanctions were conditionally suspended, and it was even made clear to dissidents that they were not welcome at the embassies of several democratic countries.
By joining the court, the Palestinian Authority has not only made it possible to prosecute Israeli crimes in Palestine; it has also opened the door to prosecution of crimes by Palestinians against Israelis or other Palestinians.
The more the capital account is opened, the more China’s huge debts will be held by banks and other institutional investors around the world.
Regular bus lines have been opened, and, according to a high-ranking Turkish bank official, “We were hesitating about opening a branch in Syria because of the US embargo, so the sending of an envoy is like a green light to us.”
For example, Kohl's, a large department store, has opened 48 new sites in October, hiring some 140 people at each of them.
Once they have brought the cozy cartels of lawyers and accountants into line, other service industries seem destined to be opened up to greater competition, and hence to become great engines of job creation.
Starting at the epicenter in Bentonville, Arkansas, where Sam Walton opened his first store in 1962, giant boxy Wal-Mart stores have now multiplied to the point where the average American lives less than seven kilometers from an outlet.
To his credit, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has opened up this vital debate.
The Great Inflation of the early 1920’s, which culminated in a hyper-inflation in which prices changed several times daily, destroyed the middle classes and bred the political instability that eventually opened the way to Hitler’s rise.
In 2015, nine of the ten reactors that opened globally were on the continent.
The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of an era of mistrust and division, and opened the way for cooperation aimed at a peaceful and stable Europe.
Service-sector industries throughout the EU must be opened up.
The one exception came in 2015, when she took a moral stand and opened Germany’s doors to one million refugees.
To do this, the often pre-scripted and stale dialogue between the North Atlantic Council and the EU’s Political and Security Committee should be opened up to include topics such as combating terrorism and the proliferation of WMD, or regions such as Ukraine or Moldova.
So, is a new Pandora’s box about to be opened in Africa, freeing demons that should be contained?
On May 13, 2005, when government troops in the eastern city of Andijan opened fire from armored personnel carriers on thousands of people demonstrating against poverty and abuse of power, the guns killed hundreds of people.
Inside the Mind of the Mass ShooterLONDON – This weekend, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, from an overlooking hotel, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 500 others.
But, as the private sector develops, SOEs are subjected to hard budget constraints, and the external capital account is opened, this huge credit mountain will create increasing global financial vulnerability.
Uribe’s absence has opened the election in unforeseen ways.
The information age has not only provided us with new entertainment options; it has opened new vistas into our neighbors’ lifestyles – and what we have noticed is that some of them are getting much, much richer.
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