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Yet the latest mass shooting – in which a 19-year-old opened fire at his former high school with an AR-15 semi-automatic assault-style rifle, killing 17 and wounding 17 more – may serve as yet another tragic but momentous turning point for investors and companies.
Yes, Mexico has built strong domestic and foreign financial buffers, put its fiscal house in order, opened up its economy to the outside world, and concluded many free-trade arrangements, led by the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Indeed, Richard Nixon’s journey to China in 1972 opened the door for China’s return to the international community.
Libya’s Anti-Military MilitiasNEW YORK – As the United States struggles to understand last September’s attack on its diplomatic mission in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, a formal investigation has not even been opened in Libya – and likely never will be.
In two separate incidents in July, security forces opened fire on supporters of the Brotherhood as they peacefully protested against Morsi’s ouster and arrest, killing almost 200 people.
Some countries have opened their markets to imports; others have closed them.
Instead, the process was opened up to the public, with ordinary citizens allowed to contribute via a government blog.
Myanmar’s military made clear its stance on these proposals right after the report was released: it opened fire on Rohingya civilians in northern Rakhine, leaving at least 100 people dead.
Its future economic progress depends in no small part on whether it manages to open its political system to competition, in much the same way that it has opened up its economy.
Back in 2006, we opened the first integrated R&D facility in the country, and the largest among international firms.
And we recently opened a new R&D center in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park.
The bilateral US-China talks in Warsaw in the 1960’s were fruitless until Richard M. Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger opened a different, more direct discussion through the auspices of Pakistan.
The Istanbul talks opened the door to an initial – if incremental – breakthrough agreement.
One thing is clear: We cannot expect the rest of the world to welcome our economic ambitions the way it once opened its arms to China’s rapid rise as an economic power or – in earlier decades – cheered on the growth of Japan and the so-called Asian Tigers, including South Korea.
This does not mean that all borders must be opened to everyone.
This opened the way for new development projects and increased bilateral and regional investment.
And that is possible only if the negotiating texts are opened to public scrutiny.
When the traditional English cricket season opened in April, as it has for the last couple of centuries, seasoned British journalists ruefully reported that while the players and officials were dutifully present, their minds were far away, following the fortunes of the lucrative league in India.
The era of Israeli pragmatism that he opened will not end with his departure.
The appearance of more than 200 ships harvesting precious red coral around Japan’s Ogasawara islands in November opened the eyes of many Japanese to the risks of China’s growing power.
When ACS decided to expand recently, it opened a new operation in India rather than in Ghana or another African country.
The road through Umm Katef was opened.
He admitted that he had been anti-Semitic, but he claimed that God had opened his eyes and that he now loved Jews as much as he used to hate them.
As part of that effort, he has granted more autonomy to farms and factories and opened some markets.Last April, Kim announced the end of byungjin, saying at a Workers’ Party meeting that it was time to focus the country’s resources on rebuilding the economy.
As part of that effort, he has granted more autonomy to farms and factories and opened some markets.
Argentina’s Iranian TangoBUENOS AIRES – A controversial agreement between Iran and Argentina to investigate jointly a terrorist attack against a Jewish organization in Buenos Aires in 1994, which killed 85 people, has opened an intense debate about Iranian influence in Latin America.
But there had long been inefficient backlogs in investment, largely due to financial constraints and ineffectual management, and privatization opened up another avenue of success.
It opened the way for 75 years of Soviet communism, and set in motion the financial instability that led to the Great Depression as well as the collapse of the international trading system.
Seventy years ago next month, the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki opened the darkest chapter in the long history of humanity’s wartime horrors.
While immense new opportunities have opened up for Europe's citizens and businesses, global competition for trade and investment has never been tougher.
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