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• Antiglobalization Activists in Syria — AGAS Antiglobalization Activists in Syria is a Syrian based collective of opponents to the neoliberal globalization. In Arabic the group uses the name Al badil (البديل) which means the alternative.AGAS was set up on January 1, 2003. Several of… …   Wikipedia

• Tobin tax — A Tobin tax is the suggested tax on all trade of currency across borders. Named after the economist James Tobin, the tax is intended to put a penalty on short term speculation in currencies. The original tax rate he proposed was 1%, which was… …   Wikipedia

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• Calendar of 2001 — ▪ 2002 January America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles …   Universalium

• Anti-globalization — is a term that encompasses a number of related ideas. [ No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs by Canadian journalist Naomi Klein.] What is shared is that participants stand in opposition to the unregulated political power of large, multi national …   Wikipedia

• European Union — 1. an association of European nations formed in 1993 for the purpose of achieving political and economic integration. Formerly known as the European Economic Community, the European Union s member states are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,… …   Universalium

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

• Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …   Universalium

• Lagarde, Christine — ▪ 2008 born Jan. 1, 1956, Paris, France  In June 2007 Christine Lagarde, one of France s most talented and eminent lawyers, was appointed finance minister by newly elected right of centre Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy. She was the first woman in the… …   Universalium