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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Industrialized nations have stepped up plans to help countries swept up in the Arab Spring rebuild their economies through more access to international credit markets, investment and trade, a senior State Department official said on Monday. Undersecretary of State Robert Hormats said while headlines from a G8 leaders' summit at the weekend focused on the economic crisis in the euro zone, the meeting also underscored efforts needed to stabilize the transition economies of Egypt, Libya, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:45:34Z
Educators including the U.S. secretary of education, teacher union leaders and school administrators will focus this week on ways to transform the teaching profession with such targets as better recruiting, preparation and career development, and evaluations based on effectiveness. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:02:35Z
Chinese cartoonist Carol Liu Hong built her studio from scratch, doing post-production work for TV commercials and then, once she broke even, realizing her dream of creating cartoons for Chinese kids. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:39:05Z
A commercial rocket blasted off early Tuesday with a load of supplies for the International Space Station, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:57:28Z
VIENNA - The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency says he has reached a deal with Iran on probing suspected work on nuclear weapons and adds that the agreement will "be signed quite soon. " Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T08:07:12Z
A week before Dharun Ravi was sentenced to jail for using a webcam to spy on a gay college roommate who later killed himself, supporters rallied in his support, arguing that New Jersey laws should be changed so that someone in his situation could not be found guilty of a hate crime. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:04:00Z
SpaceX on Tuesday readied a fresh bid to become the first private firm to launch a craft to the space station after fixing an engine problem that grounded its earlier attempt. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:21:56Z
A dust storm shut Baghdad airport on Tuesday, an Iraqi Airways official said, a day ahead of key talks between world powers and Iran on the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:53:25Z
At least 14 people were killed and around 35 injured on Tuesday when a passenger train slammed into a stationary goods train in southern India, a local railway official told AFP. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:27:07Z
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