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Commerce Secretary Confident Chinese Economy Can Avoid Crash

Policy makers in China should be able to avert a crash while guiding the Chinese economy to a more manageable pace of expansion, U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans says. In remarks to the President's Export Council meeting in Washington, Evans says he views China's leadership as fully competent to restrain unsustainably fast growth in that country. more

Powell Says United States Will Achieve Its Goals in Iraq

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States will not be deterred from achieving its goal of helping the Iraqi people establish a democracy, despite a fierce insurgency. more

IMF Projects Broad Surge in 2004 Economic Growth Rates

The rate of global economic expansion in 2004 could hit a 30-year record but will likely slide in 2005 as a result of higher oil prices and other factors, according to the International Monetary Fund. "Unless events take an awful turn," global output will grow 5 percent in 2004, 0.3 percentage points faster than forecast in April, the organization says in its semiannual "World Economic Outlook" report. more

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Presidential Debates 2004

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Democracy Rises in Afghanistan by Secretary Powell

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Hope and Rebuilding: Three Years After 9/11

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