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A sign promotes the "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

Canadian Minister of International Trade, today concluded a five-day trade mission to Turkey and Greece. The trade mission focused on expanding commercial relations and promoting free trade with the European Union.

“What about what has been often debated as the legendary doom of ‘The Cities of the Plain’ ”?, LaRouche asks. Shown: “The Flight of Lot,” by Gustave Doré (1832-83), from Genesis 19:24, 26.

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised the Government’s proposed higher education fees package will be “sustainable, competitive and fair”.

Attackers hit the Website for MasterCard in an apparent cyber-retaliation for the company’s decision to stop processing donations to WikiLeaks.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that it priced an underwritten public offering of approximately 2.4 billion shares of Citigroup Inc. common stock at $4.35 per share. This offering disposed of Treasury’s remaining shares of Citigroup common stock. The aggregate proceeds to Treasury from the offering are expected to be $10.5 billion. The total amount of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds returned to taxpayers now exceeds approximately $261 billion.

Boeing [NYSE:BA], the world's leading aerospace company, today established its first office in Qatar as the company continues to strengthen its relationship with and support of that country and the surrounding Middle East region.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, concluded a four-day visit to India. During his visit, Minister Van Loan launched the negotiations toward a free trade agreement between Canada and India and promoted the benefits of trade and investment between the countries.

A member of Taiwan's Control Yuan pointed that in the years between 2006 and 2008, the cases of employees of the government and state-owned enterprises owing taxes are close to ten thousand (NTD, New Taiwan Dollar), and the total amount owed is over 1.5 billion. Last (2009) year, the Taiwan's Ministry of Justice revealed that the number of administrative enforcement cases on overdue taxes and duties were over 4.2 million. With approximately 7.8 million households registered in Taiwan, the 4.2 million cases means that over half of the Taiwanese families have outstanding taxes and duties and are subject to administrative enforcement by the government. Ms. Chian also disclosed that even public servants with steady incomes owe taxes. This demonstrated the severity of the problems with overdue taxes in Taiwan.

Flight delays are causing financial damage to US passengers.

Researchers at UC Berkeley have found domestic flight delays put a $32.9 billion dent in pockets in 2007.