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    Members of Congress, Airline Industry Push for Changes in Airline Pension Plans

    Jun 07, 2005 04:00 AM EDT

    ... that same path. RAY SUAREZ: Delta's CEO, Gerald Grinstein, said other airlines were headed toward bankruptcy unless reforms were made. GERALD GRINSTEIN: Airlines are at a crossroads. Without changes to the current rule, airlines will almost certainly be forced into bankruptcy in the transfer of additional pension liabilities to ...

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    Reformists Boycott Elections in Iran

    Feb 20, 2004 05:00 AM EDT

    ... and have a more rational relationship on the proliferation issue, possibly stabilization of Iraq and the Persian Gulf as well. So the United States stands at a crossroads. It has a choice. It can deal with these unsavory conservative actors that just undermined a very vibrant democratic movement, or it ...

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    World Views: President Bush's Foreign Policy

    Apr 29, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... know, fighting al-Qaida in Afghanistan, doing the initial rolling up of al-Qaida. We now move to the longer-term strategy. And we are at a crossroads because using those simple rules of thumb are not very useful when you get into this big messy world out there. I ...

  • World powers look to Djibouti for trade, military access

    World powers look to Djibouti for trade, military access

    May 13, 2017 09:04 PM EDT

    ... at a former French colonial military installation. Camp Lemonnier is the only U.S. military base on the entire continent of Africa and it is a critical foothold in a particularly unstable part of Africa. It is home to anywhere between two-and-three- thousand American military personnel. The number ...

  • In collapse of US-Russian military ties, some experts see nuclear risk

    In collapse of US-Russian military ties, some experts see nuclear risk

    Dec 14, 2016 09:04 PM EDT

    ... a report released this week by Nunn's group, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the stakes are described in stark terms. "Russia and the West are at a dangerous crossroads," the report says. "During the past several years, we have been in a state of escalating tension, trapped in a downward ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. indicts 7 hackers for attacks on banks

    News Wrap: U.S. indicts 7 hackers for attacks on banks

    Mar 25, 2016 12:01 AM EDT

    ... its troops have fought their way into Palmyra, with support from Russian airstrikes. The Roman-era city is held by Islamic State fighters and lies at a key crossroads in Central Syria. State TV today showed military units entering the outskirts of Palmyra. But they're too late to save ...

  • WATCH: Trump signs 'Phase 1' trade truce with China

    WATCH: Trump signs 'Phase 1' trade truce with China

    Jan 15, 2020 03:12 PM EDT

    ... acceptable for either of us,” said Trump's chief trade representative, Robert Lighthizer. His Chinese counterpart said "the world is now at a critical historical crossroads" facing choices of how to promote country-to-country cooperation. "Cooperation is the only right choice,'' said Liu, the vice premier. THIS IS A ...

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    Killings at American Consulate in Libya Might Shift Campaigns' Focus

    Sep 12, 2012 01:45 PM EDT

    ... ever, says a Pew Research Center poll, and the numbers show another kind of post-convention bounce. Virginia Senate candidate Tim Kaine sparred Tuesday with Crossroads GPS over a $1 million ad campaign they launched against him on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. BuzzFeed looks at ads ...

  • Archaeologists discover oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in western Europe

    Archaeologists discover oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in western Europe

    Mar 12, 2025 05:42 PM EDT

    ... between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years old, according to research published in the journal Nature. “The fossil is exciting," said Eric Delson, a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History, who was not involved in the study. “It's the first time we have significant remains ...

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    Romney Set to Clinch GOP Nomination With Texas Victory

    May 29, 2012 01:12 PM EDT

    ... Philip Rucker looks back at his path to the nomination: It seems like forever ago that Rick Santorum and Newt Ging­rich were waving Etch a Sketches at their rallies in a last-ditch bid to stop Romney's march to the nomination. The long slog of primaries effectively ended ...