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He said the troops would leave by mid-2008 after consultations with the US and the UK.

Despite all that, however, from mid-2008 onward unemployment soared in Texas, just as it did almost everywhere else.

Finally, he said appreciation was likely to resume eventually at the same pace as prior to mid-2008, in other words about 7 percent a year.

Koch Chemical promoted her to a permanent position after her trial period expired in mid-2008, court records show.

When this study came out in mid-2008 the worldwide crash seemed to render it instantly obsolete.

In 2008, China began to Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival as a statutory holiday.

The rise in oil prices up to mid-2008 drove material costs higher and also shifted consumer preferences towards smaller vehicles.

The last time the Chinese allowed the yuan to revalue, from mid-2005 to mid-2008, stocks and commodities had a strong run.

"The record high oil prices up to mid-2008 have put pressure on the formal oil- linkage in long- term contracts, " the draft adds .

In March, a 44-year-old gay man in the Yemeni city of al- Hisn was shot to death, one of several gay men reported killed since mid-2008.

The last thing the US needed in mid-2008 was for the dollar to appreciate by one-fifth against the euro.

But it remains much lower than in mid-2008, when the bank last applied the brakes.

But by the time of this conference, mid-June 2008, a new offender had emerged.

America has upgraded its own representation at the talks, last held in mid-2008, from deputy-secretary to secretary-of-state level.

Recent releases of x86 blades (later than mid 2008) work correctly right out of the box; earlier ones might need some changes.

In mid-2008, LinkedIn launched LinkedIn DirectAds as a form of sponsored advertising.

The yuan gained about 15% against the dollar until authorities returned to a de facto peg in mid-2008.

The dollar peg was reinstated in mid-2008 as a way of navigating the global crisis.

The region was still raising rates as recently as mid-2008, as central bankers tried to throttle rising inflation.

Meanwhile expansion- and later-stage investments grew, with expansion stage investments hitting their highest level since mid-2008.

It has strict foreign-exchange controls and has kept its currency pegged to the dollar since mid-2008.

As long as demand in the world's major developed economies remains subdued, exports likely won't return to their mid-2008 peak. The U.

Sterling has recovered from lows early this year against currencies such as the dollar and yuan, but is still far short of mid-2008 levels.

Most analysts believe China is more likely to implement a gradual appreciation, similar to that seen between mid-2005 and July 2008.

They have kept the yuan, or renminbi, fixed against the dollar since mid-2008, and a big, rapid move is widely seen as unlikely.

At that point the housing sector went bust, and by mid-2008 much of the imbalance had been worked off.

Air Force will accept its fourth Globemaster in mid-January. It is due for delivery to Australia in early March.

Indeed, back in mid-2008, when oil prices briefly approached $150 a barrel, the ECB raised rates while the Fed held steady.

The recession that has gripped the euro zone since mid-2008 collapsed tax revenues and sent welfare costs soaring.

The economy, after undoing the damage caused by the contraction from late 2008 to mid-2009, is now expanding.

Moreover, the lags after the credit disturbances of mid-2008-present should crush imports in coming months.

Beijing re-established the peg in mid-2008 as the global recession took hold.

Consumer credit has been falling since mid-2008 as households try to cut their debts.

Genetic sequencing of the isolated viruses show that they are linked to WPV3 last detected in mid-2008 in northern Nigeria.

In spite of modest gains last week, the dollar is still near its lowest levels since mid-2008.

But the global financial crisis, which started suddenly in mid-2008, rescued them.

The world price for maize is at its highest since mid-2008.

From mid-2007 to the end of 2008, US household wealth fell by $12, 885bn. Since then it has probably fallen further.

Dubai's airport should have opened its second terminal last year at the latest, but it is now not expected to open before mid-2008.

Smith played with Shanxi Zhongyu in 2008-09 and part of 2009-10 before he was waived mid-season to make room for Bonzi Wells.

But in mid-2008, co-founder Shayan Zadeh decided Zoosk needed to expand to other platforms such as Myspace and its own website.

Since mid 2008 SAFE has sold government-agency debt and corporate bonds.

Chris Lee, the Republican who had represented the district since 2008, won a whopping 74% of the vote at the 2010 mid-term election.

But for many investment banks, the rapid downsizing seen in 2008 means that by mid-2009 most of the firings will be over.

His party's lead over Labour, which topped 20 points in mid-2008, has narrowed to a still-comfortable 12.

This played an important role in accelerating the region's rate of economic growth to an average of 5. 5% from mid-2003 to mid-2008.

The resulting global plan of action will be presented to the World Health Assembly in mid-2008.

Grain and soybean prices started to climb, tripling by mid-2008.

Rental yields, falling since mid-2008, are near a two-decade low.

Over the course of 2007, however, oil zoomed to $92 from $62; by mid-2008, it was up an additional $40.

Now, I declare the Mid-term Commending Assembly of school year 2008-2009 ends.

The price of potash spiked to almost $1, 000 a tonne in mid-2008, from less than $150 a tonne in 2006.

It will award a $1 billion, 10-year contract for the work in mid-January, about a month later than planned, they said.

Consumption as a share of G. D. P. stood at around 62 percent in the mid-1960s, and rose to about 73 percent by 2008.

The rally ended in mid-2008, with crude priced at nearly $150.

Spending was down around 5 per cent, adjusted for inflation, between early 2008 and mid 2009.

From 2000 to mid-2008 Russia built up $560bn of foreign currency reserves.

But oil is a long way from the almost $150 a barrel it hit in mid-2008.

The job position(s) is for mid of November 2008 , at the latest.

The FTSE World equity index rose 0. 6 per cent to 355, its highest level since mid-September 2008.

Its latest survey interviewed 1, 879 farmers in 17 provinces during mid-2008.

In 2008, only 4 619 cases of dracunculiasis were reported while in the mid-1980s the estimated number of cases was 3. 5 million.

New lending to low-income countries through mid-July reached $2. 9 billion compared with $1. 5 billion for all of 2008.

Prices that careened from $147 a barrel in mid-2008 to $31 before the end of last year have jumped back to around $70 in recent days.

The World Bank's economists point out that China's share of world imports has grown from around 10% in mid-2008 to over 12% last year.