Carlos Ghosn, the boss of the Renault-Nissan alliance (see article), points out that sales in those countries doubled between 1999 and 2006.
So why did the voters narrowly decide to turf out Goran Persson, their prime minister for ten years, in favour of Fredrik Reinfeldt, leader of the Moderate Party and of the four-party opposition alliance (see article)?There are three answers.
The United States created the 28-nation alliance, and Article 5 of the NATO treaty, signed by President Truman, requires any member to come to the aid of another that NATO declares was attacked.
Two others, Sanwa Bank and Toyo Trust & Banking, are also talking about an alliance.See article: Japanese banks merge...Plugged in@Home, a provider of high-speed Internet access via cable, agreed to buy Excite for $6.7 billion, nearly double the recent market valuation of the busy Internet portal.
Re "Proxy War Threatens to Unravel U.S. Alliance" (news article, Oct. 29): Since 1948, there have been various resolutions proposed at the United Nations Security Council recommending an honorable settlement of the dispute between India and Pakistan concerning the future of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
To the Editor: Re "Views on Afghanistan Buildup Bring Clinton and Gates Together in an Alliance" (news article, Oct. 13): I want to offer the secretaries of state and defense a warning that I came across in the papers of the late Senator Richard B. Russell, a Democrat from Georgia.
"I say to the people of Estonia and the people of Baltics, today we are bound by our treaty alliance... Article 5 is crystal clear," he told an audience in the Estonian capital, Tallinn.
"There May Be Hope For This Fallen World," comic book news site Comics Alliance titled their article on the movie.
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The European Union activated a mutual-defense compact after the Paris attacks; nato could broaden the alliance by invoking Article 5 of its treaty, as it did after 9/11.
