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World Report to Friday May 18, 2012

Timeline from 4.3 million years ago

Countries: maps, charts and profiles

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NARRATIVE: THE BIG STORY

Before 1000 BCE | 1000 BCE-500 CE

6th-15th Centuries | 16-17th Centuries | 18-19th Centuries

1901 to World War II | 1945 to 21st Century

OPINION

Financialization and Regulation Debate (April 28)

Kofi Annan's Plan for Syria, a Fantasy? (March 8 to May 9)

Mitt Romney versus Secularism (April 20)

More Commentary and More History

MacroHistory | Mistakes, 1914 to Vietnam

Chart: Increasing share of the finance industry in the U.S. economy

Chart: Gross National Debt, 1950 to December 31, 2011

Chart: Tax Revenues as a percentage of GDP -- Truman to Obama

Chart: U.S. Credit Market Dept as a percentage of GDP, 1923-2011

Chart: Wealth Distribution and Productivity, 1979-2009

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