Under the deal, citizens aged over 65 were to be issued 45-day, single-entry visas so they could visit friends and relatives.

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Forbes.com asked financial advisors to comment on the best plan of action--assuming the higher contribution limits proposed by Congress--for people in three typical scenarios: a new entry to the workforce, a single professional with no dependents and an executive with children and a non-working spouse.

FORBES: Back To The Future: Rethinking Retirement

In the spirit of openness now sweeping the country, officials acknowledge that the economy was in no shape, for instance, to prosper after Myanmar's planned entry into a single market among the ten-country Association of South-East Asian Nations in 2015.

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But the slumping European economy and the success of its rival BMW's Mini brand has nudged the manufacturer to make a full-scale re-entry into what is still the most profitable single car market in the world (though China is now bigger in volume terms).

ECONOMIST: A crowded car industry

It might seem obvious to these UK politicians - both of whom are opponents of UK entry into the single currency.

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Whereas legitimate Mexican traders have free access to America and Canada via the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA), drug smugglers are granted tariff-free entry to every country in the world thanks to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which prohibits the regulation or taxation of their product.

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By this summer, "e-government" should mean internet access to all local and central government services, operating via a single point of entry, or portal.

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