Seventeen of the European Union's 27 member states share an economic and monetary union (EMU) with the euro as a single currency. These countries are effectively referred to as the Eurozone. What has become known as the Eurozone crisis began in early 2010 when financial markets were shaken by heightened concerns that the fiscal positions of a number of Eurozone countries, beginning with Greece, were unsustainable. This report provides background information and analysis on the future of the Eurozone in six parts, including discussions on the origins and design challenges of the Eurozone, proposals to define the Eurozone crisis, possible scenarios for the future of the Eurozone, and the implications of the Eurozone crisis for U.S. economic and political interests.

This report provides a brief overview of the European Union's (EU) accession process, Turkey's path to EU membership, and the impact of the Cyprus problem.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: U.S.S.R., Southwest Pacific, Italy, Air offensive Maps: Central Italy, Rumania/Poland, New Britain Island./ Inset maps: Cassino region; Chieti region. Photographs: Delivering supplies to troops in Central Italy, Gen. Eisenhower with Sir Charles Poetal and Sir Arthur Tedder after the Tehran conference, Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, and Gen. Sir Alan Brooke inspect Nazi prisoners on the Italian front in New Zealand; Germans prepare to evacuate the Crimea, Landing craft are protected by B-25 medium bombers at Arawe. Back: Illustration and photographs show the many ways Army nurses serve.

Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding Schneider and enclosing the agreement with him that he will work the land in Texas in order to pay off his passage. He also mentions Kramp and his emigrants and the current expedition of 21 Swiss emigrants. Postscript states that Schneider can shear sheep.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 10 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 50 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 50 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 10 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 10 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT-at least for this German boy-is this giant lizard, known as a Komodo dragon"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "SHINING ARMOR gets that way with good scrubbing by soldiers of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division in Germany on exercise Big Lift."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Speaking at 8 p.m. Thursday in Agricultural Hall auditorium at Oklahoma State University is Dr. Hans Schmidt, director, Beethoven Haus in Bonn, West Germany."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about foreign exchange, negotiations between the United States and China, and the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story covering major events in New Jersey, Germany, and Belfast.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Air Force Major who spent 7 years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, where he and his fellow prisoners secretly taught each other languages to pass the time and to keep their minds active.

Interview with Luther Victory, an aerial gunner and POW for the US Air Force during WWII. He describes life in the military and being captured by the Germans.

Interview with George Gace, an member of the United States Army serving in post-World War II Germany. Gace describes his time at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas followed by his deployment to Germany where he spent most of his two years training.

In May 2003, the United States, Canada, and Argentina initiated a formal challenge before the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the European Union’s (EU’s) de facto moratorium on approving new agricultural biotechnology products, in place since 1998. Although the EU effectively lifted the moratorium in May 2004 by approving a genetically engineered (GE) corn variety, the three countries are pursuing the case, in part because a number of EU member states continue to block approved biotech products. Because of delays, the WTO is expected to decide the case by December 2005. The moratorium reportedly cost U.S. corn growers some $300 million in exports to the EU annually. The EU moratorium, U.S. officials contend, threatened other agricultural exports not only to the EU, but also to other parts of the world where the EU approach to regulating agricultural biotechnology is taking hold.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a newsper named "Pravda" saying that Israel is using the slayings of its Olympic athletes as a pretext for military actions against Arab countries.