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Norway tops a league of countries in closing the gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum

The credit crisis is forcing investors to ask, which banks are safe? According to a survey from the World Economic Forum, Canada has the world's most solid banking system.

Next on the list is Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia. The U.S. ranked 40th, putting it behind Germany, Chile and Namibia.

Britain, which used to be ranked in the top five, dropped to 44th place.

US President George Bush holds further talks with Arab leaders ahead of a speech to the World Economic Forum.

In an increasingly networked world, the United States moved up several notches in its global rankings this year, according to the 2007-2008 Global Information Technology Report released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum.