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Philippines Says World Bank Pledges $10b For Asia
asian officials have agreed to put up a standby fund to help countries who may suffer liquidity problems as a result of the global financial crisis, with the world bank committing $10 billion, the philippine president said wednesday.
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Us Authorities Shutter Global Spam Operation That Promoted ... - Chicago Tribune
chicago (ap) _ e-mail inboxes may be clogged with a little less spam — at least for a while. authorities said tuesday they have shut down one of the largest spam operations in the world, a vast network involving countries from new zealand to china ...
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Imf-world Bank Meeting Calls For Coordinated Action - Digital Chosunilbo
on the last day of the international monetary fund and world bank meetings in washington on monday, global financial leaders called for coordinated action to cope with the financial crisis. imf managing director dominique strauss-kahn called on ...
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Philippines Says World Bank Pledges $10b For Asia
the philippine president says asian finance officials have agreed to put up a standby facility to help countries who may suffer liquidity problems, with the world bank committing us$10 billion.
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Philippines Says World Bank Pledges $10b For Asia
(ap:manila, philippines) the philippine president says asian finance officials have agreed to put up a standby fund to help countries who may suffer liquidity problems, with the world bank committing $10 billion.
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Philippines Says World Bank Pledges $10b For Asia - Forbes
the philippine president says asian finance officials have agreed to put up a standby fund to help countries who may suffer liquidity problems, with the world bank committing $10 billion. president gloria macapagal arroyo said wednesday the agreement ...
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Syria Leader Decrees Formal Ties With Lebanon - Los Angeles Times
beirut -- the president of syria ordered his government tuesday to establish formal diplomatic relations with lebanon, a move that could pave the way for normalizing decades of tangled ties between the two countries. president bashar assad issued a ...
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Top World Restaurants Digest Storm, But Upset May Lie Ahead
paris (afp) - the tables are packed and the caviar'n'champagne set burping back the goodies in the refinement of the world's top restaurants, but chefs are warily waiting to see if the global credit crunch will bite a few weeks down the road.
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Arroyo: $10b ‘standby Facility’ From Wb
manila, philippines – (update) amid fears of a looming recession in the us, president gloria macapagal-arroyo has announced that the world bank has pledged to provide a $10 billion, not $10 billion, “standby facility” to asean countries, including the philippines.
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Climate Plan Concern As Eu Meets - Bbc News
green groups are fearful that a summit opening in brussels will see attempts to dilute the eu's climate and energy package because of the economic crisis. multi-billion-euro bank rescue schemes are due to dominate the two-day meeting of eu leaders ...
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Australia Named World's Most Prosperous Nation - News.com.au
australia has topped the rankings in a prosperity index of more than 100 countries - boosted by its quality of life and economic strength. the legatum institute's prosperity index of 104 nations measures the material health of a country, including ...
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Rich Countries To Keep Up Climate Funds: World Bank
despite the current global financial storm, rich countries are resolved to keep up funding to help developing nations combat climate change, a top world bank environment official said on tuesday.
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Asean, China, World Bank Mull "standby Fund" - Arroyo
manila (afp)--east asian finance ministers are discussing a philippine plan for a fund to help regional countries facing severe liquidity problems during the credit crisis, philippine president gloria arroyo said wednesday.
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Launch Of World Hand-washing Day - News.com.au
the simple act of washing hands could save thousands of children's lives every day, mostly in asia and africa, the united nations said today, the eve of the first global hand-washing day. an estimated 5000 children die daily from diarrhoea, but half ...
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Islamic Militants Shift Fronts From Iraq To Afghanistan - Minneapolis Star Tribune
kabul - u.s. military successes in iraq have prompted growing numbers of well-trained "foreign fighters" to join the insurgency in afghanistan instead, the afghan defense minister said tuesday. the minister, gen. abdul rahim wardak, said at a news ...
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Professor To Discuss World Food Crisis
professor fred magdoff explores and offers solutions for a world food crisis that has created rapid price increases and caused people in poor countries to abandon their rural land for urban slums during a lecture on thursday, oct. 16 at elgin community college.
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World Briefing
southeast asia: thailand, cambodia trade threats / el salvador: u.s. pledges funds for gang control / south korea: mata hari of the north is sentenced / britain: one less test for schoolchildren thailand, cambodia trade threats
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Emerging Markets Suffer As Foreigners Withdraw - Forbes
the global financial crisis has cost grace varghese, 50, a day trader in india's high-tech hub of bangalore, more than $50,000. "i take high blood pressure tablets now," said varghese, who started trading stocks four years ago after her children ...
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10,000 Employees Volunteer On Motorola's Global Day Of Service - Msn Moneycentral
motorola volunteers in 45 countries support more than 300 community organizations, with a focus on environmental sustainability schaumburg, ill. , oct. 14 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- for the third year in a row, motorola , inc. mot employees around the ...
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Evergreen Park World Elementary Students Get Firsthand Introduction To Other Countries
students at evergreen park world studies elementary school recently got a firsthand introduction to other countries right in their own school.
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