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 Wednesday, Aug 15, 2001


USA
U.S. black population sees dramatic growth
The black population of the United States grew almost three times as fast as the white populace in the decade of the 1990s, according to U.S. Census reports released Monday.
Whites remain the largest racial group in the country, but blacks increased 16 percent from 1990 to 2000 -- faster than the total U.S. population, which grew 13 percent.
The white population increased only 6 percent. ...
Kenya - graft - IMF
IMF maintains funding freeze to Kenya after anti-graft bill defeat
NAIROBI
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday announced it would maintain its freeze of funding to Kenya in the wake of parliament's rejection of a controversial anti-graft bill.
"Following the action in the National Assembly, International Monetary Fund ... will not be able to complete the review of performance under the first annual program that covered fiscal year 2000/01 or complete the negotiation of the ...
India - IDay - economy
Indian PM announces major rural employment package
NEW DELHI
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday announced a 100 billion rupee (2.1 billion dollar) scheme to generate employment in India's poverty-stricken rural belt.
In his annual Independence Day address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi, Vajpayee acknowledged that the economic reform ...
France - globalization
French parties mull stand on anti-globalization as poll looms
PARIS
With an eye to next year's presidential elections, France's political parties are mulling their stances on the anti-globalization movement which is meeting with growing popular support nationwide.
Prime Minister Lionel Jospin highlighted his Socialist Party's efforts to be associated with what many see here as a battle ...

SADC - summit
Zimbabwe's neighbors slap Mugabe's wrists at annual summit
BLANTYRE
The 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) gave Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a slap on the wrist at the close of its summit Tuesday, while inching ahead with its reorganization to better tackle pressing problems such ...
SADC - summit
Ten African leaders in closed talks on AIDS, poverty, conflicts
BLANTYRE
Ten southern African leaders met under a veil of secrecy Monday at an annual summit where they were slated to tackle the problems of AIDS, poverty and conflicts plaguing the region.
Even top ministers and aides were locked out ...
SADC - summit
Southern African summit opens without two key leaders
BLANTYRE
Ten southern African leaders opened an annual summit here Sunday to discuss AIDS, poverty and the conflicts plaguing the region, but leaders of the group's two war-torn nations did not show.
Presidents Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola and Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are not attending the summit, although the wars in their nations figure highly in the meeting's agenda.
The 14-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) wants to build closer integration to boost regional development, but leaders addressing the ...
USA
Scientists blast human cloning plans
WASHINGTON
Scientists at a contentious meeting at the National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday blasted researchers who say they plan to begin attempts to clone a human being within the year.
The conference exposed a deep, bitter rift among ...
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