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| 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 ... |
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| 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 ... |
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| 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 against Americanization in the aftermath of the G8 summit in Genoa last month.
While denouncing the violent street protests that marred the summit, Jospin rejoiced "in the worldwide emergence of a citizens movement in as much as it ... |
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| 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 ... |
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