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| BISHKEK |
Once considered an island of democracy in the Central Asian region, Kyrgyzstan is in danger of being submerged under waves of instability a decade after it declared its independence.
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev gained a ... |
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| JAKARTA, Aug 30 (AFP) |
The World Bank and the Indonesian government on Thursday signed agreements for new loans and grants worth about 478 million dollars to help fight poverty.
The deals were signed by World Bank country director Mark Baird and ... |
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| LONDON |
A British member of parliament demanded parity Thursday for retired British army Gurkhas in Nepal, some of who are forced to live in poverty, he claimed, because their pensions are linked to Indian army rates.
Labour Party representative Lindsay Hoyle said that the 25,500 ex-Gurkhas concerned received pensions from the British army ranging from "a meagre" 300 pounds (436 dollars, 479 euros) to 1,600 pounds a year depending on rank and length of service.
"But even worse than that," he said, "some of them have to travel for days on end from remote ... |
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| MANILA |
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved Thursday a 250 million-dollar loan to build road projects in Shaanxi province in China to reduce poverty in the underdeveloped region, a bank statement said.
The project will include the ... |
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