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| COLOMBO |
Sri Lanka has cancelled a deal to raise a 200 million-dollar loan syndicated by Deutsche Bank because the terms were unfavourable, a senior government official said Thursday.
The government cancelled the loan deal and was now ... |
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| BRUSSELS |
The European Commission on Tuesday set out a broad vision for closer ties with Asia accenting more give-and-take in trade, security, investment and poverty reduction.
"Asia's importance for the EU is beyond question, whether ... |
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| BERLIN |
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder made an eloquent call in Berlin on Tuesday for concerns raised by those protesting globalization as undemocratic and a creator of poverty to be taken seriously.
Cautioning that he was not approving the violent protests that have wracked international meetings in Gothenburg, Seattle and Genoa, Schroeder said it would however "be wrong not to take into consideration the worries" that drive the demonstrators.
"These people feel that something has entered into their lives at a high speed and they don't know how it ... |
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| GUATEMALA CITY |
A severe drought that has now caused dozens of starvation deaths in Guatemala is an extension of the poverty and ill health in which 80 percent of Guatemalans still live, officials said last week.
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