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INTERVIEW-World Bank to announce funds for Jordan and Great Lakes region
ReutersGENEVA, May 21 (Reuters) - The World Bank plans to announce significant new funding to help Jordan cope with the Syrian refugee crisis, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim told Reuters on Tuesday. Kim was speaking on the eve of a visit to the Great Lakes...Tags: International Organizations, Ban Ki-moon, Economic Organization, International Economic Institution, Politics
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In Ukraine, no way to avoid a bumpy ride
ReutersKIEV (Reuters) - As the snow and ice began to melt in Ukraine this spring, exposing fresh cracks and potholes in the roads, hundreds of motorists gathered outside a government building carrying unusual burdens. They laid them down like funeral wreaths --...Tags: Yulia Tymoshenko, Prices, Media Industry, Transportation, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Congolese army, rebels clash for a second day near Goma
ReutersKINSHASA (Reuters) - The Congolese army clashed with rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma for a second day on Tuesday, threatening an uneasy six-month peace in the region ahead of a scheduled visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this week....Tags: March 23 Movement, Rebellions, Ban Ki-moon, Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions
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World Bank injects $30 million into Lebanon poverty program
The Lebanon Daily StarThe World Bank has approved a $30 million soft loan aimed at supporting a government initiative to improve access to basic services in impoverished parts of the country. "The Social Protection and Promotion Project approved by the World Bank Board of...Tags: Lebanon, Beirut (Lebanon), International Organizations, Economic Organization, Social Issues
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Congo's army clashes with rebels near Goma
ReutersKINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's army used combat helicopters to bombard rebel fighters on Monday near the city of Goma in the first clashes in nearly six months, days before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to visit the troubled eastern...Tags: Rebellions, March 23 Movement, Ban Ki-moon, Armed Forces, United Nations
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Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
Reuters(Repeats story first published on Sunday. No changes to text) By Li Hui and Maxim Duncan QIANTUN, China, May 19 (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing...Tags: Economic Organization, Demographics, Beijing (China), Environmental Issues, International Economic Institution
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'Uncompetitive' Indonesia has lots to do ahead of single market
The Jakarta PostJAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN) -- Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy, may be set to take advantage of the myriad benefits of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) single market due in 2015. However, a lot of work lies ahead before the country...Tags: Marketing, Economic Organization, Media Industry, Money and Monetary Policy, Jakarta (Indonesia)
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Indonesia's nationwide healthcare plan stumbles at first hurdle
ReutersJAKARTA (Reuters) - When a sick Indonesian baby died after 10 hospitals in Jakarta turned her family away in February, critics blamed a pilot health insurance scheme that had overwhelmed the city's public hospitals. The program, introduced in November,...Tags: Marketing, Executive Branch, Economic Organization, Regional Authority, Family
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Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply
We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...
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Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their...
Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Israel, West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, Religion and Belief
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Bidding nears for $9-14 bln Congo hydropower plant
Reuters* Chinese, Korean and Spanish firms to bid by early 2014 * Plant would provide 4,800 MW, S.Africa to buy over half * Congo needs more electricity to power mining operations By John Irish PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - Chinese, South Korean and Spanish...Tags: Hydroelectricity, International Organizations, Economic Organization, Metal and Mineral, International Economic Institution
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Masdar and IFC in $1.5b deal for clean energy projects
Khaleej TimesMasdar and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, announced their intention to collaborate on the advancement of clean energy projects. The memorandum of understanding (MoU), which was signed last week...Tags: Alternative Energy, International Organizations, Economic Organization, Contracts, International Economic Institution
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