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World Bank to announce funds for Syria refugee influx
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans to announce substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in neighbouring Syria, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim told Reuters on Tuesday. "There will be significant...Tags: Refugee, International Organizations, Economic Organization, International Economic Institution, Politics
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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, Economic Organization, International Economic Institution, Politics, Ban Ki-moon
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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: Finance, Road Transportation, Ukraine, Politics, International Monetary Fund
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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: Robin Williams, March 23 Movement, Ban Ki-moon, United Nations, Rebellions
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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: March 23 Movement, United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, Rebellions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Environmental Issues, Demographics, Economic Organization, International Economic Institution, China
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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: Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, International Economic Institution, Science and Technology, Politics
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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: Israel, Politics, Amnesty International, Judaism, West Bank
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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: Finance, International Economic Institution, China, Renewable Energy, Politics
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INTERVIEW-Central bank chief turns recovery skills on Somalia
Reuters* Governor seeks to shore up shaky recovery * Islamists still pose threat to stability * Commercial bank licences expected by end of 2013 * New Somali currency a possibility By Edmund Blair NAIROBI, May 17 (Reuters) - When Washington D.C. was in...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Central Bank, Politics, Government
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REFILE-Beyond the reach of banks, Indians targeted by outlaw fund scams
Reuters(Fixes spelling of central bank governor's first name) By Swati Pandey and Sujoy Dhar MUMBAI/KOLKATA, May 17 (Reuters) - Dalia Ghosh, a 28-year-old nurse in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, invested her savings in an unlicensed fund run by media...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Bribery, Politics, Central Bank
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