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D.C. to pay 13.7 million to mistreated World Bank, IMF protesters

" D.C. to pay 13.7 million to mistreated World Bank, IMF protesters By Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON — The city of Washington has agreed to pay 13.7 million dollars to some 700...

the devils game: AFRICA

For the pasts months, i have seen literary no media coverage about the current strife in DRC. Soliders and rebels of the FDLR and others have been killing civilans for the longest.  6 million people have been killed is that not good enough for media coverage in the US?...

China says yes to free markets, no to free currency regime

President Barack Obama on his tour to China has approached a very cautious approach. While raising issues of contention between the two nations, he has been subtle in his own right. He agreed to the...

The World Loves a Broken Africa

Would it be too far fetched for me to assume that the world benefits from a broken Africa? If I was even so bold as to imply that an Africa in turmoil bodes well for a world economy that is sustained in part by the...

IMF clears Sri Lanka second tranche loan of 329 mln dlrs

Despite the numerous ridiculous claims by the likes of Tamils Against [Non-existent] Genocide and the Human Rights Watch, the International Monetary Fund has approved the disbursement of the second...

India, China and Australia on economic recovery fast-track: IMF

The Washington based International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday said that the three economies of India, China and Australia were recovering at a especially rapid pace, which suggests that there would be...

IMF Protesters Met With Tear Gas In Turkey

Police threw tear gas at the hundreds that protested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday. Some of the protesters threw fire bombs at a convention centre where leaders of the IMF and the World Bank were meeting. Bank windows were...

'Baltic sisters' struggle to survive Global recession

Three Baltic sisters - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is struggling to survive Global recession. Dalia Grybauskaite, Lithuania's new president, has admitted the country could be forced to seek help from IMF (International Monetary Fund). The finance ministry was considering...

Niger Crisis escalating after EU suspends all aid to the Country.

By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...

IMF hiding Sri Lanka's Letter of intent

Despite opposition from US, UK and France, IMF approved the loan of 2.5 billion dollars to Sri Lanka.It is not clear how IMF will ensure the money will not be spent again on military and ethnic...

IMF Board approves USD 2.6 billion loan for Sri Lanka

"IMF Board approves USD 2.6 billion loan for Sri Lanka Washington, PTI: Saturday, July 25, 2009 --> ...

IMF Should Not Condone Abuses

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has again asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to not condone the human right abuses committed by the Sri Lankan government by providing the funding. The Sri Lankan govenrment...

G8 leaders-Global Economy not stable enough to pull back Stimulus

Leader's of the world's eighth largest economies met today.  In a joint statement they agreed that the global economy is not stable enough to pull back on massive fiscal stimulus soon. In a statement obtained...

Campaign to stop IMF and war funding

Bill for supplemental war and IMF funding could be defeated

IMF says Sri Lanka loan talks in advanced stage

Proposal on the "infamous" International Monetary Fund(IMF) loan to Sri Lanka will be presented to the IMF board during the coming weeks.Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also has pledged her...

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