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US-CHINA: Trade War Heats Up
By Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON - Relations between Beijing and Washington have been far from smooth since the beginning of the year.
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HAITI: Recovery Bill Estimated at 11.5 Billion Dollars
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Two weeks before a major donors conference, the Haitian government has estimated that the country will need some 11.5 billion dollars over the next three years to recover from the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Unexpected Low Custom Revenue Causes Budget Shortfalls
By Servaas van den Bosch
WINDHOEK - Plummeting revenues from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) could cause severe financial difficulties in the region, economic experts warn. To make matters worse, the organisation is split over the future of its tariff pool that largely bankrolls the national budgets of its poorer members.
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LATIN AMERICA: NGOs Demand Transparency, Reforms in IDB
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Dozens of civil society organisations in the Americas are demanding greater transparency and accountability as well as structural reforms in the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), ahead of the multilateral lender's annual meeting of governors that starts Friday in the Mexican resort of Cancún.
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DEVELOPMENT: Spain’s New Drive to Extend its Interests in Africa
By Stanley Kwenda
PRETORIA - Spain is breaking new ground in its relations with Africa through an ambitious programme which has seen it increasing its development funding to the continent more than six-fold from 2004 to reach 1,4 billion euros in 2008.
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POLITICS: Sahel Leaders Meet on al Qaeda Threat
By Charles Fromm
WASHINGTON - Representatives from seven North African and Sahelian states convened in Algiers on Tuesday to discuss the growing threat of al Qaeda's North African affiliate in the region.
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SWAZILAND: Budget Cuts Ahead but More Money for Education and Health
By Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE - Her swollen feet are a constant reminder to Sanele Matsebula that she needs to take her medication.
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AFRICA: Corruption Carries High Cost, World Bank Says
By Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON - Poverty is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and various forms of corruption threaten to undermine the impact of investments made to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the continent, said the World Bank in a report released Monday on Africa's development.
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BALKANS: Farming Prospers as Farmers Suffer
By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
BELGRADE - Official statistics put Serbian agriculture as the single most productive branch of the economy and one that not only survived the financial meltdown but chalked up a record trade surplus of almost a billion US dollars in 2009.
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DISARMAMENT: Despite Recession, Global Arms Race Spirals
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - The global financial crisis has not deterred some of the world's developed and developing nations from bolstering their military arsenals with expensive new weapons systems, including sophisticated fighter planes, combat helicopters, submarines, armoured vehicles and air defence systems.
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Q&A: Wanted in Latin America: Responsible Credit
Daniela Estrada interviews JUAN TRÍMBOLI of Consumers International
SANTIAGO - Improving access to financial services and achieving "responsible credit" require ongoing dialogue on the part of companies, states and consumers, Juan Trímboli, regional coordinator of the Consumers International office in Latin America and the Caribbean, told IPS.
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HEALTH-UGANDA: EU Supports Law Threatening Access to Medicines
By Wambi Michael
KAMPALA - The European Union (EU) is funding the drafting of Uganda’s controversial Counterfeit Goods Bill, a proposed law that has caused an outcry as it threatens access to life-saving generic medicines in this low income East African country. Some 90 percent of medicines used in Uganda’s health-care system are imported, of which about 93 percent are generics.
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MEXICO: Consumers on the Offensive
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Mexican consumers are currently facing a combination of price rises, economic recession and lack of legal protection in the face of abuses committed by providers of goods and services.
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HAITI: Caribbean Unites Behind Recovery Plans
By Peter Richards
ROSEAU, Dominica - As he travels back to his headquarters in Washington, World Bank president Robert Zoellick must be painfully aware that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have very strong feelings on the redevelopment of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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BIODIVERSITY: Lucrative Shark Trade Under Scrutiny
By Matthew Berger
WASHINGTON - As climate change transforms the acidity and oxygen levels of the world's waters with devastating effects for some marine species, others are facing an even more immediate threat from human consumption.
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