Govt Monitors Diplomatic Funds
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THE increasingly paranoid ZANU PF government is now monitoring cash flows to embassies to identify diplomatic missions suspected of bankrolling the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and other civic organisations it perceives to be
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TOKYO: Donors to Iraq&#39;s reconstruction are examining billions of dollars in aid pledges that have gone mostly unused amid an insurgency, as the interim government appealed for firmer world support.
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The United States suspects that about $3 million in U.N. Development Program funds may have been diverted by North Korea to buy property in Britain, Canada and France, allegations denied by the agency.
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Shortly after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took office in 2005, she was surprised to discover that her staff could not answer a simple query: How much does the United States spend each year on promoting democracy overseas?
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The government evidently has decided to permit the currency to appreciate much faster than before.
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The government wants the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to relax its strict fiscal policies to give countries like the Philippines greater access to loans and investments.
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WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday ordered new measures to improve government oversight of private guards who protect US diplomats in Iraq, including cultural awareness training for contractors and a board to investigate any future killings.
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World finance ministers said they would scrutinize the sector closely with an eye toward encouraging more self-regulation.
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A few years ago, American aid to Lebanon was measured in the number of dairy cows a U.S. program gave to farmers. Now it is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, plus military help, as Washington tries to prop up a government seen as threatened by Iran and Syria.
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US is concerned that revenues would boost Iran's nuclear program.
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A popular financial portal has its say.
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A controversial figure takes charges of a State Department advisory panel.
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Â· Increase to fund consular service, says Foreign Office Â· Bill is underwriting cost of ID cards, say opponents
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The US embassy has revealed that more than US $72 million was spent on HIV/AIDS programmes in South Africa over the past five months.
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From $500,000 for a teapot museum in North Carolina to $450,000 for plants on the east side of the Capitol, the federal government spends hundreds of billions every year for grants, contracts, earmarks and loans. With creation of a new federal Web site, citizens will at least be able to see where some of their tax money goes.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin says the Defence Department will get more money even as its expenditures are examined.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s resignation and the reported selection of National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice as his successor is being watched with great interest in the Middle East.