Tokyo OKs funds for Iraq elections
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Japan, hosting a donors&#39; conference for Iraq reconstruction in Tokyo, pledged Wednesday to disburse $40 billion in aid for Iraq&#39;s elections.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an emergency loan of $436m (Â£232m) to Iraq, the first from an international organisation.
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Iraq's parliament on Wednesday passed three key pieces of legislation that set a date for provincial elections, allot $48 billion for 2008 spending, and provide limited amnesty to detainees in Iraqi custody.
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TOKYO - The beheading of a Japanese hostage and the closely fought US presidential election have injected new caution into Tokyoâs deliberations on whether to extend its historic troop dispatch to Iraq.
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The International Monetary Fund on  Wednesday approved $436 million in emergency lending to Iraq  and said it hoped its backing would generate additional  international economic support, including debt relief.
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Japan approved an extension of its troop deployment in Iraq Thursday for up to a year, a decision opposed by most voters, who want to end the nation's riskiest military mission since World War II.
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Japan approved an extension of its troop deployment in Iraq Thursday for up to a year, a decision opposed by most voters, who want to end the nation&#39;s riskiest military mission since World War II.
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TOKYO Aid to Iraq should be disbursed faster, Iraqi companies should get priority for contracts, and projects should be focused on bolstering parliamentary elections that are to be held in January, Iraqis and donor representatives agreed on Thursday at
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The International Monetary Fund's board of government shareholders on Wednesday approved &#36;436 million in assistance to Iraq, its first ever loan to the country, a fund official said.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japan plans to keep its troops in Iraq beyond the original withdrawal date of December 14 this year, according to Japanese media reports Tuesday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says Japan won&#39;t yield to terrorism by withdrawing its troops from Iraq, in response to reports an Iraqi group kidnapped a Japanese
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Japanâs ruling party was expected to push into law a bill to revive a naval mission to support U.S.-led forces.
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When Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Al-Muthanna Province in southern Iraq, visited Tokyo last week, he thanked Japan for the aid it has given to his province, where Ground Self-Defense Force troops have been deployed.
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Japan hopes new pledges to rebuild Iraq will emerge as international donors meet in Tokyo from Wednesday, but it sees broader participation in stabilizing the war-torn country as even more important than fresh funds.
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Japan&#39;s Cabinet authorized a national spending plan for next fiscal year to cut the budget deficit by 6 percent to curb expansion of the world&#39;s largest public debt.
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The International Monetary Fund's  board of government shareholders on Wednesday approved $436  million in assistance to Iraq, its first ever loan to the  country, a fund official said.
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Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved an updated minimum wage bill, the first major revision in nearly 40 years, as part of the government's efforts to close the gap between between rich and poor and boost economic growth.