US to forgive Iraq&#39;s $4 billion debt
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WASHINGTON: The Bush administration has agreed to write off Iraq&#39;s debts to Washington of $4.1 billion, racked up during the regime of Saddam Hussein.
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Differences between France and the  United States over how much of Iraq's debt to cancel hardened  on Saturday as the two attended a meeting aimed at promoting  international harmony.
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The Paris Club of creditor nations on Saturday discussed a plan to write off about 80 percent of Iraq&#39;s debts. According to The AP, US Treasury Secretary John Snow and German Finance Minister Hans Eichel concluded
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At meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund the French said non to the US proposal of writing off 90-95 per cent of Iraqâs $12bn of bilateral debt.
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WASHINGTON -- At least $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds given to Iraqi ministries by the former US-led authority there cannot be accounted for, according to a draft US audit set for release soon.
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Germany's Finance Minister Hans Eichel said Saturday he and U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow had agreed on a proposal to write off as much as 80 percent of Iraq's debt, capping a U.S. push for debt forgiveness.
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Iraq&#39;s foreign debt will be reduced by 80% after a compromise deal was brokered between France, Germany and the USA in the framework of the Paris Club of creditors on 21 November.
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WASHINGTON -- When President Bush appointed a close family friend, former secretary of state James A. Baker III, as a special envoy to help reduce Iraq's foreign debt, Baker's monumental task was clear: to persuade the governments of the world, including Kuwait, to forgive billions that Iraq owes them.
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Rich nations pledged an agreement soon on forgiving the debt burden weighing on poor nations in Africa, Latin America and Asia but remained divided on reducing billions of dollars of Iraqi debt.
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The United States is revising its  $18.4 billion Iraq rebuilding plan and in a major policy shift  will hand over some contracting power to Iraqi ministries for  U.S.-funded work, said U.S. officials on Tuesday.
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The US cancels all the debt owed to it by Iraq and calls on other countries to do the same.
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Four fifths of Iraq&#39;s foreign debts are to be written off, under a deal reached at the weekend. The country&#39;s interim government has been complaining that the level of its debt is hampering its reconstruction.
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Germany&#39;s finance minister said Saturday that he and his US counterpart have reached an agreement under which Iraq&#39;s creditors would write off up to 80 per cent of the country&#39;s debt.
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A deal to forgive a large chunk of Iraq&#39;s external debt could finally be announced this week after key creditor nations came to an agreement at the weekend ending months of stalemate.
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Russia agreed Sunday to join in an international agreement to forgive up to 80 percent of Iraq&#39;s foreign debt, allowing the deal brokered by German and US officials to go ahead.
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The Spanish government announced here Monday that it will write off 80 percent of Iraq's debt, or 482 million US dollars, to help rebuild the war-torn country.
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As a result of talks the Paris Club has arrived at a consolidated decision to write off 80 per cent of Iraq&#39;s debt, Russian Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin told journalists on Sunday [21 November].