UPDATE 2-IMF policy-makers fail to agree on debt relief
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The International Monetary Fund&#39;s top policy-making group on Saturday failed to close divisions over debt relief for the world&#39;s poorest countries.
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WASHINGTON -- Financial officials from the world&#39;s economic powers ended their meeting in Washington Sunday without a deal on debt relief for Iraq and other poor nations.
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Developing countries on Friday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF to develop effective lending facilities to assist countries in the prevention of financial crisis.
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World leaders are meeting in Indonesia to coordinate relief after the Indian Ocean tsunami. Should debt be cancelled? How long will it take the affected countries to rebuild?
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The United States and its major economic allies struggled yesterday to resolve deep differences over how best to relieve the heavy debt burden for Iraq and the world&#39;s poorest countries.
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Grand plans for the IMF to broker solutions to global economic imbalances have slowed to a crawl because the United States seems to have lost interest, European officials say.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 2, 2004 - The world&#39;s major economic powers were far apart Saturday on agreeing how to provide debt relief for Iraq and the poorest nations, as finance officials began broader discussions about the global economy.
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Europe and Japan failed yesterday to persuade the United States to address the decline in the dollar, despite talks at a fractious meeting of the Group of 20 industrialised and developing nations.
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FRANKFURT Lack of fiscal discipline among some of the largest countries that use the euro is weakening the political will of new European Union member countries striving to join the euro club to keep their deficits in check, the European Central Bank said
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Bulgaria is reluctant to forgive much of a $1.7 billion debt that Iraq owes it, the Ministry of Finance said Monday.
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Business & money: Â· Traders give thumbs down to $145bn aid packageÂ· Democrats say needs of poor have been ignored
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The IMF has said it will negotiate with Argentina after  the country's debt swap, that was delayed until 17 January.
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LONDON, Feb 2 (IPS) - Bold new proposals for debt relief for the poorest  countries will be put to the test at the G7 finance ministers  summit in London this weekend.
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The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it expects to resume formal loan talks with Argentina after completion of the country&#39;s debt exchange deal, delayed last week and now scheduled for Jan. 17.
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SINGAPORE -- The leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, meeting here for a gathering of financial leaders, sharply rebuked the host government yesterday for barring the entry of 27 accredited members of antipoverty and environmental organizations. They accused Singapore of breaking an agreement to open its doors.
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Finance ministers from the G7 end a two-day meeting in London by discussing debt relief and the weak dollar.
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A day before Thursday's Jakarta meeting of leaders on tsunami aid, debate is flying over whether offering affected countries debt relief is effective.