U.S. Gives &#36;18.5M for Mideast Projects
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The U.S. is giving civic and economic projects in Jordan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, and on the West Bank &#36;18.5 million in contributions, the State Department announced Friday.
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The US pledges $20m to help Palestinians out of a financial crisis - a rare direct payment from Washington.
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OSLO, Dec 8  - The United States will give the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority 20 million dollars in aid to resolve its immediate budget woes, US Assistant Secretary of State William Burns said on Wednesday.
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The U.S. budget deficit will reach  $368 billion this year before any war costs are added in, the  Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday, according to a  source familiar with the worse-than-expected numbers.
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President Bush  approved Wednesday $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, as part of a broader White House strategy to pursue peace in the Middle East following Yasser Arafat's death.
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President Bush is asking Congress for &#36;82 billion to cover the costs of ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and a myriad of other internationally related expenses, such as training Iraqi security forces, aiding tsunami victims and helping military forces in other nations.
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The United States military&#39;s new rocket program is $14.44 billion over budget and counting, raising questions about how long taxpayers can subsidize two of America&#39;s biggest
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The Bush administration on Wednesday announced it was giving $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority to help it through a financial crisis.
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Citing a &quot;renewed opportunity for peace&quot; in the Middle East, the Bush administration said Wednesday it will give $20 million directly to the Palestinian Authority.
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The United Nations approved paying &#36;2.9 billion to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Thursday for environmental projects to clean up oil lakes and other pollution from Iraq's 1990-1991 occupation of Kuwait, a spokesman said.
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The team that raised money to finance President Bush's inaugural festivities collected &#36;35 million to &#36;40 million, officials said Wednesday.
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The Bush administration, moving to lend support to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, has approved growth in some Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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The United States, which refused to participate in a United Nations-backed global plan to slow global warming, said on Tuesday it will spend nearly &#36;5.8 billion in 2005 on research and programs addressing climate change.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Congress Wednesday to approve the Bush administration's request for &#36;5.8 billion to fight terrorism and the slightly more than &#36;1 billion to help bankroll United Nations' peacekeeping missions around the world.
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President Bush's &#36;81.9 billion request for war and aid to U.S. allies would help start a law school in Afghanistan, improve the issuance of driver's licenses in Ukraine and build water treatment facilities in Jordan, according to administration documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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The United Nations General  Assembly passed a $4.17 billion budget for 2008-09 with the  United States casting the only vote against because of  provisions for a conference it sees as anti-Israeli.
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With the apparent support of the Bush administration, Israel on Monday announced plans for building 530 new homes in the West Bank.