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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Gold fell to a near four-month low on  Monday as the market tried to guess what the IMF might say  about using its huge gold reserves to help finance debt relief  for poor countries.
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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.
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LONDON, Jan 6 (IPS) - World leaders need to cancel debts of poor tsunami-   hit countries rather than just freeze them for now, leading  campaigners  say.
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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 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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Finance officials failed to resolve their differences over debt relief for the worldâs poorest countries and Iraq while expressing concern about the impact high oil prices would have on a strengthening global economy.
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The International Monetary Fund's  top policy-making group failed on Saturday to close divisions  over debt relief for the world's poorest countries.
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Bulgaria is reluctant to write off a US$1.7 billion (euro1.3 billion) debt it is owed by Iraq, despite mounting international pressure on Iraq&#39;s creditors to agree on substantial debt reduction, officials said Monday.
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WASHINGTON The world&#39;s economic powers, which ended three days of meetings yesterday, insisted they are moving closer to a deal on debt relief for Iraq and other poor nations even though an agreement has proved elusive.
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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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Canada and most other members of the G8 are failing to meet their fair share of the cost of financing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Global AIDS Alliance said Thursday.
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Squabbling over voting clout soured  the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting on Sunday as  countries lined up to find fault with a plan crafted to reflect  a shifting balance of power in the world economy.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 2  - IMF policymakers, gathering under heavy police guard, went behind closed doors here Saturday to assess near-term global economic prospects threatened by rising oil prices.
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The IMF says unrest in Haiti forces it to postpone talks on an emergency loan for the stricken country.
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Nearly a decade ago, the International Monetary Fund drew rebukes for prescribing drastic reforms during the Asian economic crisis that erupted in 1997. Today, the IMF is again battling controversy, with some saying its efforts to give more say to emerging economies are not enough.
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The International Monetary Fund denied on Thursday that its relationship with Argentina was growing increasingly tense, insisting instead that talks were continuing with the country&#39;s leaders.