Greece vows to cut budget deficit
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Greece vows to ensure next year's budget deficit meets the European Union's 3% limit by curbing spending and raising revenue through privatisations.
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US Treasury Secretary John Snow said that Washington was committed to reducing its budget deficit, which he acknowledged was &quot;too large&quot;.
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The prime minister pledged Sunday that thousands of acres of forests destroyed by wildfires across Greece in recent days would be replanted, including sections in a national park.
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Greece said the government will spend 7.2 billion euros ($9.3 billion) on the Athens Olympics, 56 percent more than the initial budget, as construction delays and security for the first Summer Games since the Sept.
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TOKYO The Japanese government said Monday that it planned to cut its budget deficit by 6 percent next fiscal year in a bid to curb an expansion of the world&#39;s largest public debt.
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President Bush pledged Wednesday to work with Congress to reduce the government&#39;s huge budget deficit as a key step in assuring the world that his administration supports a strong dollar.
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The soaring cost of the 2004 Olympic Games looks set to drive Greece deep into debt, its prime minister warns.
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French finance minister Nicolas Sarkozy unveils a budget promising to bring the deficit under control.
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President Bush said Monday he will submit a federal budget that will cut the deficit in half in five years and maintain strict spending discipline.
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The European Commission is to warn Greece about publishing false information about its public finances.
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President Bush will propose the  tightest budget of his presidency, cutting the growth rate in  government programs by almost half in a bid to rein in record  budget deficits, the White House budget director said on  Thursday.
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President Bush pledged Wednesday to work with Congress to reduce the government's huge budget deficit as a key step in assuring the world that his administration supports a strong dollar.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Sunday he assured members of the Group of 20 nations that Washington will slash deficits they blame for a falling dollar and repeated his call for stronger European growth.
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The German government announces a series of measures to rein in its public deficit, including proposing scrapping one public holiday.
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Treasury Secretary John Snow pledged to reduce the US budget deficit, blamed by Europeans for the euro&#39;s gains against the dollar and cited as a risk to global growth by ministers from 20 industrial and emerging economies.
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France will meet its European budget commitments in 2005, bringing its deficit under the 3 percent EU limit for the first time in four years, Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday, touting the extent of the slash as unprecedented.
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Berlin - The United States (US) Treasury Secretary John Snow has flown into Berlin at the weekend on a budget flight - and pledged to cut the US deficit in half.