ADB approves 80 million dollar loan to Afghanistan
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it has approved a soft loan of 80 million dollars to restore and improve key sections of Afghanistan's war-ravaged road system.
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Countries with troops deployed in southern Afghanistan agreed on Friday on the need to build on military gains by boosting reconstruction and improving the lives of Afghans.
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Japan forces through a bill allowing a naval support mission for US-led forces in Afghanistan to resume.
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The German Parliament on Thursday overwhelming approved a one-year extension of the Bundeswehr&#39;s Afghanistan mandate. The decision comes a day after a grenade attack on a German camp in Kunduz injured five.
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The US administration is expected to request an additional $80bn for military  operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The World Bank agrees a $12bn loan fund for India and promises to take a more open-handed approach.
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The World Bank unveiled plans to lend up to 12 billion dollars to India under a fresh four-year program beginning in 2005 to alleviate poverty in the world's second most populous nation.
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The federal government awarded an $878 million anthrax vaccine contract to a Brisbane biotech company Thursday, ordering a stockpile of 75 million doses to guard against terrorist attacks.
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The House has backed an $800 billion increase in the limit on federal debt, raising the allowable level of public borrowing to nearly $8.2 trillion.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised its 2004 economic growth forecast for the region to seven per cent from 6.8 per cent due to surging exports, but cut its 2005 estimate as it sees China&#39;s expansion slowing.
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Poland's defense minister said in comments broadcast Thursday that his nation will send at least 900 troops to eastern Afghanistan next year.
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The Asian Development Bank said it is lending one billion dollars, its biggest ever regular loan, to India to improve credit facilities for its hard-up farmers.
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India and Sri Lanka are to get 220 million dollars in loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to strengthen public finances, the Philippines-based lender said.
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President Bush's $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 ...
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Forty-five rich and middle-income nations agreed yesterday to provide a record $25.1 billion to the World Bank for generous-term loans and grants to the world's poorest countries. But for the first time since Dwight D. Eisenhower pushed for the creation of the bank's arm for helping the poorest of...
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The Japan Bank for International  Cooperation (JBIC) is set to sign a deal to co-finance up to $3  billion in loans to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) of  the United Arab Emirates, an industry source said on Monday.
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MANILA (DPA): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday it would help improve air quality in Indonesia through a US$700,000 technical assistance grant.