- Rolf Rosenkranz
- Date: May 20, 2008
- Location: United States
Zambia and the U.K. apparently share a common language. Still, it's often hard to communicate with each other, especially since words are often used differently. In my first three months here I have managed to pick up a few translations ...
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China Secures ADB Aid for Water Initiative
The Asian Development Bank will lend USD200 million to help China control pollution in and expand potable water supply from the Songhua River Basin. Xinhua News Agency reported that the USD396.3 million project will help construct infrastructure and provide training in order to enhance water supply, wastewater treatment, and solid waste management in the area. ... -
Rice Research Institute to Scale Up Food Production in South Asia
The Philippine-based International Rice Research Institute will use a combined USD29.59 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development to increase food production in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, according to the Press Trust of India. To avert any food crisis in the future, the institute seeks to increase rice production by 5 million tons annually and boost the yearly income of 6 million poor rural households in the four South A... ... -
DFID Assists Violence Victims in Gaza
The U.K. Department for International Development will release GBP4 million (USD6 million) in humanitarian assistance to war-ravaged Gaza. In a release, U.K. Secretary of State Douglas Alexander said that the funding will help the United Nations Relief and Works Agency provide food, shelter and cash assistance to violence victims as well as additional fuel to maintain the delivery of public services such as water and health care. The sum formed part of the country's USD10 million humanita... ... -
The U.S. government suspended its aid to Guinea after the new military junta announced that it arrested 22 military leaders who were forced to retire following a coup last month, according to Agence France-Presse. "The United States is suspending assistance (USD 15 million) to Guinea, with the exception of humanitarian aid and programs supporting the democratic process," U.S. State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack, said. ...
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The Japanese government will grant JPY1.575 billion (USD17 million) to back Sudan's disarmament, demobilization and reintegration program, the Sudanese News Agency reported. The estimated cost of the four-year project is USD385 million. ...
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