World Bank Donors pledge record sum


	World Bank Donors pledge record sum

mugofcoffee

12-14-2007 7:37 AM

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mugofcoffee says:

to the poor nations! That's the spirit friends!

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12-16-2007 11:28 AM

righthand

What about the Western strings and the Swiss Bank accounts for corruption.
Go the way Southern America has gone recently.
The Chinese don't do strings.

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