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Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:25 PM

Foreign Aid

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Name: Foreign Aid

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Hillary Clinton

US will keep pushing Afghan govt reform: Clinton

:53 AM U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stressed that the United States will keep pressing the Afghan government to crack down on rampant corruption, saying the American military cannot defeat militancy without the help of a strong part ... [Khaleej Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Hillary Clinton, Military/Armed Forces, Afghanistan, United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Senate Committee To Markup Foreign Aid Reform Bill

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to mark up the ... [MediLexicon - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Foreign Aid

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

CIDA and the emasculation of Canadian altruism

According to surveys, fewer than half of Canadians know of or can state the purpose of our grandly named, once proud, once vigorous Canadian International Development Agency.I can't say I'm surprised.For CIDA, which is supposed to be the standard-bearer ... [CBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bev Oda, Ottawa, Foreign Aid, Canada, Hugh Segal

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Aussies run behind on public loos

AAPWe're tops at sport and our beaches are among the world's best - but our loos are a bit on the nose.Europe, according to the Australian Toilet Organisation, offers gold class public facilities in which to spend a penny (or euro)."If you compare our ... [The Age - 11/19/2009]

Entities: East Timor, WaterAid, Sanitation, Melbourne, Laidlaw

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Corruption Index Today, Election Tomorrow, Aid Revamp the Day After?

Corruption, Foreign Aid, Governance, Afghanistan, Global EconomicsDaniel Kaufmann, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and DevelopmentThe Brookings InstitutionTransparency International (TI), the international anti-corruption NGO, just released its annual Corruption ... [Brookings Institution - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Corruption, Afghanistan, Donor, Elections

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Glenn Hubbard

Bypassing the Aid Trap in Pakistan

By R. Glenn Hubbard | Washington Post Friday, November 13, 2009 The United States has committed $7.5 billion to aid Pakistan's social and economic development, but there is little evidence the funding will be effective. A better strategy, with proven ... [IntelliBriefs - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Pakistan, Foreign Aid, Glenn Hubbard, George Marshall

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Finnish led meeting in Somalia the target of suicide attack

Seven Finnish citizens had a narrow escape, as they only just avoided a suicide attack in Somaliland last week. The attack had been scheduled to target a peace conference in Hargeisa but was thwarted by security officials. The peace conference had been ... [IceNews - Daily News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Suicide Attack, Somalia, Explosive, Church's, Lutheran Church

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Fighting terrorism is our own war: PM Gilani

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said terrorism is a fact and everyone is realizing this now. Pakistan is fighting not American but its own war.Talking to media in green journalist award function here, Premier Gilani said efforts are underway ... [The News International - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Yousuf Raza Gilani, Terrorism, James L Jones, Foreign Aid

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

The foreign-aid fight goes on

The State Department and Congress don'tsee eye to eye on how to move forward with foreign-aid reform, but atleast one Senator is firmly siding with Foggy Bottom: Jim Webb.When the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approvedthe Kerry-Lugar foreign aid ... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Foreign Aid, Foreign Assistance, Rajiv Shah, Jim Webb, John Kerry

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Japan's foreign aid up in 2008 for 1st time in 3 years

TOKYO Japan?s official development assistance in 2008 rose 24.7% from the previous year to $9.58 billion (about 850 billion yen), marking the first increase in three years, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.The ministry attributed the expansion in the ... [Japan Today - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Foreign Aid, Japan, Oda (Japan), Disbursement

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Bitter Afghans want to see back of US troops

People hate the Americans from the bottom of their hearts, Haji Akhtar Mohammed Shinwari said as he recalled how the US military had brought death to his homeland.For residents of Shinwar, a village in distant Nangahar province, the message from President ... [Times Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Foreign Aid, NATO, Taliban

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Goldman Sachs

commitment. In response to a Luis UbiÃ±as, president of the Ford Foundation, to support a charitable fund created by a teachers union, saying teachers are key to improving the nations public schools. which leads to confusion among donors and creates ... [The Chronicle of Philanthropy - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Donor, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Garrison Keillor, Ford Foundation

Quotes

...Nasrullah Stanikzai, a professor of law and political science at Kabul University, says of the companies in the pocket of the vice-president: "Everybody knows who is Ghazanfar. Everybody knows who is Zahid Walid. The [government elite] directly or indirectly have companies, licenses, and sign contracts. But corruption is not confined just to the Afghans. The international community bears a share of this blame." Indeed, the tale of the 'reconstruction' of Kabul's electricity supply is a classic story of how foreign aid has often served to line the pockets of...

Afghanistan's Corruption [Middle East Online - 9 hours ago]

..."The Cable" writes that "Dec. 1 is being considered for [Shah's] nomination hearing although nothing has been formally scheduled" (11/19)

USAID nominee visits Capitol Hill [News-Medical.Net - 17 hours ago]

More Content

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Karzai sworn-in for second presidential term; Z... [Pakistan Times - 3 hours ago]
EU deadlocked over 2 top jobs [Namibian - 7 hours ago]
Afghanistan's Corruption [Middle East Online - 9 hours ago]
Paying Off the Warlords [Middle East Online - 9 hours ago]
Attack on Maoists troubles aid agencies [Gulf Times - 12 hours ago]
USAID nominee visits Capitol Hill [News-Medical.Net - 17 hours ago]
US should rein in Israel on colonies [Gulf News - 18 hours ago]
10,000 tractors given to farmers: CM [The News International - 19 hours ago]
Puzzling choices [BBC - 11/20/2009]
Foreign aid boosts business registration [Manila Times - 11/20/2009]
The ship is sinking, why? [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 11/20/2009]
Somaliland: A News Digest in English 3 [American Chronicle - 11/20/2009]
Afghanistan 'Cannot Advance on Words Alone' [Spiegel Online - 11/20/2009]
In this climate Australians lead, Americans lag... [The Age - 11/20/2009]
'Unknowns' fill senior EU posts [BBC - 11/20/2009]
EU heads to unknown with unknowns in top jobs [Gulf News - 11/20/2009]
Why Oil Revenues Will Harm Us [opinion] [AllAfrica.com - 11/20/2009]
Overseas Farming Investment to Be Encouraged [Korea Times - 11/20/2009]
US lawmakers warn Gambia [News24.com - 11/20/2009]
French foreign minister visits Afghan village [Washington Post - 11/20/2009]
Van Rompuy, Ashton tick right boxes in complex ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/20/2009]
Goldman Sachs [The Chronicle of Philanthropy - 11/20/2009]
European leaders choose the path of least resis... [The Independent - 11/20/2009]
20 die as bomber hits Peshawar Judicial Complex [The News International - 11/20/2009]
Lisbon Treaty to lead to new era of EU leadership [Turkish Daily - 11/20/2009]
Karzai's inauguration and Obama's demand for ac... [Christian Science Monitor - 11/20/2009]
Belgian beats Blair in race for EU's top job [New Zealand Herald - 11/19/2009]
Bitter Afghans want to see back of US troops [Times Online - 11/19/2009]
Japan's foreign aid up in 2008 for 1st time in ... [Japan Today - 11/19/2009]
The foreign-aid fight goes on [Foreign Policy Magazine - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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Bypassing the Aid Trap in Pakistan [IntelliBriefs - 11/19/2009] By R. Glenn Hubbard \| Washington Post Friday, November 13, 2009 The United States has committed $7.5 billion to aid Pakistan's social and economic development, ...
Clinton in Afghanistan for Karzai Inauguration [War Zone - 11/18/2009] Hillary Clinton made her first trip to Afghanistan as secretary of state today, to attend the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai. Security is tight in ...
Hey look, we shrank the budget [Raw Japan - 11/18/2009] Japan’s ruling Democratic Party has long vowed to wrest power from the country’s bureaucrats. Now it’s taking its battles with them over spending onto live internet ...
Progressive Caucus Requests Meeting with Presid... [Firedoglake - 11/17/2009] U.S. troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan (photo: startledrabbit_III via Flickr) The Progressive Caucus just sent a letter to President Obama asking for a meeting to ...
Mayhill Fowler: The New Strategy for Obama's Wa... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/17/2009] Barack Obama owns Afghanistan. If our President said it once he said it a hundred times in 2008 on the campaign trail: "We have to win in Afghanistan." ...

Audio/Video

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1989 and All That [Slate Magazine - 11/09/2009]
US aid agency left leaderless - 03 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/03/2009]
Taiwan evacuees take refuge [Reuters Video: Top News - 08/17/2009]
Rep. Jones on Voting Against 33% Increase in Fo... [Rep. Walter Jones - YouTube Channel - 07/10/2009]
A banker bridges the wealth gap. [Slate Magazine - 04/02/2009]

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