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US President George W Bush is set to pledge $674m (£350m) in aid for Africa as part of a joint initiative with visiting UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. Mr Blair is in Washington to press for the president's support for his plans to get Africa back on its feet. Mr Bush has already rejected several key parts of Britain's relief plan - but Mr Blair insisted there had been "significant progress" on a deal. Aid groups criticised Mr Bush's cash pledge as a mere "drop in the ocean". Jonathan Glennie of Christian Aid said: "If this is President Bush's only response to the crisis in Africa, we think he cannot be serious about alleviating poverty."The $674m is destined largely for Ethiopia and Eritrea, countries threatened by famine, and for humanitarian needs in other African countries. This money is part of the US aid budget that had already been announced but had not yet been allocated to a country.
Quote from: Don Rizzle on May 10, 2006, 03:16:12 AMiraq would just get annexed by iranThat would be a great solution. If Iran and the majority of Iraqi's are pleased with it, then why shouldn't they do it?
iraq would just get annexed by iran
i hope you guys don't really wish ALL americans are killed, saying that america is some kind of "evil scheme" then you guys saying you wish a nuke will lay the whole country down is fucking more evil when you got about 10 million people on tv (americans) trying to get this whole african debt relief off the ground, a great deal of the country supports this shit and you wanna kill us. FUCK YOU....sheeeeit. then do you relize how much the world economy will hurt if there is no america/mexico AND CANADA (because that's what will happen if a nuke goes off in america. so good luck with that wishing, you'll be in the same looking shack along with those africans we're tryin to save.
Quote from: Fear and Loathing in Bakersfield on June 08, 2005, 02:06:14 PMi hope you guys don't really wish ALL americans are killed, saying that america is some kind of "evil scheme" then you guys saying you wish a nuke will lay the whole country down is fucking more evil when you got about 10 million people on tv (americans) trying to get this whole african debt relief off the ground, a great deal of the country supports this shit and you wanna kill us. FUCK YOU....sheeeeit. then do you relize how much the world economy will hurt if there is no america/mexico AND CANADA (because that's what will happen if a nuke goes off in america. so good luck with that wishing, you'll be in the same looking shack along with those africans we're tryin to save. if you took that as serious then your a fool, tony blair has sacrificed a hell of a lot at home (and in europe) it almost cost him his job but its certainly deminished his power by supporting bush. now it seems its all being thrown back in his (our) face. bush failed to sort out the israel palestine issue by not pressuring the israelis enough, he doesn't support tackling global warming and he didn't go far enough in support of the africa intiative. sucess in just one of them would satisfy me i don't think thats too much to ask.
the concert don't hold much weight.