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DEVELOPMENT: SLOW SOFT LOAN REPAYMENTS CUT SPAIN'S AID TOTALS
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Tito Drago
Inter Press Service English News Wire
04-19-1996
MADRID, Apr. 18 (IPS) -- Spain's official development aid (ODA)
fell to just 0.24 per cent of gross national product last year,
down from the 1994 figure of 0.28 per cent and well below a
promised 1995 target of 0.35-0.5 per cent, say NGOs here.
They are meeting tomorrow to demand that the government get
Spain back on track towards meeting the U.N. sponsored target of
0.7 per cent of gross national product (GNP) to go towards ODA. The
government had pledged to leave funds to cover a target of up to
0.5 per cent in 1995 if the right ...
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Kandahar in Panic, Refugees Say; Some Report Taliban Fighters Leaving Stronghold for Mountains
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...northern regions set off a wave of panic in Kandahar, a large southern city that is the power...weapons and rocket launchers, entering Kandahar early this morning. By the afternoon...city for nearby mountains, according to Kandahar residents, aid workers and anti- Taliban...
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM: Kandahar - March of feared warlord seals fate of stronghold
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; KANDAHAR'S FATE may have been sealed by the imminent...to leave within 24 hours. The loss of Kandahar could be the ultimate blow to the Taliban...ventured once to the capital Kabul. Without Kandahar, the Taliban would be reduced to a guerrilla...
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Taliban surrounded in Kandahar but Pashtun forces remain divided.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...pressure the Taliban into surrending Kandahar, their last southern Afghanistan bastion...to have captured strategic areas near Kandahar. The extent of the gains could not be...that the area in Taliban control around Kandahar was shrinking. But the campaign has...
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM: Kandahar - Tribal leaders fear bloodbath as Taliban troops prepare for last stand in leader's spiritual home
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...TALIBAN made a desperate last stand for Kandahar, their spiritual home, yesterday...leader, was still believed to be in Kandahar trying to regroup his troops. "The...central hospital told al-Jazeera that Kandahar was still in Taliban hands. The US airforce...
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Under pressure in Kandahar, Taliban dig in, patrol and urge citizens to stay calm
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Taliban's grip on its southern stronghold Kandahar remains strong, according to Afghans...in the back of a taxi driving past the Kandahar airport when soldiers of the Islamic...Pakistan. Rumors about who controls Kandahar have been circulating ever since the...
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Drive on Kandahar ReportedNorthern Alliance and Tribes Both Claim Advances
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...International Herald Tribune 11-30-2001 Kandahar, the final Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan...the report of fighting on the edge of Kandahar City, adding that it seemed more plausible...Alliance fighters might have entered Kandahar Province, still an important move toward...
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Profile: Reconstruction in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...Profile: Reconstruction in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan Host: MELISSA BLOCK Time...Inskeep has this report from the city of Kandahar. STEVE INSKEEP reporting: Kandaharis...city to last, and it has considering. Kandahar' s finest buildings are made with hundreds...
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Tribal Fighters Attacked Taliban Near Kandahar; Ethnic Pashtuns Defend Area Critical to U.S. Effort in South
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...radical Islamic movement's last refuge in Kandahar. The Taliban strike, which included...at Takhteh Pol, 25 miles southeast of Kandahar on the main road from the Pakistani border...S. strategy to surround and squeeze Kandahar, the Taliban birthplace and the last...
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Hundreds Flee Kandahar as Pressure Rises; Fear of Massacre Haunts Taliban Surrender Talks
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...hundreds of Afghan civilians are fleeing Kandahar every day in the face of relentless U...their efforts to negotiate a surrender in Kandahar have been frustrated by the fears of...opposition officials and travelers from Kandahar said. The Pashtun militia groups appeared...
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Tribal Groups Edge Closer to Kandahar
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...moved closer to the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, claiming tonight that their fighters...southern city's airport. Airstrikes on Kandahar have intensified over the past few days...radical Islamic movement. Thousands of Kandahar residents have fled the city, making...
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