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From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Date: 20050107
Author:ROBERT BARR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROBERT BARR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-07-2005

Britain urges aid for poor nations -- Seeks half-trillion dollars for latter-day Marshall Plan
By ROBERT BARR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 01-07-2005, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

LONDON - Britain's treasury chief on Thursday called for half a trillion dollars in new aid for poor nations, particularly in Africa, likening the initiative to the U.S. Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown appealed to the world's wealthiest nations to double their aid to ...

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