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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>FYI</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Greetings</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Reinhard
Koppenleitner</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(AGEG)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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<p><a name=43272><strong><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>GLOBAL: "US
House Panel Trims Bush's Pet Foreign Aid Plan" </span></font></b></strong></a><b><font
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<strong><b><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Reuters (06.16.05)::
Vicki Allen</span></font></b></strong><br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><br>
On Thursday in Washington, the House Appropriations foreign aid subcommittee
unanimously approved a $20.3 billion foreign aid bill that includes $1.75
billion for the Millennium Challenge Account, $1.25 billion less than President
Bush had requested. One day earlier, Paul Applegarth resigned his post as CEO
of the Millennium Challenge Corp. But the spending bill includes a total of
$2.7 billion to fight AIDS, TB and malaria - $131 million more than Bush
requested and $502 million above current levels. The US contribution it sets
for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is $400 million - double the
administration's request.</span></font></p>
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