China milk scandal: Government says milk free of contamination
10.05.08
posted by jason
Tests on 609 batches of liquid milk, as sold in 27 cities under 75 different brand names, were all clear of melamine, the chemical at the center of the scandal, according to the product safety watchdog. A further 129 batches of baby milk powder and 212 batches of other kinds of milk powder were also clean.
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World Bank Says No to Aiding Myanmar Because it Owes the Bank Money
05.21.08
posted by pondy
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The World Bank is not in a position to provide any financial aid to cyclone-stricken Myanmar because the country has not been servicing its World Bank debt since 1998, a bank official said. This seems rather harsh considering 134,000 people are dead and the country is suffering to such an extreme. With so many resources shouldn't the World Bank find a way to help?
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Well, of course World Bank do have right to do like this.
But it should not use such funny excuses...
If World Bank really regard this a good reason to refuse to help victims of disaster, I really can not see the necessity of its existence...We already have plenty of commercial banks in the worlds...
evanstle said: Well, of course World Bank do have right to do like this.
But it should not use such funny excuses...
If World Bank really regard this a good reason to refuse to help victims of disaster, I really can not see the necessity of its existence...We already have plenty of commercial banks in the worlds...
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Who give you money to say like that? Do you think it is easy to borrow from other banks? What is your credit rating? Negative 750? The Military Junta has been stolen country's money and world's money too. If you steal, you have to pay back in this life or forever next next lives.
Helping victims of disaster is the other issue.
Disaster in the country is the beginning of the fall of the government.
Here's the quote from the World Bank:
"The World Bank is not in a position to assist Myanmar at this time," World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub told reporters, adding that it was the bank's policy not to provide funds to countries that have fallen behind on debt.