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Date: 18th December 2004
Service: CEEFAX
Region: East
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 109
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P109 CEEFAX 2 109 Sat 18 Dec 16:56/31Wj£3kj£3kj£3k Wj $kj $kj 'k W"£££"£££"£££ US writes off $4.1bn in Iraq debt The US has written off all of its $4.1bn (£2.1bn) in Iraqi debt and urged other nations to follow suit. At a ceremony in Washington to mark themove, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said the cancellation was important for Iraq's "new beginning". Iraq's finance minister said the debt relief was a "second liberation". Correspondents say the US has now gone further than other nations in the ParisClub of lenders, which last month agreed to cancel 80% of Iraq's debt. Homj news digest 141World digest 142News Index 102Flash 150Regional 160Next News News Indx Headlines Main Menu