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Canada pledges $555 million in aid to Haiti
24 February 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier highlighted $555 million in aid to Haiti on Friday, as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the impoverished Caribbean nation.The funds, to be paid between 2006-2011, were earmarked to help build roads, police precincts and implement social and economic programs in the Western Hemisphere's poorest country, Bernier told reporters.'Compared to other donor countries,

Claude, February 25 2008, 3:34 PM

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