U.S. urges IMF to cancel debt of Ebola-stricken countries

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U.S. urges IMF to cancel debt of Ebola-stricken countries

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-urges-imf-cancel-debt-ebola-stricken-countries-224521711--business.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0kZKPPmQMIEetLDUVoVuhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-11-11T224521Z_1_LYNXNPEAAA169_RTROPTP_2_IMF-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="IMF Managing Director Lagarde points to a button as she speaks during the IMFC news conference during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting" align="left" title="IMF Managing Director Lagarde points to a button as she speaks during the IMFC news conference during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting" border="0" /></a>By Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday proposed that the International Monetary Fund write off some $100 million in debt it is owed by Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to free up more resources for those countries, the hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak. The debt relief should enable the three impoverished West African countries to spend more on government services and to support their economies as they cope with the devastating epidemic, U.S. Treasury officials told Reuters. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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