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This article discusses the repayment of debt and changes made to the plan to repay debt in the Northwest Territories.

Fitch's credit rating agency has recently upgraded Greece's credit rating out of restricted default after Athens carried out the biggest debt write down in history. This involved trading bonds with private investors to capitalize.

Egyptian Citizens and US leaders have begun to debate the best possible way for Egypt to receive foreign aid after numerous employees of non-governmental agencies were arrested and are awaiting trial.

Federal Reserve Chairman of the US, Ben Bernanke, suggests that Europe must continue to aid banks even as the strains of economic downturn have been uplifted somewhat. The reasoning behind this is that if the banks are aided somewhat, they will have a larger margin for error and prevention of bankruptcy.

The article discusses the circumstances surrounding Greece's latest plan of cutbacks in both pensions and public sector jobs in order to try to restore the economy.

This article discusses Greece and Italy's debt and the recent economic downturn in Europe in fear of bankruptcy in Greece and other countries. This article discusses the bailouts put into place and how investors are reacting to the economy.

This article addresses international debt, stating that Europe's leaders need to focus more on steady implementation of finance reform.

BBC News Investors fear there may be more trouble ahead for Greece Late on Friday night the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) declared Greece's latest deal with its private lenders to be a "credit event".

This article discusses Egypt's opposition to receiving military and financial aid from the United States. The Egyptian government is upset over the fact that they believe Americans were using a non-profit to promote "Pro-American" messages. This shows that even countries who need help still do not want it.

The article discusses whether or not micro credit is helping people escape the poverty cycle, or whether it just forces them into further debt. The conclusion made is that maybe the micro banks should focus on savings instead of loans because "it is much harder to get in trouble by saving too much than by borrowing too much"

This article talks about the importance of foreign aids given out by the US. The author of the article mentions that, the US should be smarter about the aid they send overseas. The type of aid that is mainly discussed in the article is humanitarian. It also features Bill Gates' ideas about foreign aid. Bill Gates uses statistics to explain how important it is to send foreign aids to developing countries.

This article discusses the benefits of foreign aid from the perspective of Bill Gates who has donated a large portion of his wealth to foreign aid and has also set up his own foundation. One of the points this article makes is that if aid is sent as vaccines or food rather than just money, it is harder for a corrupt dictator to use the aid for his own good.

North Korea has suffered persistent food shortages since a famine in the 1990s Envoys from the United States and North Korea are meeting in Beijing to finalise details of a food aid deal.

Foreign direct investment in Georgia is increasing dramatically. Foreign direct investments increased by 58% in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to the same period the previous year, totaling 337 million dollars.

this is a very interesting article about the fact of why foreign trade is hurting africa in our todays world it is very important issue to consider

this article reflects on the Foreign direct trade, and the expectations of the country itself.

This article describes how micro finance can be used to bring amenities to individuals who previously had none. If applied correctly, this financing could be very effective in improving quality of life in India.

This article talks about how the reforms carried out in some Arab countries, have caused the rise in Foreign Direct Investment in those regions. FDI equaled $438.5 billion during 2005-2010, while it was only $67.2 billion during 1999-2004. However, the share of Arab region from global FDI is still low. It only equals 5%. This means that there is still a need of investments in those Arabian countries.

Arab countries are responding poorly to Russia and China's refusals to help Syria.

The article deals mostly with the trouble arising in Sri Lanka as both India and China, two super powers, want to have exclusive rights in the small country. The article then moves on to discuss how India will help support micro credit schemes for ex-combatants in the war-ridden country.

The article deals mostly with the trouble arising in Sri Lanka as both India and China, two super powers, want to have exclusive rights in the small country. The article then moves on to discuss how India will help support micro credit schemes for ex-combatants in the war-ridden country. The micro credit will help encourage entrepreneurship among these people who now have no way of earning a living.

This article is an interview with Bangladesh's Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus who just received the nobel peace prize for his work with micro credits. This article discusses many of the problems with people misusing micro credits to make personal gains.