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G-8 will cancel $40b in debt owed by poorest nations

Move is aimed at alleviating global poverty

By Charles M. Sennott
Globe Staff / June 12, 2005

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LONDON -- The world's wealthiest countries reached a landmark agreement yesterday to cancel at least $40 billion in debt that the poorest nations owe to international financial institutions. (Full article: 911 words)

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