As World Bank Begins -- Photo Op

Here's a photo opportunity for those in the D. C. area.

Steve Shapiro
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From: "Institute for Public Accuracy"

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Thursday, April 14, 2005

>Currently, the world's poorest countries spend more on
debt repayments -- $100 million a day -- than they do on health. For the
cost of a cup of coffee per person each year in a developed country, 100
percent of the poorest countries' debts could be cancelled. Oxfam
calculates it would cost just over $3 per person annually in the UK, $2.20
per person in Japan and Germany, $2.10 per Canadian citizen, $1.80 per
person in France and just $1.20 per U.S. citizen, to cancel 100 percent of
multilateral debt for 32 of the world's poorest countries."

[Photo Advisory: On Friday, April 15, at 10 a.m., in the park outside the
World Bank and IMF buildings, corner of 18th and Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington D.C., a massive 10-foot-high clock face will be placed and will
be officially "turned on" to start ticking -- the huge hands will symbolize
that Every Second Counts -- one child dies every three seconds because of
poverty. People from around the world will take part.]
Received on Thu Apr 14 13:15:58 2005