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Thursday, October 16, 2008 (Philippines)
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| President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gestures during her speech at the oath taking of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (Ulap) officers at the Malacañang presidential palace in Manila on Wednesday.(AP Photo) |
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MANILA (Updated 4:55 p.m.) -- Trade Secretary Peter Favila said discussions among Asian finance officials on a regional bailout fund were only preliminary after the World Bank on Thursday denied committing to any such initiative.
Favila confronted the puzzled media as he tried to shield President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from potential embarrassment, a day after she announced that the World Bank agreed to contribute US$10 billion to a new regional liquidity fund to help Asian nations cope with the global financial crisis.
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