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Politics › Japan to give Y500 bil aid to Mekong region

Japan pledged 500 billion yen in new aid Friday to five countries along the Mekong River to fund development projects over the next three years.… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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