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World Business Report: Five Billion Dollars Pledged to Rebuild Gaza

13/10/2014

Five Billion Dollars Pledged to Rebuild Gaza

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Several countries have pledged more than $5 billion to rebuild Gaza

Several countries have pledged more than $5 billion to rebuild Gaza, but there are already questions about how much of the money will reach the affected areas.

At a conference in Cairo, donors have pledged more than $5 billion to rebuild Gaza, but there are already questions about how much of the money will reach the affected areas. Greece tells the International Monetary Fund that it is ready to end its controversial bailout programme - a year earlier than expected. Meanwhile, experts are preparing for a rare close encounter between Mars and a comet called Siding Spring. We hear why what is happening near the Red Planet matters for the space industry. Finally, it has been a year since details first emerged from the southern African nation Malawi of a scandal called 'cashgate' - dubbed the worst financial scandal in the country's history.

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