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> * Seattle, the Sequel * - News: Lords of the global economy vs. grassroots
> dissidents, round two: Thousands of protesters are heading for Washington,
> DC next month to disrupt a meeting of the World Bank and the International
> Monetary Fund.
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>      http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/imf.html
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> * The IMF Stubmles * - Focus on the Corporation: The International
> Monetary
> Fund's strategy of blackmailing developing countries into opening up to
> trade is finally drawing fire from economically dominant nations,
> including
> the United States.
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>      http://www.motherjones.com/fotc/fotc20.html
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