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Article: Abbas-backed mobile network gets US aid earmarked for Palestinian farmers.
- Article from:
- The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2009
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Byline: Daily Star Staff
Summary: US aid in the form of loan guarantees meant for Palestinian farmers and other small to mid-sized businesses has been given to a mobile-phone firm backed by President Mahmoud Abbas and Gulf investors. The shift in US taxpayer support to Wataniya Palestine, a joint venture between a Kuwaiti and Qatari telecoms group and a holding company for public assets.
Adam Entous
Reuters
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: US aid in the form of loan guarantees meant for Palestinian farmers and other small to mid-sized businesses has been given to a mobile-phone firm backed by President Mahmoud Abbas and Gulf investors. ...