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Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — China's premier says Beijing will provide $10 billion in new loans to African nations over the next three years and has outlined a plan to cancel government debts for some of the poorest of those countries.

At a two-day China-Africa summit that began on Sunday, Wen Jiabao also said China would build 100 new clean energy projects for Africa over the same period...

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