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Debt Cancellation: A Victory for the World May 12th, 2008

This article by Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a plea for passage of the Jubilee Act and the need for cancellation of the international debt. The Jubilee Act has passed the US House of Representatives and is awaiting Senate action.

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Jubilee Cancel Debt Fast Needs Your Voice! October 1st, 2007

The Jubilee 40-Day Rolling Fast to cancel the debt of low-income countries will end with a Prayer Breakfast and Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, October 16. The campaign is working to gain passage of the Jubilee Act (H.R. 2634) which calls on the U.S. government to press for debt cancellation of money owed to the World Bank and the IMF for low-income countries not covered by the 2005 G-8 debt deal. Twenty additional countries desperately in need of debt cancellation would benefit from this legislation.

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Vulture Fund Wins $15 million from Zambia April 25th, 2007

Jubilee USA Debt campaign urges Congress, President Bush to Take Immediate Action

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 — Today at the UK Royal Court of Justice in London, a judge ruled that Zambia must pay $15.4 million plus a yet to be determined share of legal costs to Donegal International, a vulture fund that had sued Zambia for more than $50 million.

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