Monday, October 22, 2001

Africa to launch 'Marshall Plan'
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) -- African leaders gather in Nigeria on Tuesday for the formal launch of an ambitious economic plan, modelled on the U.S. Marshall Plan for Europe, to revive ailing economies on the world's poorest continent.

If this takes hold, it could change the political and economic face of the planet, hopefully in a good way.


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