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                    US to Provide Loan Guarantees to Tunisia

   The United States has announced plans to provide $500 million in loan
   guarantees to the Tunisian government.
   U.S. President Barack Obama announced the aid in a meeting Friday with
   Tunisia`s interim Prime Minster Mehdi Jomaa.
   Mr. Obama said Tunisia was making the kind of progress that had been
   hoped for despite the challenges that are part of any democratic
   process.
   The new assistance comes in the form of a loan guarantee that will make
   it easier for Tunisia to borrow money on international markets. The
   United States offered a guarantee of $485 million in 2012.
   The aid comes three years after Tunisia`s pro-democracy protests drove
   longtime president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali from power, sparking a wave
   of similar uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East.
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