World Bank Rejects U.S. Plea
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WASHINGTON — The World Bank said today it will make $226 million worth of loans to the Indian subcontinent despite U.S. opposition to one for family planning in Bangladesh.
Bill O’Reilly of the Human Life Fund, a U.S. anti-abortion group, said the United States voted against a $78-million project to help family planning and efforts to reduce the death rate for mothers and children in Bangladesh but lost.
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