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        "id": 1519545,
        "msgid": "australia-to-aid-asia-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-12-03 00:00:00",
        "title": "Australia to aid Asia",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Australia to aid Asia CANBERRA (Reuters): Australian Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday the country would consider bilateral financial aid to Asian nations hit during the recent financial turmoil. \"If a further tier was requested on a bilateral basis, we would consider our position,\" Costello told Australian Broadcasting Corp radio in Kuala Lumpur.",
        "content": "<p>Australia to aid Asia<\/p>\n<p>CANBERRA (Reuters): Australian Treasurer Peter Costello said<br>\nyesterday the country would consider bilateral financial aid to<br>\nAsian nations hit during the recent financial turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>\"If a further tier was requested on a bilateral basis, we<br>\nwould consider our position,\" Costello told Australian<br>\nBroadcasting Corp radio in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n<p>\"Now there've been approaches to us from (South) Korea, but we<br>\nwould want to know the shape of the IMF involvement and would<br>\nexpect an official approach by the IMF if we were being asked to<br>\ncontribute to a second tier package.\"<\/p>\n<p>Australia has made available US$1 billion each to<br>\nInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) packages for the Thai and<br>\nIndonesia economies, and is waiting to see if it is approached<br>\nabout an IMF package for South Korea.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/australia-to-aid-asia-1447893297",
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