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Published 8/16/2008 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is confident an international fund set up with Libya to compensate victims of U.S. and Libyan bombings will be well financed and start paying out soon, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
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