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I may be interested in studying at an international Language School for a year or two. This will be done independent of a University or College program. Is anybody aware of existing educational assistance programs or specific financial institutions that would have a loan product for something such as this?

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There are study abroad programs and scholarships available to help you pay for an international school experience. Here are sites that offer study abroad programs: http://www.studyabroad.com/forum/ financial_aid.html http://www.studyabroadfunding.org/ http://www.studyabroadlinks.com/search/ Study_Abroad_Resources/ Scholarships_and_Financial_Aid/ http://www.ciee.org/study/scholarships.aspx http://www.academicstudies.com/?gclid=CL- W56Cbjo4CFSgRGgodW0ezEQ http://www.gowithcea.com/ Here are sites that offer international scholarships: http://www.internationalscholarships.com/ http://www.internationalstudent.com/scho... http://www.usastudyguide.com/financial_a... http://www.edupass.org/finaid/databases.... http://www.collegescholarships.com/schol... Here are sites that offer scholarships to all students: http://www.fedmoney.org/ http://www.findtuition.com/scholarships/ http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/ welcome.jsp http://www.freegovmoney.net/ http://www.educationplanner.com/ education_planner/paying_article.asp? sponsor=2859& articleName=Grants_and_Scholarships http://www.studentawards.com/ http://www.college-scholarships.com/ Good luck!

SOMALILAND In Africa, an island of democracy asks: Where is US help? Posted by: Khadar Mohamed Abdikare Originally Posted by The Christian Science Monitor Hargeisa, Somaliland - Under the Bush administration's theory of creating regional stability by supporting islands of democracy, leaders in Somaliland say it should be a shoo-in for official recognition as Africa's newest nation state. Instead, this breakaway republic, which declared independence from Somalia in 1991, is marooned in diplomatic limbo. Having not yet achieved statehood, it is without access to formal trade agreements or international financial institutions such as the World Bank. "The international community has abandoned us," says Hussein Ali Nur, editor of the weekly English-language Republican newspaper published here in Somaliland's capital, Hargeisa. "America talks about supporting democracy, but everything is distorted by the fight against terrorism. Our success is overshadowed by [US] strategic interests in Somalia." During the last 16 years, as Somalia has torn itself apart, Somaliland's leaders have disbanded a guerrilla movement, drafted a constitution, and held multiparty elections. Development consultant Mark Bradbury, who monitored parliamentary elections in 2005, says the republic performs as well as, if not better than, other countries in the region, such as Ethiopia and Eritrea, on public participation in the democratic process and freedom of speech. Said Noor, the foreign minister, goes one step further: "We have created a modern, African parliamentary system. It's a model for the region." The house of representatives is directly elected and the upper house, the house of guurti, is composed of clan elders. Both houses are based on ethnic power-sharing quotas. Bradbury says the arrangement has helped to foster stability by accommodating traditional social structures. While Somalia is fractured by tension between numerous clans, Somaliland is more homogenous ? dominated by one single clan, the Isaq. This social cohesion has played a large part in defining Somaliland's sense of identity and promoting the notion of a separate future. But not one country has endorsed its claims of sovereignty. Political scientist Roland Marchal at the Center for International Studies and Research in Paris says the US ? and the rest of the international community ? may well support Somaliland to achieve independence in the long run, but "timing is everything. What's to be achieved by recognizing a breakaway region in the middle of a bloody and protracted civil war?" For now, the US State Department seems content to follow the lead of the African Union, which says it's focused on resuscitating failed states such as Somalia ? not breakaway republics. Some African analysts believe Somaliland's independence could form part of a future peace deal within a solution for the whole of Somalia ? but fulfilling Somaliland's ambition prematurely could undermine Somalia's fragile Transitional Federal government (TFG), still fighting to establish control over the capital, Mogadishu. A former British protectorate, Somaliland achieved independence in 1960, but quickly joined with former Italian territories to form Somalia. "We jumped too soon," says Mr. Noor. "It was a mistake." Key posts in the new unity government went to southerners from Mogadishu and Somalilanders rapidly felt excluded. Their mounting resentment gave birth to a rebel movement that Somalia's dictator, Said Barré, attempted to crush. His bombing raids of the main urban centers in 1988 killed 50,000 people and left Hargeisa in ruins. Mr. Barré was ousted in 1991, starting the civil war in Somalia that is still raging ? but Somalia's implosion was Somaliland's moment of opportunity. Now its population of 3 million Sunni Muslims wants nothing more to do with rule from Mogadishu. Noor, a former guerrilla, says that memories of Barré's repression are still so bitter that "any political leaders who agreed to reunification would be killed one by one by our own people." Bradbury thinks foreign diplomats could learn a lot from Somaliland's experience of reconciliation and reconstruction. He notes that Somaliland "has made huge strides with minimal outside interference, and that hasn't been allowed to happen in Somalia." While the international community maintains a close interest in Mogadishu's future, Bradbury is concerned that Somaliland is not strategically important enough for foreign governments to invest the time and resources required in recognizing and sustaining independence. "Paradoxically," he says, "that may have contributed to its achievements to date."

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Forget it. There is not much chance the US will do anymore foreign intervention or 'help'. The American people consider it war of choice, immoral, illegal and unconstitutional. They no longer have the stomach nor the budget for it. No politicians in our future will have the courage to risk their legacy like Bush did. You and every other country in the world is on their own dealing with all the pocket dictators. Good luck. Pass it on

Please Help Me Out! This is my homework...it says Interview one person directly connected with any financial institution in our country (the Philippines) and ask him/her the following: 1. How does his bank earn profits? 2. What is the direct influence of Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) with his bank? ... of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Bank (WB).

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Why don't you go visit a local bank and ask if you can interview their Vice President as a homework assignment?

I mean buying and selling of company shares on the stock exchange of various countries abroad.I am a share-holder in financial institutions like the United Bank for Africa, Intercontinental Bank,Transnational Corporation,Ikeja Hotels.I am also an operator of the I.B.T.C.-Chattered Bank Equity Investment program in Nigeria and I am also interested in foreign deals.

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you are also from nigeria and with that exit stage left. the answer to your question In absence of any formal agreement of partnership the partnership act of 1890 applies which makes you both jointly responsible for all debts and liabiltys so you cannot wriggle out of that can you. and if you did not know that all the above question is a prelude to a scam

In recent times African governments with assistance from donor agencies and international financial institutions have under taken institutional reforms as a vehicle to attract long term investments from local and foreign sources. The result so far has not been encouraging. At best, these refrorms have attracted short term investments. Why has the private sector not respond ed to these institutional reforms as expected?

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Extremely simple. Look at the history of african "civilizations", and you can see the lack of stability in political, economic, and social patterns for generations, so why would any responsible, long term financial institution, or business want to invest in such a sloppy, pathetic environment. Not me!! God Bless you.