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	UNHCR - Refugees Magazine Issue 97 (NGOs and UNHCR) - NGOs break new ground in former East Bloc
		After decades of centralized control, independent NGOs are beginning to blossom in the former East Bloc.
		But dedicated citizens in several former communist countries are now accepting the challenge of building an independent network of local voluntary agencies to deal with a wide range of humanitarian and social issues that were formerly the sole responsibility of the welfare state.
		Hungary is the only former East Bloc country to have signed the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees before the collapse of communism.
	www.unhcr.org /publ/PUBL/3b54082a4.html (2111 words)

	Eastern bloc
		The Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) was a term used in the Cold War to describe the following countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, the former USSR, and the former Czechoslovakia.
		Hungary was invaded by the USSR in 1954 after it had thrown off its pro-Soviet government; Czechoslovakia was similarly invaded in 1968 after a period of liberalization known as the Prague Spring.
		The Eastern bloc came to an end with the collapse of the pro-Soviet regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/e/ea/eastern_bloc.html (298 words)

	International Higher Education--16/1
		The steep growth curve of private higher education in East Central Europe is a clear signal of the public's frustration over the availability of higher education offerings in the state--operated sector.
		Moreover, the substantial enrollment increases posted by private-sector institutions are indicative of the former East Bloc countries' relatively low "college-going" rates and the increasing public recognition that market-oriented education and training are necessary for individual competitiveness in the new economic environments now coming into play.
		While still considered the primary academic degree of higher education in East Central European countries, the "magister" is now losing some of its preeminence to two lower-status degrees that are relatively new to the region.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/newsletter/News16/text1.html (1557 words)

	The East African Common Market: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
		By pooling in their resources and promoting free trade within the region, the East African Community aims to emerge as a leading trade entity in East Africa.
		East Africa had become ideologically split then, with Kenya advocating capitalism and social interventions, while Tanzania pursued socialism.
		The East African region (Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda) covers an area of 1.8 million square kilometres with a combined population of about 80 million and has a vast potential in mineral, water, energy, forestry and wildlife resources.
	www.africa-business.com /features/eac.html (662 words)

	Honecker salvages ties with East bloc: Berlin's deal with its reluctant citizens has saved face abroad, but risks ...
		East Germany's decision to allow thousands of dissatisfied citizens to come to the West - with the face-saving technicality that they had first to cross East German territory on their train journeys from Warsaw and Prague - bears all the hallmarks of Mr Erich Honecker, the country's ailing leader.
		The risk, already evident yesterday, is that other East Germans will try to force their emigration to the West by the same means.
		Mr Genscher said he was moved by the 'shouts of liberation' as he told thousands of East German refugees their ordeal in a muddy camp was finally over.
	www.guardian.co.uk /wall/article/0,2763,196806,00.html (718 words)

	Bloc Party : History
		Bloc Party had been away, on tour, for almost two years.
		Nonetheless, Okereke was tired: Bloc Party's frenetic pace - on stage, within songs - had propelled them, fast round the world, but it also meant their frontman felt 'too many songs were at the same emotional pitch'.
		When, in early 2006, it came time to call a halt to the touring and begin work on their second album, Bloc Party's frontman and lyricist was inspired - rather than suffocated - by what he felt inside, and what he saw going on around him.
	www.blocparty.com /history.php (1471 words)

	INTERNATIONAL REPORT; East Bloc Aircraft Deals Seen - New York Times
		For one thing, most East bloc governments are burdened with huge debts, making expensive purchases difficult, especially in the Western currencies that are in short supply here.
		In addition, such sales would have broad implications both for the Soviet Union, as the East bloc's technology pacesetter, and for the West, whose policy has been to restrict high-technology exports to the East because of their potential for military use.
		East bloc officials say deliveries are not likely to begin until the 1990's.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2DB1131F936A25751C0A96E948260 (657 words)

	SABCnews.com - africa/east_africa
		The East African Community is a regional political and economic bloc that originally brought together the Swahili speaking nations of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
		The bloc first came to being in 1967, but collapsed 10 years later due to ideological differences between the member states.
		The East African Community was revived in 1999 with renewed energy under an atmosphere of less suspicion between member states.
	www.sabcnews.com /africa/east_africa/0,2172,151126,00.html (272 words)

	The failure of Balkan Communism and the causes of the Revolutions of 1989
		Bloc states could no longer make payments on their debts, and this led to a loss of credit and internal economic problems from which they never recovered.
		East Bloc labor had worked hard for minimal rewards, and by doing so, those workers had been subsidizing socialism: when workers began to demand more consumer goods and improved housing, overall costs rose within the system.
		By November 1989, a new East German reform cabinet entertained secret discussions about relaxation of the rules against emigration: as a result, a rumor swept East Berlin that the Berlin Wall was being opened.
	www.lib.msu.edu /sowards/balkan/lect24.htm (4669 words)

	The Eastern Europe Development Bank: Turning the East Bloc into Latin America
		Even the integration of the European Community planned for 1992 testifies to Western Europe's economic problems: the integration is motivated in large part by the loss of competitiveness to the U.S. and Japan.
		East Europeans should be particularly alarmed by Western Europe's record as the principal provider of aid and advice to Africa.
		East Europeans have struggled bravely to reestablish their political freedom.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Europe/bu132.cfm (1158 words)

	The Palestine Question in the New World Order
		East bloc countries are looking to the West for financial and technological assistance and are clearly unwilling to challenge the West for Palestine's sake.
		If, for example, the United Nations General Assembly were to vote today on the issue of equating Zionism with racism, it would be of little surprise if a majority of East bloc countries voted against the resolution for fear of offending their new Western partners.
		The loss of the Soviet and East bloc's automatic support may, in fact, make the Palestinians more realistic about what is achievable under the present circumstances.
	www.wrmea.com /backissues/0191/9101014.htm (1435 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| East bloc baubles woo Germans
		Besieged by blow torches, chain-saws and drills, the gargantuan Palace of the Republic is being reduced to rubble.
		What used to be East Germany's parliament building had become too much of a communist-era carbuncle for reunified Germany to stomach.
		For an even bigger dose of nostalgia, there is a GDR museum which shows old films of East Germans waving and smiling as they march on May Day parades, foxtrotting the night away at tea dances and relaxing at nudist colonies.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/6287276.stm (721 words)

	DBRB » Czech Republic to overtake East Germany in seven years
		East Germany is bigger than Czech (population: 16 million vs. 10 million at the time of transition), but not much bigger.
		With all of these perfect advantage, East Germany was supposed to be converge to living standard in the West pretty soon and further widened the gap with its Easter neighbor the Czech Republic.
		East Germans are half as productive as their Western counterparts, but with the slogan “The same pay for the same work” they are demanding the same level of salary.
	www.bankresearch.org /economicpolicyblog/2006/07/czech_republic_.html (558 words)

	Hungary Sets the Pace for East Bloc Change
		Though Hungary leads the list of East bloc countries with 111 joint ventures with Western companies, the legal restrictions are cumbersome.
		But the new East bloc laws are intended to create a favorable investment climate and lure Western investors with money and know-how.
		The changes that enabled the deal to go through, Eisner said, were the relaxation of Polish censorship, which opens the door to screenplays that would once have been blocked because of their content, and Poland's expected new joint venture law, which will enable the formation of production companies with foreign capital.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/europe/101088hungary-capitalism.html (1011 words)

	Rwanda, Burundi join East African bloc - Boston.com
		Rwanda and Burundi were admitted Thursday to the East African Community, a three nation economic bloc with more than 120 million people.
		Their applications to join had not been acted on for several years as the original members worked to get the five-year-old organization on its feet and set up a customs union that sets common duty rates for imported goods among the countries.
		The East African Community is a 1999 revival of the economic bloc formed after independence from Britain in the early 1960s.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/11/30/rwanda_burundi_join_east_african_bloc (284 words)

	Adventure Trips visiting East Africa \| 4 Corners Club
		The Horn of Africa (or, Somali Peninsula) is a peninsula of East Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden.
		Some parts of East Africa have been renowned for their concentrations of wild animals, such as the "big five" of elephant, lion, Buffalo, Leopard and rhinoceros, though populations have been declining under increased stress in recent times, particularly the rhino and elephant.
		The geography of East Africa is often stunning and scenic.
	www.4cornersclub.com /adventure_trips/africa/east_africa/region_facts (954 words)

	The Wall Comes Down: Segment Summaries and Discussion Questions
		East Germany's Erich Honecker and Romania's Nicolae Ceausescu are alarmed by events in Hungary and Poland.
		React to the words of East German writer Stefan Heym: "If you live in a system that is oppressive, you don't walk upright, you always go this way, with your head down.
		East Berliners rush to see if the checkpoints between East and West Berlin are open.
	www.turnerlearning.com /cnn/coldwar/walldown/down_dis.html (1037 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Bush Aims For 'Greater Mideast' Plan
		Senior White House and State Department officials have begun talks with key European allies about a master plan to be put forward this summer at summits of the Group of Eight nations, NATO allies and the European Union, U.S. officials say.
		The Greater Middle East Initiative "projects the administration as looking beyond immediate trouble spots to institutionalize a policy of change for the region," said Shibley Telhami, a Brookings Institution fellow who consulted with the administration on the proposal.
		Key allies are concerned that any initiative will be vulnerable because of sharp differences between the Middle East and the former East Bloc.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A24025-2004Feb8?language=printer (1305 words)

	Government obstacles to U.S. trade in the East bloc must be removed Nation's Business - Find Articles
		The Bush administration told Congress that it is moving cautiously because the Soviet Union remains a formidable military power and because the Eastern bloc intelligence network remains a potential conduit of U.S. technology to Moscow.
		The faster the U.S. government can remove official impediments to trade and investment without sacrificing genuine considerations of national security, the sooner it will help people of the East Bloc satisfy their yearnings and contribute to the permanent end of the Cold War.
		PHOTO : East Germans' desire for cars other than the trouble-plagued Trabant made in their country is one of the reasons why trade with the former Communist-bloc country will grow.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1154/is_n4_v78/ai_8885687 (494 words)

	Regionalism for East Asia?
		The economic desirability of an East Asian bloc is difficult to assess.
		To ensure that the blocs do not become overly protective of their own markets and limit East Asia's access to them, the region should be united and be in a position to retaliate.
		If East Asia is turned into a bloc and the Americas form another, they, together with the European Community, could move the world toward free trade faster.
	www.worldbank.org /html/dec/Publications/Briefs/DB27.html (1031 words)

	Europe celebrates as gates open to the east - World - www.theage.com.au
		Star-studded blue EU flags were hoisted at midnight in eight central and east European states that endured decades of Soviet-dominated communist rule, and on the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus and Malta.
		The EU faces profound change as it tries to integrate poorer countries, stay manageable and control immigration and organised crime as borders move 1000 kilometres to the east to touch Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
		Leaders of the bloc, representing 450 million citizens, were to hold a ceremonial summit in Dublin overnight to mark the birth of the world's biggest trading bloc, rivalling the US.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/05/01/1083224646806.html (763 words)

	Beijing against exclusive bloc in East Asia(12/13/05)
		Premier Wen Jiabao on December 12 made it clear that China is opposed to building any self-enclosed or exclusive bloc in the East Asia region.
		He explained that the 10+3 is committed to open regionalism, saying it is not closed, exclusive, or targeted against any particular party.
		Countries and organizations outside the region should be involved in East Asia co-operation, Wen said.
	www.china-embassy.org /eng/gyzg/t226251.htm (330 words)

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		I intend to show that contrary to past descriptions of U.S. foreign economic policy during the 1960's, the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations were steadfast in their determination to not only expand U.S.-East European trade, but failing that, to actively encourage the FRG to increase its own trade with eastern Europe for a variety of reasons.
		In this atmosphere of Congressional resistance to expanding trade with the East bloc, the Kennedy administration first looked to the FRG in hope of encouraging it to increase its own trade.
		With the exception of the 1963 pipe embargo, the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations steadfastly pursued a course that encouraged the FRG to trade with the East bloc for several reasons.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /journals/EH/EH39/glance39.html (3711 words)

	New Vision Online : Rwanda, Burundi devotion to East African bloc kicks off
		THE membership of Rwanda and Burundi in the East African Community took effect on Sunday, expanding the regional bloc to five nations and creating a wider market.
		The member-states of the bloc plan to hold referendums on adopting a common currency and formally creating a federation with a president, cabinet, parliament and Supreme Court by September 2009.
		Originally established in 1967, the EAC collapsed a decade later amid deteriorating ties and diverging economic philosophies.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/13/573861 (326 words)

	Confusion over new Mt Kenya ‘voting block’
		Politicians allied to Gachoka MP Joseph Nyagah are talking of welding together a "Mt Kenya East voting bloc" that would splinter a region that has since the advent of multi-party politics voted as a bloc.
		Proponents of this voting bloc told The Sunday Standard recently the breakaway was prompted by the unfair sharing of the national cake between the ‘easterners’ and their cousins on the western side of the mountain.
		Politicians from the seven districts in the sub-region allied to Nyagah were expected to launch the voting bloc at Embu stadium yesterday.
	www.eastandard.net /print/news.php?articleid=1143954425 (1177 words)

	Associated Press Business News: Rwanda, Burundi Join East African Bloc - MSN Money (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although rich in resources, the majority of east Africans are living on less than a dollar a day.
		Their applications to join had not been acted on for several years as the original members worked to get the five-year-old organization on its feet and set up a customs union that sets common duty rates for imported goods among the countries.
		The East African Community is a 1999 revival of the economic bloc formed after independence from Britain in the early 1960s.
	news.moneycentral.msn.com /provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&Date=20061130&ID=6237372 (269 words)

	U.S.S.R. - Open for Business
		I also believe that the East bloc would profit by a better use of borrowed funds than has been the case in the past and that more disciplined lending practices by Western banks could help improve the economic modernization programs of East bloc countries.
		In the case of Japan, it has sharply expanded its lending to the East bloc over the past two years, in part because of large yen surpluses, its role as the largest creditor nation in the world, along with the fact that there is a dearth of creditworthy sovereign borrowers in the world.
		As far as trying to achieve an allied consensus on phasing out untied loans to East bloc borrowers, for what I think are sensible commercial and national security reasons, this would probably be best achieved by a discussion at the annual economic summit of the heads of state of the industrialized countries.
	multinationalmonitor.org /hyper/issues/1987/11/interview-robinson.html (1846 words)

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