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Dubai ruler sets up 10 billion dollar Arab education fund

By Reuters

Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched on Saturday a 10-billion dollar fund to promote human development and education in the Arab world.

He said the fund will provide grants to students, researchers, academics and experts to write, research and help translate books into Arabic.

A UNESCO report published in 2002, said that 40 percent of adults in the Arab world were illiterate, and that projections show that if current efforts to eliminate it continue, 28 percent of the region's population will still be illiterate in 2015.

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Sheikh Mohammed, who was speaking at an international economic conference in Jordan, said he is investing money in education and "the development of knowledge" in the region to eliminate illiteracy and to create an educated generation in an attempt to curb high unemployment rates.

"Our region needs at this moment 15 million job opportunities, and our Arab world will need in the next 20 years between 74 to 85 million job opportunities," he said.

"We need to develop the infrastructure so we can create jobs."

UNESCO said in its report the high illiteracy rate was hindering economic and social development.

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1.	It`s about time!!	17:17	\|	CHGODMK	19/05/07

2.	About time the Arab world recognized this need	17:27	\|	Lynn	19/05/07

3.	A Positive from the Arab world	17:34	\|	T A Sheppard	19/05/07

4.	Dubai $$$	18:54	\|	DJ	19/05/07

5.	I cannot think of a better investment	19:15	\|	Timothy	19/05/07

6.	to CHGODMK	20:00	\|	NeutralMind	19/05/07

7.	Absolutely Fabulous!	20:22	\|	Alicia	19/05/07

8.	Alicia: "Fabulous!": Creating Knowledge or Fabrications?	20:57	\|	CHGODMK	19/05/07

9.	NeutralMind	21:20	\|	CHGODMK	19/05/07

10.	to CHGODMK	21:30	\|	Wes	19/05/07

11.	The Jews in the Arab World	22:07	\|	Catholic American	19/05/07

12.	May Allah Provides you with more funds for such noble cause.	22:33	\|	Al SA`D	19/05/07

13.	ITS ISRAEL FAULT	22:39	\|	TOBIA	19/05/07

14.	May your Ideas be taken up	22:40	\|	Fuad	19/05/07

15.	The truth of the proposal	22:41	\|	observer, thankfully	19/05/07

16.	Dubai initiative	23:06	\|	sweis Melbourne	19/05/07

17.	The islamic formula	23:22	\|	real vision	19/05/07

18.	To ignorants no9 no11	00:15	\|	Aman	20/05/07

19.	Response to #9	00:31	\|	Samy	20/05/07

20.	NeutralMind	01:03	\|	CHGODMK	20/05/07

21.	He is showing off . He could have saved palestinians from Hunger	01:03	\|	Nina	20/05/07

22.	CATHOLIC AMERICAN # 9	01:06	\|	Nina	20/05/07

23.	to Nina	02:23	\|	Wes	20/05/07

24.	#21, pretty damn cynical, Nina	02:23	\|	newageblues	20/05/07

25.	Wes in Canada	02:41	\|	CHGODMK	20/05/07

26.	Jews always part of European academia???	02:49	\|	newageblues	20/05/07

27.	CHGODMK	03:35	\|	Wes	20/05/07

28.	Wes "the Palestinian"	04:26	\|	CHGODMK	20/05/07

29.	Wes: The Real Question	05:32	\|	CHGODMK	20/05/07

30.	Wes the Beggar	05:35	\|	CHGODMK	20/05/07

31.	to CHGODMK from Pathetic Wes	05:56	\|	Wes	20/05/07

32.	Wes the Mess	06:04	\|	CHGODMK	20/05/07

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34.	to CHGODMK (2nd try)	07:03	\|	Wes	20/05/07

35.	Wes the Mess	00:22	\|	CHGODMK	21/05/07

36.	Wes: PS	02:43	\|	CHGODMK	21/05/07

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