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URGENT NEWS : Burma May Receive U.S



Subject: URGENT NEWS : Burma May Receive U.S. Debt Releif

List of Countries Eligible for U.S. Debt Relief

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - As many as 36 heavily indebted countries
are eligible for U.S. debt relief, the White House said on Wednesday. 

They are: 

Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras,
Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar
(Burma), Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia. 

U.S. officials said four countries, Liberia, Somalia, Sudan and Myanmar,
might have problems qualifying because of ineffective governments. 

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