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European Funding
In 1999, the United Kingdom was allocated £10 billion in European Structural Fund receipts for the period January 2000 to December 2006. The funding was split between four programmes:
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – for economic and social development, including diversification of industries
European Social Fund (ESF) – for training, employment, human resources and equal opportunity projects
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) – for the restructuring and diversification of rural areas
Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) – for modernising and diversifying the structure of the fisheries sector and related industries
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DR Congo boat sinking 'kills 140'
About 140 people are feared dead as a boat capsizes on a river in the western Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
