The latest aid package would be Turkey's third from international lending agencies in recent months.

The country owes the lending agency more than $5 billion over the next 18 months, and nearly $2.5 billion by the end of June.

Western countries and international lending agencies have committed $1.2 billion to improve safety, but the council says that is inadequate.

The lending agencies cite business reasons, not race prejudice, as the reason for their stand.

She predicted that an agreement with the lending agency would be reached in early October.

The lending agencies should pressure the countries that receive aid to remove their hands from the media.

Despite their title, international lending agencies tend to be nation-based.

It would be Peru's first new credit from the lending agency since 1985.

International lending agencies all but wrote off the economy last spring.

Now, pressure for devaluation has come from international lending agencies.