Maj. Alfredo Reinado, the leader of a group of rebel soldiers and a figurehead of the revolt that plunged East Timor into chaos in May, escaped from a prison in Dili, the capital, along with as many as 56 others.
Other investors in this round include T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., funds advised by Wellington Management, Baillie Gifford and Sands Capital, along with unnamed investors.
On Friday, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, colloquially known as Jokowi, will attend a commemoration in Banda Ache, the province's capital, along with as many as 27 ambassadors. .
This round, a Series B, was led by Octopus Ventures and Korelya Capital, along with participation from existing investors Avalon Ventures and Balderton Capital.
Iraq's prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, said it would divide the capital along sectarian lines.
Moreover, cash has traditionally been just one component of "working capital," along with inventories and accounts receivable.
All told, he would probably need to raise about $3 billion in equity capital, along with perhaps $7 billion in debt financing.
According to witnesses, a convoy of heavily armed peacekeepers was rumbling through central Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, along the same road where two minibuses had just collided.
Despite the Shabab's retreat, the government's writ will run little further than the outskirts of the capital, along with a few strategic towns scattered across otherwise dangerous territory.
The attack occurred at Mastung, about 30 miles south of Quetta, the provincial capital, along the road to the Iran-Pakistan border crossing at Taftan.
The hope is that new capital — along with a government guarantee for new bank debt issued over the next three years — will get the banks lending freely again.
