The massacre came as the U.S. Congress was debating whether to continue aid for the El Salvadoran military.
Republicans would continue aid for some of the unemployed, but would sharply reduce the maximum duration of benefits and impose strict new requirements on people seeking or receiving aid.
One candidate, Roh Moo Hyun, offers continuing aid for North Korea and other reconciliation efforts, while the other, Lee Hoi Chang, is largely in line with the Bush administration, warning of sanctions if North Korea does not modify its behavior.
But in a sign of how the administration is balancing its interests, senior officials said the United States would continue aid for counterterrorism programs as well as for Egypt's efforts to protect its borders and secure Sinai, which has become a haven for extremists.
Cameron disclosed in November he would stage a conference in London attended by the Afghan leadership to secure continued aid and support for the country.
A3 Kenya Defeats Antigraft Bill President Daniel arap Moi made a point of voting in Parliament for a measure that would set up an anticorruption authority, one of the conditions of the International Monetary Fund for continued aid.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Even as President Hamid Karzai beseeched nations at a conference in Germany on Monday to continue aid to Afghanistan for another decade, the American withdrawal from Afghanistan is already being felt among civilian aid workers, raising anxieties that Afghanistan will be abandoned and that the hard-earned development gains will be reversed.
The Commons International Development select committee said there was a "powerful case" for continuing aid to the nation, but British taxpayers must not be left to foot the growing bill unless its wealthiest citizens pay their fair share.
But for several years, instead of certifying that Pakistan was doing what it was expected, the Secretary of State has invoked the right to waive the conditions on grounds that continuing aid to Pakistan was necessary for US national security.
The authors would also like to thank Elizabeth Howey and Andrew Cooper for their tireless support and continuing aid.
