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A donor meeting to help Sudan's Darfur region began in Cairo, with the aim for development and reconstruction of the war torn region. The host Egypt urged that investment in infrastructure, health, education and agriculture is vital to ending conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and nurturing the relative peace from recent ceasefire deals.The one-day development and reconstruction conference, co-chaired by Turkey, aims to raise $2 billion for projects such as cement plants, roads and villages for displaced people.Turkey announced it will give $60-75 million from now until 2015 for water, education and agricultural projects, while Algeria said it would give $10 million with a focus on health and job training.
