Brussels, 24/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - Against all expectations, the development ministers of the EU managed, individually and collectively, to reach agreement in Brussels on Tuesday on a substantial increase in their official development aid (ODA) by 2010, as a new interim stage on the way to 0.7% of Community GDP by 2015. This new commitment, which spreads the efforts equally whilst taking account of the specific nature of the new Member States, which are newcomers to ODA, is equivalent to...