US terminates funding for Pakistani Sesame Street
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The US has terminated funding for a $20 million project to develop a Pakistani version of Sesame Street, the US Embassy said Tuesday. The decision came as a Pakistani newspaper reported allegations of corruption by the local puppet theater working on the initiative.
The organization in question is the Rafi Peer Theater Workshop, a group in the city of Lahore that jointly developed the show with Sesame Workshop, the creator of the American series. (AP)
