Mr Brown made the funding announcement as he unveiled the shortlist of bidders for the contract.
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, a British joint venture in Doha, signed him from the shortlist.
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Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan welcomed the inclusion of Wylfa on the shortlist.
The shortlist for the teen category features stories about dragons, death and facial disfigurement.
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Rickey is played by Harrison Ford, who was not originally on the shortlist for the part.
This year another issue may generate debate - only one artist on the shortlist is British-born.
Meanwhile, the shortlist nominations for The Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards have also been announced.
In a statement, the company said it was "enormously disappointed" not to have made the shortlist.
Mr Allison said more than 1, 500 nominations were received from 41 countries, ahead of the shortlist.
He was on the shortlist along with Mr Pakhomov and Boris Nemtsov, a prominent Kremlin critic.
Noble has been the frontrunner to take the prize since the shortlist was announced in May.
The shortlist of five artists will be interviewed about their proposals in early May.
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But the shortlist is dominated by surprise hit Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble), which has 13 nominations.
The shortlist was drawn up through consultation with sports reporters from every country in Africa.
This year marks the first time that the shortlist includes two previous winners of the Orange Prize.
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Aberdeen, Ayr, Inverness and Dundee are on the shortlist for second phase licences at a later date.
Schoolchildren were involved in choosing the winners, with more than 500 pupils selected to read the shortlist.
And those who climb onto the shortlist are put through intensive training with stylists, designers and dietitians.
Five times she made the shortlist for the Booker, Britain's most famous book award, but never won.
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Kathleen Jamie's poetry collection The Overhaul and children's book Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner completed the shortlist.
The shortlist was drawn from more than 80 entries by authors and translators from around the world.
The Sunderland striker as named on the shortlist alongside Chelsea's Ivorian duo Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou.
The four British firms on the shortlist are Burns and Nice, Gustafson Porter, JM Architects and John McAslan and Partners.
Ian McEwan and Peter Carey head the shortlist for the Booker prize, the literary world's most prestigious award.
England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce is also believed to be on the shortlist.
Five players have made the shortlist for international newcomer of the year award.
The shortlist for the new channel of the year award for the Edinburgh International TV Festival has been unveiled.
The inaugural panel of five judges will be announced in July this year and the shortlist in February 2014.
After the consultation exercise, which ends in January, statisticians will consider scrapping indicators from the shortlist or adding new ones.
New Zealand Post is on the shortlist to run the country's post, this time in partnership with Britain's Royal Mail.
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