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Maldives president wins Anna Lindh Prize for climate campaign
Stockholm - The president of the Maldives was Wednesday named winner of the Anna Lindh Prize, a...
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Mexico to inject over 2 billion dollars to combat effect of flu
Mexico City - Mexico launched Tuesday a plan to provide more than 1 billion dollars to help...
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Ahmadinejad, Chavez want to jointly tackle global economic crisis
Tehran - The presidents of Iran and Venezuela after talks Thursday said they had decided to...
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Mexico gets IMF nod for 47-billion-dollar credit
Washington - Mexico got encouragement Wednesday from the head of the International Monetary Fund...
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Two rare Sumatran elephants killed
Jakarta - Two Sumatran elephants have been shot and killed in Indonesia's...
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Philippines Propose Global-Warming Insurance Funds
According to the Philippines Presidential Adviser on Global Warming and Climate Change Secretary...
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World Food Programme appeals for 5.2-billion-dollar aid package
Rome - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday it needs some 5.2 billion dollars...
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Italy's Officials Approved 2.4 Billion Euros In Tax Cuts
Rome - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet approved earlier today some tax cuts...
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EU calls For 200 Billion-euro Economic Stimulus Plan
Brussels - The European Union on Wednesday called on member states to help the bloc avoid a deep...
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EU Calls For 200 Billion-euro Economic Stimulus Plan
Brussels - The European Union on Wednesday called on member states to help the bloc avoid a deep...
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Bush Encourages Cooperation At APEC Summit
U.S. President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and...
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Leaders meet as economic woes pile up
Washington - The world's 20 leading economies are holding an historic summit in Washington Saturday...
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G20 leaders open critical financial summit
Washington - The world's 20 top economies launched on Saturday an historic summit aimed at...
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Slovakia Leads Eastern Growth As Europe Falters
Vienna - Slovakia outpaced other Central European economies in the third quarter, posting solid...
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Serbia Announced A 516-million-dollar Standby Deal
Belgrade - Serbia's ruling coalition announced a 15-month, 520- million dollar standby credit with...
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Historic G20 Summit Hopes To Head Off Global Recession
Washington/Berlin - The leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies will hold an historic meeting...
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Brazilian President Calls for Global Solutions
Saturday, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
urged international finance ministers to...
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Chinese Leaders Urge Rich Nations to Lead on Climate Change
Beijing - Chinese leaders on Friday called for developed nations to take the lead on climate change...
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Russia Focuses on Medvedev Address after Last-Minute Delay
Moscow - Russia watchers were long curious to hear President Dmitry Medvedev's first national...
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New Scandal Hounds Arroyo Government
Manila - A former senior police official caught with a huge amount of cash at an airport in Moscow...
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Sarkozy Creates Investment Fund for Strategic Enterprises
Paris - President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday the French government will establish an...
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As Store Shelves Go Bare, Kremlin Whitewashes Credit Crisis
Moscow - Nothing could be a more visual throwback to the scarcity of Soviet days then the yawning...
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What warming? Climate change slips among global priorities
Washington - You might call it the fourth crisis.
While collapsing financial institutions plunge...
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British princes to take part in challenging African rally
London - Britain's Princes William and Harry will take part in a gruelling off-road motorcycle...
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Bank Lobby Calls for Extraordinary Global Action on Credit Crunch
Washington - An influential international banking lobby group on Thursday called for urgent and...
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United Nations Plan to Eliminate Malaria by 2015
United
Nations officials stated Thursday that a plan backed by approximately $3 billion
in...
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US, Europe Must Confront Russian Aggression, Rice Says
Washington - The United States and Europe must "stand up to" Russian aggression and...
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Chicago Led US Cities Participating in Earth Hour
Lights will be switched off yesterday at 8 p.m. in 24 global cities, including Atlanta, Bangkok,...
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Turn Off the Lights to Save the Earth
Major cities and towns across the world are switching off
the lights for one hour at 8 p.m. on...
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Agreement to Triple AIDS Funding For PEPFAR
The Bush administration recorded one of the most successful achievements yesterday when a major...
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Earth Hour: World’s Vote for Action against Global Warming
Earth Hour was a huge success for environmentalist activists all over the world. They said the...
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Pyramids to go dark for "Earth Hour"
Cairo - The Pyramids and the Sphinx, normally bathed in the golden glow of high-powered...
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Earth Hour Prompts More than 2,800 Cities to Turn Off Lights
New York City’s Empire State Building will go dark Saturday night as well...
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Earth Hour: lights, camera, but where's the action?
Sydney - It's easy to poke fun at Earth Hour, an Australian initiative now into...
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IMF: Global economy to shrink in 2009
Washington - The global economy could shrink as much as 1 per cent this year, the International...
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Bruni-Sarkozy to be ambassador in the fight against AIDS
Paris - France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is to be named later Monday a special ambassador...
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EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standards For Lead Emissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday strengthened
the nation’s air quality...
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The Earth Is Skating on Thin Ice. Literally
This year, the Arctic sea ice level might just break the
record set only last September, since...
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Albrecht, HBO’s Former Chief, Leaves Talent Agency IMG
HBO’s former CEO Chris Albrecht is no longer the president of IMG Entertainment. The 56-year-old...
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Earth Hour Tonight at 8 p.m.
Lights will be switched off tonight at 8 p.m. in 24 global cities, including Atlanta, Bangkok,...
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Bono and Damien Hirst Rock Sotheby's for Africa
Rocker-activist Bono and British artist Damien Hirst held a Valentine’s Day auction at...
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Health
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New Campaign against Malaria Launched
A new campaign against malaria was announced Friday in Norway by international health agency and...
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Obama’s Budget Outline
President Obama promised more money for conservation and renewable energy in his budget outline...
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$635 Million Donated Toward Eradicating Polio
The government of Germany and the United Kingdom and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...
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Relay for Life Celebrates Cancer Survivorship around the World, Raises Money for Cancer Research
Teams of friends, family, neighbours and colleagues are organizing for the 2009 Relay for Life, the...
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UN Report: Early HIV Diagnosis and Treatment Essential to Save Babies’ Lives
A United Nations report has shown that
early HIV testing and treatment procedures which provide...
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The Gates Foundation Plans to Fund 104 Researchers around the World
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
made public its intention to give 104 grants of $100...
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EPA Strengthens Standards on Lead Emissions to Protect America’s Children
The Environmental Protection Agency made public yesterday its decision to strengthen air quality...
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Hope for South Africa! “HIV Causes AIDS,” Health Minister Barbara Hogan States
This week, South Africa’s new Health Minister,
Barbara Hogan, said it was unquestionable that HIV...
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Global Push for Malaria Eradication by 2020, End of Deaths by 2015
At the United Nations Summit in New York a bold plan to eradicate malaria begins to take shape. A...
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Bristol And Pfizer Won’t Seek Approval For Blood Clotting Drug
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and its partner Pfizer Inc said Tuesday that their apixaban anticoagulant...
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Bill Gates And Mayor Bloomberg Join Global Fight Against Smoking
In an attempt to raise awareness on smoking-related problems
and to encourage smoking cessation,...
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House Votes to Expand Global AIDS Funds with $20 Billion
The House of Representatives, Wednesday, overwhelmingly voted
to expand a popular program aimed at...
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UNICEF: 26,000 Children Under 5 Die Each Day
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest child mortality rate in the world, a U. N. report...
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Business
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US consumer confidence jumps in April
Washington - Consumer confidence in the United States surged in April as governments have begun...
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World economic powers reach deal to combat crisis
London - The world's biggest economic powers reached a deal Thursday aimed at forging a new global...
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World economic powers set to agree to new financial order
London - The world's biggest economic powers are set to agree Thursday to a radical rewrite of the...
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New Zealand recession continues with fourth-quarter slump
Wellington - New Zealand's deepening recession was confirmed Friday when official figures were...
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Huge severance payment provokes French government anger
Paris - The French government has reacted with anger to the report that the outgoing head of...
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EU pledges more funds to financial bailout systems
Brussels - European Union leaders Friday pledged to provide some 100 billion dollars in extra loans...
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EU leaders cautious over boosting bail-out funds
Brussels - European Union leaders were set to keep a cautious stance Friday on the question of...
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Congress wants AIG bonuses back; AIG head rebukes suicide remark
Washington - The US Congress Wednesday tapped into growing public ire over bailed-out insurance...
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US legislators: IMF needs more money to keep nations from failing
Washington - The International Monetary Fund must be given more resources to rescue poorer nations...
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The Gates Foundation Delivers On Its Projects
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced earlier today the kickoff of a $6.9 million...
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World Bank: Global recession likely worst since Great Depression
Washington - The World Bank on Tuesday warned that a financial crisis striking the global economy...
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World summit aims to close gaps in finance market rules
Washington - The leaders of the world's top economic powers are expected to agree Saturday to close...
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EU approves rescue package as Brown inspires EU summit
Brussels - The European Union approved its own financial rescue package at a summit that saw...
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Cambodia Backs Less Developed Economies amid Global Crisis
Phnom Penh - Cambodia Tuesday urged developed countries to focus on poverty alleviation in less...
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Financial Clouds Keep China's House Buyers at Home
Beijing - As house sales and prices tumble in China amid heightened uncertainty brought by the...
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India may weather worst effects of financial crisis: officials
New Delhi - India may escape the worst consequences of the global financial crisis due to strong...
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Japan Sucked Ever Deeper into Financial Maelstrom
Tokyo - Never before has the Japanese economy been buffeted so severely by financial sources...
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US stocks plummet further; Dow below 9,000 points
New York - US stocks plummeted again on Thursday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped below...
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Italy Secures Banks and Banks Deposits
Rome - The Italian government late Wednesday forged a stabilization package as a...
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World's Finance Chiefs Prepare to Tackle Credit Crisis
Washington - Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from around the world descend later this...
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Emergency meeting of Group of 20 to discuss financial crisis
Washington - The Group of 20 (G20) that brings together emerging economies and industrial nations...
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Bernanke suggests rate cut as Fed announces new liquidity measures
Washington - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested another interest rate cut was on the...
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US Financial Turmoil Sends Stocks to Sharp Lows
New York/Washington - The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and fears of more looming bank...
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Former Samsung Head Convicted to 3-year Suspended Jail Term
Ex-Samsung Group head Lee Kun-hee was sentenced to 3-years suspended jail on Wednesday for tax...
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Bear Stearns Execs Hit by SEC, Criminal Charges
Two ex-Bear Stearns fund managers have been hit with both civil and criminal charges, by the...
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CBS Strikes Online Market With CNET Networks Acquisition
CBS Corp. confirmed on Thursday the
acquisition of CNET Networks Inc. for $1.8 billion, in one...
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Samsung’s Chairman Resigns over Tax-Evasion Scandal
South Korean billionaire Lee Kun-hee announced his decision to step down as chairman of Samsung,...
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Dell to Buy E-mail Service Company MessageOne for $155 M
Dell Inc., American technology-company based in Round Rock, Texas, announced on Tuesday its...
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Apple Posts Historical Quarterly Earnings, Stock Falls on Outlook
Apple Inc, the US multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer...
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Blackstone To Close $930 Million Deal With GSO Capital Partners LP
The private equity and
investment management firm Blackstone Group announced on Thursday the...
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