Free ATMs pledge for poor areas
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Up to 600 free-to-use cash machines are to be sited in low income areas of the country, a committee of MPs says.
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Money lying dormant in bank accounts should be used to support groups fighting deprivation, a report says.
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The World Bank said on Wednesday it had approved a $600 million loan for India to help it revamp thousands of ailing rural cooperative banks and fight village poverty through cheap loans.
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The World Bank promises to donate a record $3.5bn to the world's poorest countries as it cuts the charges on its loans.
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Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said Saturday the prize has given momentum to his cherished program of helping the poor through small loans, bringing him flood of e-mails and invitations to meet with world leaders.
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A new scheme will see parents from low income families getting vouchers for free fruit and vegetables.
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World poverty could be consigned to museums if banks and governments stimulate the creative energies of millions of poor people, Muhammad Yunus, the winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, said on Saturday.
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OSLO, Norway - Arild Tofte and Kaare Heggdal know that recycling pays, but they weren't quite prepared for the jackpot that a scrapped cash machine contained. It was still full of cash. Enough to buy a house and take a luxury vacation.
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Millions of pounds of public money aimed at helping the most deprived areas of Wales is being sent back unused, it has emerged.
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Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and other English Premiership clubs pledged at least one million pounds (1.8 million dollars) in aid for victims of Asia's tsunami disaster.
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THE government is to target deprived areas - including Manchester - where poor families suffer more ill health. Health Secretary John Reid spotlighted the city when he unveiled his health White Paper in the Commons yesterday.
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Hundreds of local residents and some from across the nation have turned out to provide a vast array of free aid since Hurricane Charley ravaged the area on Aug. 13.
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The government is set to act against profiteering from blood that is donated by the public for free. Humphrey Zokufa, a chief director in the national department of health, said the government intended to
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Communities Secretary Hazel Blears says local authorities will be given financial aid to help deal with flood damage.
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Politics: 30 December 2004, Thursday. Bulgaria's Red Cross opened a bank account for the collection of money that will be given away to the disaster-hit Asian countries.
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"This concert will enable us to fund future projects for around the same amount"  TOP singer Elton John gave a free charitable concert on Kiev's Independence Square on Saturday in a bid to draw attention to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome problem in Ukraine. via The Straits Times
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Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said Saturday the prize has given momentum to his cherished program of helping the poor through small loans, bringing him flood of e-mails and invitations to meet with world ...Comment