Soros gives $50 mln to tackle African poverty
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Billionaire financier George Soros  pledged $50 million on Wednesday to help the United Nations  tackle extreme poverty and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Coping with the ravages of global warming will cost $50 billion a year, and the rich nations who caused most of the pollution must pay most of the bill, aid agency Oxfam said on Tuesday.
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The United States is building a partnership with Africa to pull the continent out of poverty, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday as she lent her support to moves to boost U.S.-African trade.
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Progressive leadership in some African  states presents a big opportunity for development but donor  countries and especially the United States must respond, World  Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said on Monday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders meeting in Germany turned their attention to Africa on Friday, agreeing a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging the continent, according to a diplomat.
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Britain is working hard to persuade other rich nations such as the United States and Japan of the need to take action to fight poverty in Africa, according to International Development Secretary Hilary Benn.
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In its year-end report, the leading Israeli human rights organization B'tselem noted a roughly 50 percent reduction in fatalities.
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Billionaire financier and global philanthropist George Soros has dedicated $50 million to the anti-poverty work of the Millennium Village project in Africa, his largest commitment to a single entity in almost a decade.
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The government announced on Wednesday that it will provide three million pounds (4.4 million euros, 6.1 million dollars) worth of aid to Niger aimed at tackling the root causes of poverty and malnutrition in the west African nation.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo implored dozens of fellow African leaders Sunday to work together to overcome the poverty, disease and conflict afflicting the world's poorest continent.
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Cubans hit hard by hurricane Charley will receive &#36;50,000 in U.S. assistance, the State Department said Friday.
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A portion of sales goes to the Global Fund, which finances health programs in Africa.
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American economist Jeffrey Sachs  has a novel way to tackle African poverty: Shower more aid on  the world's poorest continent.
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Heads of state from some two dozen African states were to gather to craft a jobs creation plan that would lift hundreds of millions out of poverty and advance development on the world's poorest continent.
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Hit the super-rich with a 50% inheritance tax and allow cuts for the middle class, says a leading think tank.
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The British government said it will now give the World Bank 50 million pounds (74 million euros, 99 million dollars) it had frozen in a dispute over conditions linked to aid for developing nations.
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President Bush gave Tanzania's president, who played basketball as a youth, a pair of Shaquille O'Neal's shoes today, along with millions of dollars to help combat disease and poverty in the east African country.