Clinton Global Initiative hears pledges
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Some pledges were huge, such as a commitment from the Florida Power &amp; Light Co. to build a solar power plant as part of a $2.4 billion clean energy program.
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Norway made a $1 billion pledge on Wednesday aimed at saving the lives of millions of mothers and babies in developing countries, kicking off former U.S. President Bill Clinton's third annual philanthropic summit.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2004 -- On the campaign trail, President Bush promised a bold domestic agenda, a commitment he reiterated today, starting with a pledge to keep taxes low.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany -- The world's leading industrialized nations yesterday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, mainly in Africa, but human rights groups termed it an insufficient commitment and part of a pattern of unfulfilled promises.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -- Participating in the World Social Forum for the first time, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank tried to assure social and leftist activists yesterday that they are increasingly heeding calls for a more aggressive fight against poverty.
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Thousands of sick ground zero workers need nearly $2 billion in long-term treatment for ongoing health woes, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as she offered legislation creating a long-term medical program.
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Bloomberg - Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- At a union hall in Detroit packed with 800 members of the AFL-CIO and their families, Democratic presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton promises to break the mold on trade.
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Former US president Bill Clinton will visit Zambia this weekend to boost an UN-backed HIV/AIDS drugs programme which is helping treat some 13,250 children, UNITAID said Thursday.
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Another member of the Bush family is getting cozy with former President Clinton. First lady Laura Bush joins the former president as a keynote speaker opening his three-day Clinton Global Initiative in New York next week.
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Seeking to dispel rivals' claims that she can't bring needed change to Washington, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton told supporters Sunday that her years in public life and willingness to seek common ground would produce real results as president.
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Some of the participants at this week's Clinton Global Initiative conference should come as no surprise.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton promised Thursday that as president she would improve health care quality by raising standards for providers, educating patients and requiring insurers to reward innovation.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers will turn their attention to Africa on Friday and are widely expected to announce a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases.
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Donors pledged $9.7 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at a fund-raising conference in Berlin, well short of the $15 billion to $18 billion the fund had hoped to raise.
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An international group of corporate leaders calls for global targets on reducing greenhouse emissions.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that the United Nations had received pledges of $500 million to pay for emergency assistance to victims of the south Asia earthquake and tsunami.
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Hillary Clinton said on Thursday she believes the country is ready for a new effort to cover the 47 million uninsured and promised a bipartisan, consensus-building effort, unlike her failed 1990s initiative.