Muhammad Yunus: Education Primes Third World
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate says we need to devote global resources to education to end poverty.
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Muhammad Yunus warned that the globalized economy was becoming a dangerous Âfree-for-all highway.Â
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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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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is considered a steady, broadly educated man who supports the secular tradition of Indonesia.
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Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday, saying he hoped the award would inspire "bold initiatives" to fight poverty and eradicate the root causes of terrorism.
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OSLO -- Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said yesterday the prize has given momentum to his cherished program of helping the poor through small loans, bringing him a flood of e-mails and invitations to meet with world leaders.
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Millions of illiterate people in remote, rural India could soon have access to an education, as a satellite devoted exclusively to long distance learning was launched on Monday.
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By Andres Oppenheimer, The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Andres Oppenheimer   Several Latin American countries are about to make their most ambitious investment in education ever -- giving out millions of $150 laptop computers to schoolchildren.
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Michael Douglas says technology is helping children from across the world gain a better understanding of humanity's cultures and religions.
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Cheap and adaptable, pre-recorded lectures are drawing interest from educators in the US and Central America.
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Economist Muhammad Yunus accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday for his breakthrough program to lift the poor through tiny loans, saying he hoped the award would inspire "bold initiatives" to eradicate a problem at the root of terrorism.
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A third of people on the planet will be learning English in the next decade,  says a report.
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"Education is the starting point for autonomous and sustainable development"  VATICAN CITY, June 6 Pope Benedict XVI took time from his weekly general audience Wednesday to ask Group of Eight members to keep promises of increased aid to Africa. via Earth Times
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker probes Gordon Brown's views on education.
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BRUSSELS, Dec. 13 (IPS) - By 2030, 1.2 billion people in developing countries  will belong to a global middle class, up from 400 million today.  The increase in wealth will make income inequality and  environmental pressures more acute, predicts the World Bank in a  report on 'Managing the Next Wave of Globalisation'.
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Nutrition, obsession, global business:  an exploration of our second most basic desire.
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The development could revolutionise public health programs in the Third World, where much needed vaccines frequently have to be thrown away because they have not been kept cold enough.