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Microsoft founder Bill Gates holds a booklet on tobacco related issues during a press conference in New York, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. The billionaire philanthropists, who have a combined worth of more than $70 billion, said Wednesday that the money will help efforts in developing countries where tobacco use is highest. There are more than 1 billion smokers worldwi
Health   Industry   Photos   Tobacco   US  
Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg turn their millions against smoking
| Two of the world's richest men, with bank balances that rival the gross domestic product of small countries, are joining forces to wage war against a common enemy - the tobacco industry. | Bill Gate... (photo: AP / Bebeto Matthews)
The Times
 Kingfisher airlines, taxing in Bangalore Airport, India     wnhires  (js1)
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Kingfisher to fly to Pak, Dhaka by Sept
|                 NEW DELHI: Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines, which plans to start its international flights by September this year, is looking t... (photo: creative commons / marirs)
The Times Of India
Agriculture -  Farming - Gardening- Crop - Labour - Workers -India - Tamil Nadu (mv3) Labour mobility, capital flows and trade
| By Afshan Subohi | THE developing Muslim nations need to ease the curbs on cross-broader movement of labour, for it works for all, home economy as well as recipient country of migrant workers. | The... (photo: RDF/Abhilash) Dawn
Economy   Market   Muslim   Photos   Trade  
 grameen bank - bank for poor - bangladesh - hires - am1 Micro Loans Foster Entrepreurship in Poor Countries
| In many developing countries, micro-financing has created possibilities for burgeoning entrepreneurs who would not have found funding before. VOA's Barry Wood reports that special attention is now b... (photo: creative common) Voa News
Bangladesh   Bank   Entrepreneur   Funding   Photos   Women  
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Somalia GLOBAL: Humanitarian futures (part one) - "exponential complexity"
web | Photo: George Mulala/IRIN NEW YORK, 24 July 2008 (IRIN) - It's the year 2018. A massive crisis is devastating the Horn of Africa, combining drought, huge migrations... (photo: Public Domain) IRINnews
Africa   Crisis   Future   Humanitarian   Photo   Photos  
Palestinian police in Gaza City ISRAEL-OPT: Nearly half of Gazans unemployed - UNRWA report
web | Photo: Shabtai Gold/IRIN JERUSALEM, 24 July 2008 (IRIN) - In the Gaza Strip at the end of 2007, over half the population was living below the official poverty line,... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) IRINnews
Employment   Israel   Mideast   Palestine   Photo   Photos  
Microsoft founder Bill Gates holds a booklet on tobacco related issues during a press conference in New York, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. The billionaire philanthropists, who have a combined worth of more than $70 billion, said Wednesday that the money will help efforts in developing countries where tobacco use is highest. There are more than 1 billion smokers worldwi Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg turn their millions against smoking
| Two of the world's richest men, with bank balances that rival the gross domestic product of small countries, are joining forces to wage war against a common enemy - the... (photo: AP / Bebeto Matthews) The Times
Health   Industry   Photos   Tobacco   US  
Bottled Water - Drinking Water The next crisis: Water
| The global oil and food crisis have driven the prices of basic commodities to unprecedented levels, resulting in food riots and the toppling of governments as seen by t... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Philippine Star
Disasters   People   Photos   Society   Water  
 Kingfisher airlines, taxing in Bangalore Airport, India     wnhires  (js1) Kingfisher to fly to Pak, Dhaka by Sept
|                 NEW DELHI: Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines, which plans to start its international flights by Sep... (photo: creative commons / marirs) The Times Of India
Aviation   India   Photos   Transport   Travel  
 PAKISTAN-TEAM-PRACTICE (BM5) Kaneria equally good for ODI, T20 cricket: Rashid
| By Faras Ghani | LONDON, July 22: Former Pakistan captain and wicket-keeper Rashid Latif has rated Danish Kaneria as Pakistan’s front-ranking bowler and has urged natio... (photo: WN / BHASKAR MALLICK) Dawn
Cricket   Pakistan   Photos   Sport Star   Sports  
International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed speaks at a press conference in Mumbai, India, Thursday Sept. 7, 2006. The ICC Champion's Trophy tournament will be played from Oct. 7 to Nov. 5 across 4 venues in India and will feature 10 teams. Trophy vote may split world cricket
| WORLD cricket will split if the International Cricket Council votes to hold the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. | Teams from Australia, England, New Zealand and South Afr... (photo: AP / ) The Australian
Cricket   International   Pakistan   Photos   World  
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Ehad Haam Street ISRAEL: Tel Aviv shelter provides refuge for sex workers
web | Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN TEL AVIV, 22 July 2008 (IRIN) - Experts say the number of foreign women trafficked to Israel has decreased, following a government crackdown... (photo: Creative Commons) IRINnews
Brothels   Israel   Photo   Photos   Trafficking   Women  
 A woman and two children walks up a street during regular school hours in the southern city of Aita Al-Shaab, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 13, 2006. Aita Al-Shaab is one of the cities that was heavily bombed by Israeli forces during the recent war with Hezbollah LEBANON: Women, non-Lebanese children get raw deal
web | Photo: Dina Debbas/IRIN BEIRUT, 22 July 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of children in Lebanon are denied full access to education, healthcare and residency because they do... (photo: AP Photo/Peter Dejong) IRINnews
Children   Lebanon   Photo   Photos   Women  
Politics Economy
Turning politics upside down
Turning politics upside down
Serial blasts rock Bangalore; two killed, 20 wounded
GLOBAL: Humanitarian futures (part 2) - "the crisis of
Posters of murdered former President of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto are held by protestors as they demonstrate outside Downing Street, London, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 (tmg1)
Turning politics upside down
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China, India take different cues from oil's fall
Track and failed: the making of a sleeping Olympic giant
Maybank set to raise stake in MCB Bank next month
India says Asia is the future
Shell petrol, diesel, fuel, petrol station, petroleum, energy
China, India take different cues from oil's fall
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Culture Entertainment
Tourism, Events, Markets and Festivals in India - Summer 200
Understanding the man behind 'The Dark Knight'
S. Asians spice it up
RP movie wins best film in India festival
 m.f.hussain- am1
MF Husain ready to return to India
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One dead and 15 injured as at least five bomb explosions str
Mia Farrow calls for global pressure at Olympics to end Chin
Mia Farrow calls for global pressure at Olympics to end Chin
Review: 'Brick Lane'
 Bangalore - Bomb Blast - Bangalore Police - pjb1
One dead and 15 injured as at least five bomb explosions strike Bangalore
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Agriculture Sport
'India, Brazil unity crucial to success of WTO talks'
Burma's Battered Fisheries Worsen
Qureshi defends new strategy to combat terror
Give women their Islamic right to land: Researchers suggest
 The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Kamal Nath addressing at the launch of the UNIDO Centre for South-South Industrial Cooperation (UCSSIC), in New Delhi on February 15, 2007The Director General of United Nations Industrial Development Organ
'India, Brazil unity crucial to success of WTO talks'
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Player revolt starts over Pakistan
Cricket in crisis: Pakistan trip faces boycott as Pietersen
Murali puts SL in command
Murali burst leaves India in trouble
Pakistan's batsman Kamran Akmal follows the ball after playing a shot for boundary during the third one-day international cricket match against Bangladesh at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, April, 13, 2008.
Cricket in crisis: Pakistan trip faces boycott as Pietersen reveals fears
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