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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President Bill Clinton, Launch MASSIVEGOOD, a Citizen

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Bill Clinton join today with international recording artists will.i.am and David Guetta, South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka, and director Spike Lee, to launch MASSIVEGOOD, an innovative fundraising movement that will enable travelers to make a “micro-contribution” towards major global health causes every time they buy a plane ticket, reserve a hotel room or rent a car.

Leisure travelers in the United States will be able to “click” on MASSIVEGOOD on commercial travel websites like Travelocity and Accor Hotels and through travel agents, and contribute $2 to fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and to improving the dismal state of maternal and child health in the developing world.

Created by the Millennium Foundation, with the support of the global travel and tourism industry, MASSIVEGOOD has the potential to raise millions more for global health. Funds will be distributed to UNITAID, an innovative funding mechanism for the purchase of drugs that has already saved millions of lives by lowering the price and increasing the availability of key treatments in poor countries — and will be dispersed to partners, including the Clinton Health Access Initiative.

“When we look at the incredible response to the crisis in Haiti, we see how much people are willing to help. All they need is a simple way to give, and a way to know they are truly helping,” stated Dr. Philippe Douste-Blazy, Chairman of the Millennium Foundation and of UNITAID, Special Advisor for Innovative Finance for Development to the United Nations Secretary-General.

“Building on the success of UNITAID’s levy on French airline travel which supported the efforts of my Foundation cheap flights from Karratha to Perth to initiate hundreds of thousands of children …continue reading

Source: Irish Independent (Original Article)

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan last night said that if Irish banks had defaulted on their debts it would have led to “incalculable economic consequences”.

He also ruled out any further hikes in tax rates in this year’s Budget.

Addressing the annual dinner of the Irish Taxation Institute in Dublin, Mr Lenihan welcomed the European Commission’s approval yesterday of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA).

He said that he expected the majority of €54bn in loans to be transferred to the agency before the summer.

It’s expected that the first tranche of those loans will go to NAMA within the next few weeks.

Mr Lenihan said the process of achieving the commission’s approval for the establishment of NAMA had taken longer than expected as the agency would set a precedent for other member states “queuing up” to achieve similar goals to the Irish government’s.

The minister also reiterated that the marginal rate of tax, which is currently above 50pc, would not be increased in next December’s Budget.

He said that while he “did not underestimate the pain” being endured by many families around the country as a result of the current economic environment and Budget measures that saw pay packets reduced, he urged the end to “low-level” industrial action being undertaken by public workers.

“We need to bring industrial peace to our public services,” said Mr Lenihan, adding that the government remained open for negotiations with representative bodies.

In a wide-ranging speech, the minister also said that people who wanted local government needed to be prepared to pay for it.

Mr Lenihan was alluding to the forthcoming election later this year for Dublin’s first ever executive mayor.

He said local authorities had become too dependent on levies imposed on developers during the economic flights from Brisbane to Bundaberg boom years to fund their services.

- John Mulligan

Irish Independent

Canada’s trade surplus increased from $2.50bn in September to total C$2.67bn in October but still remained well less the C$3.61bn recorded in Eminent. Exports rose 1.2 per cent to C$30.70bn, from $30.33bn, while imports in October hit a record AMERICAN DRAGON dvd of C$28.03bn, up from C$27.83bn.   Connected Article[ 
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Andrea Fischer, the German shape minister, said Germany would not lift its ban on British beef ban in anticipation of the European Union had developed an issue over the labelling of produce. Ms Fischer said the German control was unwavering to make sure that clients knew whether they were exchange cheap domestic flights from Brisbane to Port Macquarie British beef or goods made from it.  …more[ 
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Put up for sale sales in the UK rose 0.8 per cent in the year to the end of September. The British Vend Group said even if volumes were up, high road prices dropped 0.4 per cent in that spot. Economists said turnover was rising progressively but not promptly and prices were flat at best. The statistics showed sales expansion was not flights from Kalgoorlie to Perth certainly connected to inflationary pressure, they said.  Interrelated Article[ Back to top ]

Source: Seattle Times (Original Article)

OLYMPIA — A legislative panel on Tuesday stripped Husky Stadium and Safeco Field out of a bill that divvies up hundreds of millions of dollars in future King County tax revenues.

University of Washington boosters have been trying for more than a year to convince the state to pay for part of a proposed $300 million renovation of Husky Stadium. And the Seattle Mariners have pushed even longer for public money to pay for future maintenance at Safeco Field.

But both those projects were snubbed by the House Finance Committee when it voted 6-3 to pass HB 2912.

The bill carves up hotel, car-rental and restaurant taxes now dedicated to paying off the debt from construction of Safeco and Qwest fields (and even some left over from the Kingdome). Starting in 2012, the money would be redirected to arts, low-income housing, tourism promotion and a host of other projects to be determined by King County.

But Husky Stadium and Safeco Field were excluded from the list of possible recipients under an amendment approved by the committee.

Rep. Ross Hunter, D-Medina, who chairs the Finance Committee, said he’d prefer to leave those decisions up to King County. But he said the bill couldn’t get enough votes to advance with the stadiums still in it.

Rep. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, said he and other lawmakers couldn’t stomach devoting public money to projects like Husky Stadium while they’re also cutting financial aid and raising tuition at state colleges.

“It sends the wrong message that we’re willing to fund a stadium,” Hasegawa said.

The Legislature infamously overlooked a public vote and agreed to provide public money for a new Mariners stadium in 1995. They followed up with a package for Qwest Field in 1997 (that one was endorsed by voters.)

But lawmakers have been hostile to big stadium projects since then. The Seattle Supersonics unsuccessfully begged for a share of the same pot of House Insurance money for years before finally running off …continue reading

Fears for the wellness of Pope John Paul have led the Vatican palace to drop plans for him to make an show every day during the millenary celebrations. Archbishop Cresenzio Sepe said that a key may be delegated to give a benediction from the windowpane of the Pope’s apartments in St Prick’s Foursquare. The Pope will preside at approximately 80 events ‘tween flights from Hobart to Hamilton Island Yuletide Eve and Jan 6 2000.  Akin Article[ 
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Around 10 million clients of SBC Communications have been open access to a high-speed internet service subsequent a deal with Intercontinental Business Apparatus (IBM). SBC, which runs a local phone service, expects to enlarge its network through the accord which will take help of fallow room on phone shape. IBM’s shares were down 1/8 at $94-3/8, Webbrandz SBC’s shares were unbothered at $50-11/16.  Interconnected Article[ 
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Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian prime minister, said the rule would review the number of core banks to come into view from the crucial bank’s union scheme for pecuniary institutions next complaints that it had been top secret to six. Bank Negara announced in July that the nation’s 58 pecuniary institutions would be amalgamated into six anchor banks, but the prime minister said on Tuesday that the administration was not harsh on the number and would agree flights from Hamilton Island to Hobart to banks to fix on between themselves.  Correlated Article[ Back to top ]

Hewlett Packard, the US estimator consumables producer, reported fourth-quarter lucre of $760m, compared with $710m against the like stop of 1998, but cautioned it faced some “business sector issues” for which it had no quick root. The radical proclaimed net salary of 75 cents per partake excluding expenses, a rise of 3 cents per divvy up from last year, but added that it had some long standing issues it requisite to deal. The keep company saw revenues from continuing trading operations tote up $11.4bn, against $10.2bn in 1998, and saw a goal of 12-15 flights from Bundaberg to Adelaide per cent emergence in 2000.  Related to Article[ 
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