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Together pledge $100 million to fight preventable diseases in Afghanistan and Pakistan
SEATTLE and ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 26, 2011 / PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced today they are working together to provide life-saving vaccinations to children in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The partnership commits a total of $100 million - $50 million from each partner - for the purchase and delivery of vital vaccines that will save Afghan and Pakistani children and prevent disease for a lifetime.
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* UN Secretary General launches UN Year of Sustainable Energy for All
* United Nations, China and South Korea deliver keynotes during WFES 2012
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Something has happened, Mr. Kidd, and if you are not sitting down now, one suggests you do so. One has heard that some Americans out of innocent ignorance, surely -- have referred to Prince William not as "His Royal Highness" but as "His Majesty.
Goodness me."
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NEW YORK, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) today announced the recipients of the 26th annual Dwight D. Eisenhower Global Awards, which will be presented at a Gala and Award Ceremony held on November 17th at New York's Plaza Hotel. The evening brings together hundreds of leaders in international business, the arts and media, with senior government officials, ambassadors and diplomats from throughout the world to celebrate the annual awards, modeled after President Eisenhower's global view of commercial diplomacy.
Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, will be presented with the Global Leadership Award; His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin AbdulAziz Alsaud, Chairman of Kingd...
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Hosting World Future Energy Summit concurs with the vision of country's founding father and UAE's initiative to provide a global platform for meaningf...
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What a difference $2,000 in a lesbian bondage strip club makes.
Then again, the latest Republican National Committee scandalita (Press "3" for Spanglish: "Small scandal") is, alas, just that - the latest in a string of problems plaguing the RNC when it should be stocking champagne for November.
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Company highlights its commercialization plans for StronBone[TM] in Europe and the United States
LONDON -- RepRegen, the 'smart biomaterials' compan...
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "His Royal Highness Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi of Iran, son of the late Shah of Iran and Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi, passed away in the early hours of January 4th, in Boston. He is survived by his mother, Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi, his older brother Reza, his sister Farahnaz, and his half-sister Shahnaz.
Born in Tehran on July 28th 1966, Ali Reza attended schools in Iran before traveling to the United States during the Iranian revolution in 1979. He obtained a BA from Princeton University in 1984, a Masters Degree from Columbia University in 1992 and attended Harvard University in pursuit of a Ph.D. in Ancient Iranian Studies.
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* His Highness Sheikh Maktoum lands major investment deal with Kulczyk Investment House
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Sheikh Maktoum bin Hasher Al ...