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A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris’ Poorest

Just as France was being chastised for excessive national borrowing with a sovereign debt downgrade, thousands of lucky French people had their financial obligations forgiven after the country's oldest bank decided to simply wipe their slate clean.
"I'm very happy, it's the first time I get something for nothing,"
- Geneviève, Recipient

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Gates donates $750 million to fight AIDS, TB and malaria

via CNN | Fri January 27, 2012
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum.

Swedish Cities Close to Building a Bicycle Superhighway

via Triple Pundit | Sun January 22, 2012
With all the handwringing over aging infrastructure, rising energy costs, high speed rail and other public transportation projects that are spiraling in costs, cities and towns could look at solutions that can improve mobility and do not the bust the budget: bicycles and bicycle paths.

Indonesia to conserve half of Borneo region

via AFP | Fri January 20, 2012
Indonesia's forestry ministry said Thursday it would conserve nearly half its share of Borneo island, which is covered with dense rainforest, so as to meet a presidential pledge to reduce gas emissions.

Support wanes in US Congress for anti-piracy bill

via BBC | Thu January 19, 2012
Eight US lawmakers have withdrawn their support for anti-piracy laws, after 'blackout' protests on thousands of internet sites.

Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for now

via CNN | Thu January 19, 2012
The Obama administration rejected a bid to expand the controversial Keystone oil sands pipeline Wednesday, saying the deadline imposed by Congress did not leave sufficient time to conduct the necessary review.

Levi’s drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in Indonesia

via MongaBay | Wed January 18, 2012
Levi Strauss & Company became the latest firm to drop Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) as a supplier due to concerns over APP's continued clearing of rainforests in Sumatra, reports the Rainforest Action Network, a green group in the midst of a campaign against APP.

Burma joy as freed prisoners head home

via BBC | Fri January 13, 2012
When Ko Ko Gyi arrived at Rangoon airport the crowd had been waiting several hours and rushed to greet him. Ko Ko Gyi is one of the best known of the 88 generation of student leaders, along with Min Ko Naing, the most famous.

Singapore supermarket to stop selling shark fin

via AFP | Fri January 06, 2012
SINGAPORE — Singapore's largest supermarket chain will stop selling shark fin products from April after an inflammatory comment by one of its suppliers triggered calls for a boycott from activists and the public.

Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift

Story contains video via TED Talks | Fri January 06, 2012
Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk at TEDxBrussels he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming.

European Carbon Regulation for Airlines Takes Off

via Triple Pundit | Wed January 04, 2012
2012 started with some good news. On Sunday, the European Union began charging all airlines flying into and out of Europe for their carbon emissions. Covering a third of all global flights, this new scheme is one of the widest-reaching measures adopted lately by any country or regional bloc to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

MIT to offer free education, online courses to all

via SmartPlanet | Mon January 02, 2012
The disruption of higher education just got very interesting. It appears that the disruptors — private, online universities — are being disrupted at their own game. One of the pantheons of traditional on-site learning, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has announced it will be launching online courses that will be free and open to the world.

Mayan timekeeper says world WON’T end in 2012… as it’s only a calendar change

via Mail Online | Sun January 01, 2012
Many consider it a joke although others are scared we might never live to see next year thanks to the Mayan calendar’s ‘apocalyptic’ prediction. But Mayan expert Leonzo Barreno, of Saskatchewan, Canada, says the ‘apocalypse’ concept is a false interpretation of the Long Count calendar.

News measure to stop violence against children

Fri December 30, 2011
A United Nations envoy dealing with children’s rights hailed the decision of Member States to adopt a new protocol aimed at protecting children from abuse and violence.

Insecticide-treated bed-nets ‘working’ in fight against malaria

via BBC (View video) | Fri December 30, 2011
It is one of the world's biggest killers. In parts of Africa a child dies from malaria every minute. Now the World Health Organisation says significant progress is being made against the disease thanks, partly, to a campaign of using insecticide-treated bed-nets.

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