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Saturday, January 26, 2008

  

Davos adopts the caring face of capitalism

DAVOS, Switzerland: Corporate responsibility rather than profit was set to take center stage in Davos on Friday, as the annual get-together of business chiefs turns its attention to issues of health, aid and development.

Rock star activist Bono, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and UN chief Ban Ki Moon were to steer the conversation away from the global economy and geopolitics, towards issues such as malaria eradication, poverty alleviation and climate change.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

MIAMI: Republican presidential hopefuls heading to a key Florida primary put on a show of civility Thursday during a debate that contrasted with the bitter squabbling between Democratic frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

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FEATURE

ELDORET, Kenya: Kimani Nganga sat in a classroom for the first time when he was 84. Four years later, the world’s oldest person ever to start school is stranded in one of Kenya’s camps for the displaced, with no classes to go to.

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WORLDINBRIEF

TOKYO: A letter that a young girl in Japan sent into the sky in a balloon some 15 years ago has been found on a fish hauled from 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) below the Pacific.

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