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Zomi says:
The SPDC will openly, unashamedly steal Biil Gate's million dollars. What
a
tragedy.
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Friday, May 9, 2008 - 18:30
AFP News Briefs List
Microsoft's Gates offers three mln dlrs for Myanmar relief
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said Friday his foundation would donate
three
million dollars to the humanitarian relief effort in cyclone-hit Myanmar.
Speaking at a conference in the Indonesian capital, Gates said his
philanthropic foundation would channel the funds through independent aid
groups such as Care International and World Vision.
"It's a terrible thing and a great example of how the world needs to
cooperate," he said of Cyclone Nargis, which killed tens of thousands of
people after slamming into Myanmar's southern coast on Saturday.
The international aid community has said millions of people were affected
by
the storm and has warned many more may die unless the country's secretive
military regime drops its resistance to outside help.
Microsoft founder Gates is estimated to be the world's third richest man
with some 58 billion dollars, according to Forbes magazine.
http://www.france24.com/en/20080509-microsofts-gates-offers-three-mln-dlrs-myanmar-relief
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