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Bill Gates: Rallying Cry for Clean Energy. Will it be Enough?

Bill Gates: Rallying Cry for Clean Energy. Will it be Enough?

Daniel Roth - Executive Editor at LinkedIn - Development el Mon, Mar 14th 2016

 Bill Gates this year focused in his annual letter, which launched Monday night, he tackles just one subject: clean, accessible energy.  It was a curious decision for the famously intellectually-expansive Gates. Focusing on energy makes all of his other life-improving efforts easier to enact. Get the more than 1 billion people who live without energy hooked to the grid and suddenly, “you can run hospitals, light up schools and use tractors to grow more food.”

Raised to the altars: one who fell for the poor

Raised to the altars: one who fell for the poor

Robert Ellsberg-The Tablet - Activities el Fri, May 22nd 2015

Romero, the late Archbishop of San Salvador, was a fearless defender of the poor. He was assassinated by a right-wing death squad while celebrating Mass in 1980 as his country began to descend into civil war. At a press conference in San Salvador on Monday, church spokesman Mgr Rafael Urrutia said that among the 300,000 people expected to attend.

Is India too wealthy for British aid?

Is India too wealthy for British aid?

BBC - Development el Tue, Apr 12th 2011

Britain's decision to give £280m ($457m) in annual aid to India for the next four years has prompted questions in the UK about whether India needs the aid these days. The BBC's Geeta Pandey travels to the northern state of Bihar to see where a sizeable chunk of the British money will be spent.