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As part of President Obama’s speech on Thursday on the Middle East and North Africa, he is expected to announce a huge economic aid package for Tunisia and Egypt. The two countries have seen dictators give up their power.
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Wouldn't we all like to donate half our estates to charity? Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, two of the richest men around, are urging other wealthy people to donate half of their net worth to philanthropic causes.
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On Tuesday the United Nations released a report that said Afghans were forced to pay bribes worth almost a quarter of Afghanistan's GDP last year.
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Avatar has exploded in strength worldwide after being the top movie in the world for a fifth consecutive weekend and now the movie is catching up fast with Titanic, the all-time top movie ever.
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California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, asked for more than six billion dollars in federal funds in his state-budget proposal Friday and warned that without the aid state health and welfare programs will be threatened.
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Only a fraction of the $6.6 billion in U.S. aid sent to Pakistan between 2002 and 2008, meant for the war on terror, has actually reached Pakistan's military, and it has India worried about how the money may have been spent.
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The United States Senate has passed the Department of Homeland Security Approprations Bill with a price tag of $42.9 billion.
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Scientists participating at an American conference announced there could be at least 100 billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. released their annual financial report on Friday and showed a record $45.2 billion profit for the year 2008, beating their own record they set last year. Income decreased from $11.7 billion to $7.8 billion.
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An analysis of UN trade data shows up to one billion wild frogs are consumed each year. Researchers worry the amphibian population may be affected considerably in the near future.
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Which billion-euro space mission will Europe launch in the early 2020s?
 The head of the International Monetary Fund says she wants the fund to contribute €28 billion ($36.4 billion Cdn) to a €130 billion bailout for Greece.
Apple announced that 25 billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store.
A billion dollars — that's billion with a "b" — to purchase a company with only 13 employees and absolutely no income.
 Canada's largest pension fund manager, the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, reports its net assets grew to $159 billion at end of 2011 from $151.7 billion at end of 2010 despite market challenges.
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