Stories for January 2011

Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:44 UTC
Bill Gates Donates U$120 Million To Fight Polio

Last year at the World Economic Forum, Bill and Melinda Gates called for the next ten years to be the decade of vaccines. This week as talks reconvene in Davos, Switzerland, Gates in partnership with the United Kingdom, has donated an additional $120 million dollars to fight polio in particular. This news comes in light of the Global Health Fund fraud accusations that Gates has $150 million invested in.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:24 UTC
North Pole Waters Will Soon Be Ice Free New Report Says

The north Atlantic current flowing in to the Arctic Ocean is warmer that it has been for at least 2000 years and is a sign that global warming is likely to bring ice free seas around the North Pole in a few years time, a new study finds
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:16 UTC
Work Gets Underway on Amazonian Hydro Project

Building will now begin on what will be the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam after Ibama, Brazil's environment agency, gave the go-ahead for the controversial $17 billion (£10.6 billion) project.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:02 UTC
Chinese Mega City For 42 Million People

Chinese city planners have announced a plan to merge cities surrounding the Pearl River Delta to create the world’s largest metropolis with 42 million people
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:57 UTC
President Chavez Denies Plan to Nationalise Bank

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he has no plans to nationalise the Banco Provincial, the Venezuelan affiliate of Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, or BBVA.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:52 UTC
Dilma Rousseff Makes First Trip Abroad As President to Argentina

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will arrive in Argentina on Monday on her first foreign trip as president.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:40 UTC
Rescued Chilean Miner Jose Henriquez Tours UK Churches

Last year tens of millions watched the drama of the Chilean miners, unfold, and few will ever forget it. Thirty-three men had been trapped by a fall of rock, 700 metres below the surface of a mine in Chile.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:28 UTC
Bolivian Government’s Popularity Falling 5 Years On

Bolivia's President Evo Morales and his Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, recently celebrated their government's fifth anniversary and the first of his second term in La Paz, Bolivia.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:23 UTC
Volatility Oil Prices, Futures Rise Most Since 2009

Oil options volatility increased as the underlying futures surged the most since September 2009 as unrest in Egypt raised concern that protests would spread to major oil-producing parts of the Middle East.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 19:04 UTC
Palestine President Welcomes Paraguay’s Recognition

Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas has welcomed Paraguay's recognition of a free and independent Palestinian state in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.