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US: China need not pledge carbon cuts - United Press International border=

US: China need not pledge carbon cuts - United Press International

United Press International
BONN, Germany, June 12 (UPI) — The United States will not demand hard promises of cuts in carbon emissions from China, the head of a delegation to a climate change conference said Friday.
Xinhua
Washington Post
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Callers pledge thousands to fund high school arts, sports - San Jose Mercury News border=

Callers pledge thousands to fund high school arts, sports - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
That's why she and other high school students countywide participated in a two-day, telethon-style fundraiser for school arts and sports programs on Community Television. "If we didn't have the arts, well that's why I went to Harbor High," said …

Obama seeks June update on health savings pledge - Reuters border=

Obama seeks June update on health savings pledge - Reuters

Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday asked a group of healthcare industry trade groups for an update by early June on their promised effort to help him achieve some $2 trillion in cost savings over the next decade.
The Associated Press
Washington Examiner
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Pope Benedict fulfils quake pledge - BBC News border=

Pope Benedict fulfils quake pledge - BBC News

BBC News
By Duncan Kennedy Pope Benedict promised he would go to the earthquake region in central Italy and now he has fulfilled his word. He spent several hours touring villages and neighbourhoods where buildings have collapsed.
The Associated Press
CNN International
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Donors pledge over $5 bln for wobbly Pakistan - Reuters border=

Donors pledge over $5 bln for wobbly Pakistan - Reuters

Reuters
By Chisa Fujioka and Yoko Kubota TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan secured more than $5 billion in fresh aid over two years at a donors conference on Friday after President Asif Ali Zardari vowed to step up the fight against militants.
Voice of America
CNN International
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Donors pledge over $5 bln for wobbly Pakistan - Reuters border=

Donors pledge over $5 bln for wobbly Pakistan - Reuters

Reuters
By Chisa Fujioka and Yoko Kubota TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan secured more than $5 billion in fresh aid over two years at a donors conference on Friday after Prime Minister Asif Ali Zardari vowed to step up the fight against militants.
Aljazeera.net
Wall Street Journal
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Slumdog makers pledge Mumbai cash - BBC News border=

Slumdog makers pledge Mumbai cash - BBC News

BBC News, UK
The movie - which scooped eight Oscars including best film - was set and shot in the Indian city. Director Danny Boyle said: "It is only right that some of the success of the movie be ploughed back into the city." Two of the film's stars were rehoused …
WLOS
NBC Washington
CBC.ca
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Taliban Pledge Peace as Pakistan Approves Islamic Law in Swat - Bloomberg border=

Taliban Pledge Peace as Pakistan Approves Islamic Law in Swat - Bloomberg

Bloomberg
By Khalid Qayum April 14 (Bloomberg) — A pro-Taliban group pledged peace in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat Valley after President Asif Ali Zardari approved Islamic law in the area under an accord the US says undermines the fight against terrorism in the …
Aljazeera.net
AFP
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Watchdog's G20 death probe pledge - BBC News border=

Watchdog's G20 death probe pledge - BBC News

BBC News
The head of the police watchdog has said the inquiry into the death of a man during the G20 protests will be "independent, fast and effective".
guardian.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
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