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World Bank agrees $8 million aid to India for climate change mitigation
2015-02-13 23:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: India on Friday signed an agreement with World Bank for an assistance of $8 million to take up various adaptation measures in rural areas to deal with the threat of climate change. The money will be used to implement special projects to improve adaptive capacity of the rural poor, engaged in farm-based livelihoods, to climate change in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. The assistance fund, under Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to Climate Change (SLACC), will be for projects that will help community...
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Advance America to pay consumers; Rite Aid acquisition, RTI International Metals reports gains
2015-02-12 07:48:59| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
The payday lender Advance America will pay consumers in Pennsylvania $8 million in restitution to settle claims that the company illegally provided payday loans, some with interest rates as high as 368 percent. The state attorney general's office said Wednesday that Advance America's "monthly participation fee" was actually interest so high it violated state law.
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Experts warn independent aid workers of conflict zone dangers
2015-02-12 02:50:00| IT Services - Topix.net
Independent aid workers heading to conflict zones must be aware of the danger they face compared to staff from international organisations, humanitarian experts warned on Wednesday following the death of an American aid worker in Syria. Kayla Mueller, 26, was held hostage for 18 months by Islamic State militants who sent her family an email and photograph over the weekend that enabled American intelligence to determine that she had been killed, said U.S. officials, who are investigating the cause of death.
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FedEx Continues Support of InterAction's NGO Aid Map
2015-02-10 15:34:28| Air Courier - Topix.net
NGO alliance InterAction is pleased to announce that FedEx Corp. has awarded additional funding of $400,000 for InterAction's NGO Aid Map through December 2015. The map, an online, interactive tool that details the work of U.S.-based, international NGOs at the project level, has evolved over time with support from FedEx.
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Worldwide Fuel: A Look at Aid Stations Around the World
2015-02-07 01:38:40| Beverages - Topix.net
You can find flat Coca-Cola at the aid stations of many endurance races-but travel across the globe and fuel up on things other than the popular soda.
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