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Don't forget world's poor, Gates urges G20 leaders
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Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates attends the G20 Summit in Cannes, 3 November, 2011.
Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
By Jan van der Made

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has callied on the world's top economies not to ignore the globe's poorest countries as they tackle Europe's financial crisis. The Seattle-based billionaire gave a report to leaders from the G20 group of leading economies gathered a summit in Cannes, southern France.

 

 

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tags : Aid - Bill Gates - Development - Economic crisis - G20 - Tax
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