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Bill Gates backs financial transaction tax to aid poor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/18d2461a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Bill+Gates+backs+financial+transaction+tax+to+aid+poor&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F23%2Fuk-g20-development-idUKTRE78M6A320110923%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Bill+Gates+backs+financial+transaction+tax+to+aid+poor&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F23%2Fuk-g20-development-idUKTRE78M6A320110923%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> [More]
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