Cultural attitudes impede organ donations in China May 17th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) BEIJING (AP) - China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the general pop... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cultural, attitudes, impede, organ, donations, china, Top Keywords

Sarkozy in court over illegal donations suspicions Nov 22nd, 2012 - 12:20h (CET +01.00) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went before a judge on Thursday to respond to suspicions he illegally accepted donations from France's richest woman to fund his 2007 election campaign. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sarkozy, court, illegal, donations, suspicions, china, Top Keywords

NBC to hold Sandy benefit, Bon Jovi urges donation Nov 1st, 2012 - 22:00h (CET +01.00) NBC will hold a benefit concert Friday for victims of Hurricane Sandy featuring some artists native to the areas hardest hit. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sandy, benefit, jovi, urges, donation, china, Top Keywords

UK's G4S makes military donation after Games failure Aug 13th, 2012 - 05:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Security firm G4S will donate 2.5 million pounds ($3.9 million) to British military sports and welfare organisations to thank troops who stepped in to secure Olympic venues after it failed to provide enough guards, the government s... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : uk's, military, donation, games, failure, china, Top Keywords

Exclusive: Campaign donations by text? Not so fast, wireless carriers say Jul 9th, 2012 - 07:30h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wireless carriers are balking at U.S. regulators' move to allow political donations by text message, a plan that could reshape the nation's campaign finance system by giving cell-phone users the ability to make instan... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : exclusive, campaign, donations, text?, fast, wireless, carriers, Top Keywords

Facebook launches organ donation campaign May 1st, 2012 - 19:10h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Facebook on Tuesday launched an organ donation tool aimed at encouraging the 900 million users of the social networking site to help combat a shortage of organs needed for life-saving transplants. "What we hope will happen is that by... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : facebook, launches, organ, donation, campaign, wireless, carriers, Top Keywords

Like: Facebook moves to help organ donations May 1st, 2012 - 15:50h (CET +01.00) Facebook on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to use the vast social network to help connect organ donors with people who need life-saving transplants. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : like, facebook, moves, help, organ, donations, carriers, Top Keywords

Marathon runner's death inspires $1M in donations Apr 27th, 2012 - 02:40h (CET +01.00) Donations to the charity supported by a 30-year-old runner who died during the London Marathon have topped $1 million, as thousands of people continued to take up her cause. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : marathon, runner's, death, inspires, donations, donations, carriers, Top Keywords

Charity donations pour in after London Marathon runner dies Apr 25th, 2012 - 22:00h (CET +01.00) The family of a runner who died during the London Marathon said Wednesday the £700,000 raised in her honour for charity was a "fitting testament" to the 30-year-old hairdresser. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : charity, donations, pour, london, marathon, runner, dies, Top Keywords

Obama Debuts Cell Phone Credit Card Swipe for Donations Feb 1st, 2012 - 00:10h (CET +01.00) The campaign team that pioneered an iPhone app for volunteer recruitment and get-out-the-vote efforts for President Obama in 2008 is out with a new tool aimed at tapping into more cash in 2012:  the Obama Victory Fund mobile phone credit card donatio... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : obama, debuts, cell, phone, credit, card, swipe, donations, Top Keywords