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Bill Gates, a prankster?

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California, Mar 12: It is hard to believe that Bill Gates played a prank...but its true. Bill Gates played a neat prank on an elite audience at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) event at Long Beach, California this week.

He released a swarm of mosquitoes into the audience saying that not only poor people should experience malaria. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation finds malaria to be one of the greatest global challenges. Later people realised that the prank played was to sensitise about the scourge of malaria. Reporters later found out that the mosquitoes did not carry malaria.

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Topics: california, bill gates, ted, bill and melinda gates foundation, malaria
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Jose Karekatt 12 Feb 2011 10:19 am
I do appreciate the great service you render to the humanity in various ways. I am an admirer and I do speak about you while I preach sermons at various places. I pray that God enable you to continue the same mission to make the world a better place for all to live happy Fr. Jose
Richard Larlham 13 Mar 2009 04:38 am
Pretty scary way to make a point. ALL mosquitoes carry stuff. If they're straight from the lab, and therefore "satitized," they won't be once they draw their first blood. The second "meal" could be in REAL trouble.
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