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Sharon Stone raises $1 million in five minutes

Actress Sharon Stone raised $1 million in five minutes from her fellow audience members at the Davos World Economic Forum last Friday.

Moved by an appeal from Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa for bed nets to fight malaria, she stood up and announced her pledge of $10,000, calling on others to match it.


After this lead gift, business people and politicians in the audience made their pledges too, and within minutes Ms Stone had raised $1 million.


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