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Win $1 Million For Your Bright Idea To Fix The World

A Swedish billionaire wants you to think of a better way to run the world — and get rid of problems like violence and extreme poverty.
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Got an idea for a new world order? Swedish billionaire Laszlo Szombatfalvy will pay you at least a million for it.

A competition from the Global Challenges Foundation, founded in 2012 by the Szombatfalvy, is calling for solutions to the world's most pressing problems, like conflict, climate change and extreme poverty.

The competition, called is open to all. Proposals can be in English, Mandarin, Spanish, Russian, Arabic or French, with a

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