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Bestselling books the week of 3/10/13, according to IndieBound*
See what's selling in bookstores across America.
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How to create a better food system in 2013 (+video)
Our worldwide food system needs an overhaul. Here are 13 steps to change food policies and improve lives.
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Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Social Media Stars
They are explorers and activists, artists and educators, farmers and faith leaders – even mayors. And they have trenchant suggestions on how to improve the world.
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In Pictures: Painted faces
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Miss Universe 2011: Angola's Leila Lopes becomes fourth African winner
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2013 NFL draft: Bring on the beef
The 2013 NFL draft started with beefy lineman Eric Fisher. Then came beefy lineman Luke Joeckel, also an offensive tackle. The quarterbacks didn't show up in the 2013 NFL draft till the No. 16 draft pick, Florida State's EJ Manuel.
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Ghana is rising, but so are its dump-yards of cast-off appliances
As Ghana's economy booms, its consumers no longer want used appliances shipped in from the West. Now that 'e-waste' is filling dumps and causing environmental woes.
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Africa Monitor Africa's economic boom: Five countries to watch
South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Ghana, and Ethiopia all have economies that are growing at a brisk pace. But their future depends on how they invest that money, writes Matthew Hawkins.
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First round of Vatican voting: Black smoke says no pope yet
The cardinals took their first vote today for a new pope, but black smoke billowing above the Vatican's Sistine Chapel signaled the cardinals have not yet reached a majority.
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Bestselling books the week of 3/10/13, according to IndieBound*
See what's selling in bookstores across America.
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Is Ivory Coast zeal to prosecute former bad guys setting up war in West Africa?
Strongman Laurent Gbagbo is gone, facing a war crimes trial. But is the new president ignoring the reconciliation needed for a lasting peace?
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Miriam Makeba: A woman with 9 passports but no home (+video)
Miriam Makeba, who would have turned 81 today, is remembered as the renowned singer and activist Mama Africa. Her exile from South Africa caused a lifetime of pain, but it also led her to lead a life of service and empowerment.
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Pope Benedict XVI retires: Will the next pope come from the 'global south?'
Latin America is home to 40 percent of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics, but there has never been a non-European pope in the modern era.
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Energy Voices Pirates want your oil and they are smart enough to get it
Increased security has forced pirates to rethink their strategy for obtaining oil, Alic writes, and they have repeatedly demonstrated that they are capable of moving with the times.
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Change Agent How to keep youths down on the farm? Offer incentives.
The average age of farmers is rising. Nonprofits are at work on ways to show youths in developing nations how farming can be entrepreneurial, profitable, and desirable.
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Why combat role for US women could reverberate worldwideIn many countries, women have historically served in combat when demographics demanded it. But the US move is based on equal opportunity for women – and could become a model for others.
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Sundance 2013: Documentaries shine in Utah
At the Sundance Film Festival, docs like 'Twenty Feet From Stardom' and 'The Crash Reel' show some of the best the industry has to offer.
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Refugees no more, Liberians ponder if they're ready to go home
Liberians who fled their home lost their refugee status last year. The UN has helped repatriate 155,000 people since 2004, but painful memories of two civil wars keep some from returning home.
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How to create a better food system in 2013 (+video)
Our worldwide food system needs an overhaul. Here are 13 steps to change food policies and improve lives.
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Ghana inauguration goes on, while opposition plots court comeback (+video)
President John Dramani Mahama was inaugurated today. But the opposition is not giving up its legal challenge to his election.
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Latin America Monitor Falklands again? Why Argentina's Kirchner keeps pushing the issue with Britain.
Kirchner's populist platform targets debt reduction, social inclusion, unorthodox economic policies, and repeatedly pressing Britain over the South Atlantic archipelago.
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Africa's energy consumption growing fastest in world
Africa's energy demands are skyrocketing, but with 64 recent major discoveries of fuel deposits, it is in a good position to meet its needs.
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Change Agent 13 resolutions to improve the world's food supply in 2013
Nearly 1 billion people are still hungry and more than 1 billion others are overweight or obese. The need is for better access to better quality food.
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New York judge's ruling sparks nationalist surge in Argentina
Stakes are high for Argentina's President Kirchner in a legal tug-of-war over full repayment of bonds from the country's 2002 default. Kirchner says her country is the victim of 'judicial colonialism.'
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Ghana pulls off sixth 'free and fair' election in model for region
Despite problems with the voter registry and allegations of vote rigging, Ghanaians have once again chosen their president: John Dramani Mahama.
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In world's most religious country, humanists rally for secular space
A group of humanists is looking to find its niche in Ghana, recently ranked most religious in a survey of 57 nations.
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Shoddy construction behind Ghanaian shopping center collapse?
The five-story building, located in a working-class neighborhood in the capital city of Accra, collapsed early Wednesday, killing at least four people and trapping dozens more in the rubble.
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Rostock, notorious for Germany's worst racist riots, struggles for redemption
In 1992, Rostock was tarnished by the worst racist rioting in Germany since the days of Hitler. But current Rostockers, including African immigrants, are trying to change that.
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Latin America Monitor Ahoy Argentina: Crew of boat seized by creditors in Ghana arrives home
The seizure of an Argentine boat off the coast of Ghana highlights the battle that continues between the southern cone nation and its creditors a decade after it defaulted on a $100 billion debt.
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Rising seas washing away Ghana's former slave forts
As sea levels rise on Ghana’s populated shores, the government mulls defense measures for its forts, castles, and communities.
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