Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida at the Opera Ball in Vienna last month. Ms. Lollobrigida is selling 22 pieces of jewelry to raise funds for stem cell research. (REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader)
After decades of population loss to cities, rural areas in Spain – and across Europe – have been gaining allure as havens from the ongoing recession.
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Paul Giniès is the general manager of the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE) in Burkina Faso, which trains more than 2,000 engineers from more than 30 countries each year.
Paul Giniès turned a failing African university into a world-class problem-solver
Today 2iE is recognized as a 'center of excellence' producing top-notch home-grown African engineers ready to address the continent's problems.
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