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Renewable energy pioneer wins prestigious technology prize

Swiss scientist Michael Graetzel won the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize for his work on inexpensive solar cells for renewable energy projects.
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So you want to be the richest man in the world? Here's a tip.

Carlos Slim Helu is now the richest man in the world, says the new Forbes billionaire list. He shares certain traits with his fellow top billionaires.
Work on 'veiled reality' earns French physicist $1.4 million award

Prestigious Templeton Prize recognizes his theory that a new reality lurks behind matter and other observable phenomena.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.