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Change Agent 'Own your own boda' (motorcycle taxi) empowers Ugandans
A startup helps motorcycle taxi drivers in Kampala, Uganda, buy their bikes, which in turn helps them buy homes, start businesses, and send their kids to school.
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Nubans trapped in northern Sudanese territory
Now that northern Sudan and South Sudan are divided by an international boundary, it's harder for embattled Nubans to flee south and harder for help to reach them.
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California takes decisive step against Congo's conflict minerals
A bill prohibiting the state from working with companies that don't comply with regulations on conflict minerals has passed the state Senate committee.
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Stock prices drop to six-week low
Stock prices on global index fall in the wake of concerns about Japan's economy. Japan's stock prices on the TOPIX index plunge 7.5 percent.
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BP stops short of accepting blame, plans a 'top kill' to plug oil leak
BP will attempt a 'top kill' in which heavy mud and cement would be shot into the well to plug it up.
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