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Equipped with a textbook and a dream, a young African sets out to build windmills
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African Aid Projects That Work: Partnerships on the Ground, Not Donations From a Distance

Through partnerships, NGOs aim to create projects that will eventually become self-sufficient
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At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star

Free MIT physics lectures are a huge hit for students of all nationalities
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Globalization with Few Discontents?

Despite controversy and debates amongst elites, survey shows that "to varying degrees, people almost everywhere like globalization."
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Cybercafe Crackdown May Trip up Leering Boys

New government regulations on cyber cafes in Pakistan cause concern regarding privacy issues.
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