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Fast Company December 2009 Joshua Hammer |
Zimbabwe's Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery Zimbabwe's new found diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery. Instead, they've fueled a cycle of government-sanctioned rape, murder, and thievery -- and pushed the place still closer to collapse. |
Outside November 2009 |
Social Apes Ugandan officials create Facebook profiles for six mountain gorilla families to raise money to protect them. |
AskMen.com |
Usain Bolt's New Pet The world's fastest man adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt into his life. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Ron Cordes |
Good Deeds, Done Well The changes social entrepreneurship and microfinance are bringing to Buyobo, Africa are obvious and tangible |
Wired October 2009 Douglas McGray |
Dambisa Moyo: Cut Off Aid to Africa Dambisa Moyo is telling the world that in order to save Africa, we need to stop giving them financial aid. |
AskMen.com |
Fishermen Overpower Pirates The crew of two Egyptian fishing vessels overpowered Somali pirates after being held hostage for four months and, with machetes and tools, killed at least two pirates before sailing to freedom, a pirate and businessman said Friday. |
Outside August 2009 Michael Roberts |
Dave Salmoni Interview Dave Salmoni is teaching "last-chance" lions to tolerate eco-tourists in Namibia. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Michael C. Moynihan |
The Failure of African Aid Western aid to Africa has made poor countries poorer, retarded their economic growth, and entrenched despotic regimes, argues the Zambian-born economist Dambisa Moyo in her new book Dead Aid. |
Chemistry World July 31, 2009 Andy Extance |
Pharma supplier accused of multi-million pound fraud The South African authorities are probing an alleged 1.2 billion fraud that used purchase orders claiming to be from leading drug firms to entice investors. |
Wired June 22, 2009 Scott Carney |
An Economic Analysis of the Somali Pirate Business Model The rough fishermen of the so-called Somali coast guard are unrepentant criminals, yes, but they're more than that. They're innovators. |
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