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0May 8, 2010
Business incubation in Africa

“Almost 60 percent of new businesses fail within the first 5 years in operation. But startups nurtured within an incubator has an 80 percent chance of surviving,” Jim Robbins, an...
0April 3, 2010
In search of a place to call home

“Obviously we have no money, We are going back. We cannot staying here anymore,” Jabbar Sattar said in a tired voice. Jabbar a former Iraqi translator for the US military procurement...
0April 3, 2010
From child combatants to symbols of hope

By Poornima Weerasekara in Ambepussa “Kindness will help you make friends,” the bold print hung on a lime green wall is the first thing that grips your attention as one enters...

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- Looking for experts on how the current access and benefit sharing mechanism will impact biopiracy 4 thesis. Who can I speak 2? #biodiversity
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- Police question Pakistan's Amir September 3, 2010
  Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir is being questioned at a north London police station over allegations of corruption. […]
- India Marxists take back village September 3, 2010
  Communist supporters in India's West Bengal have taken control of a key village that they were driven out of by Maoist rebels a year ago. […]
- India Maoists kill police hostage September 3, 2010
  Maoist rebels in the Indian state of Bihar say they have killed one of four policemen they had been holding hostage. […]
- Indian wrestlers fail dope tests September 3, 2010
  Four Indian wrestlers from the Commonwealth Games team face suspension after failing dope tests barely a month before the beginning of the event. […]

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