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Bill Gates launches $306 million in aid to boost African farmers
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'Super Size Me' director trails bin Laden in new film
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Nasdaq CEO says no more acquisitions until 2009
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Agogo lifts Ghana past gritty Namibia
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Arab world shivers in the midst of unusual cold snap
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With a Grain of Salt: Islam and Democracy
Hiroaki Kanazawa, Middle East Affairs correspondent for Nikkei - Japan's second largest…