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Dear Secretary Clinton: Could You Please Find Out if This Congolese Child Is Still Alive?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

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Georgianne Nienaber

I know you won't have a lot of free time when you visit the DRC, so perhaps you could skip some interviews and visit eastern Congo. The people there believe that you will help them.

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First Blood Diamonds, Now Blood Computers?

TIME | Elizabeth Dias Friday, Jul. 24, 2009 | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

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When the film Blood Diamond came out in 2006, people were startled at the alleged origins of the precious stones from areas of bloody conflict and beg...

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Lax Checks of Mineral Companies Allow Atrocities and Abuses in Congo

Lizzie Parsons | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

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Lizzie Parsons

Hundreds of thousands of people in the Congo region have been forced to flee from their homes - some many times - because men with guns have given them no choice. Others have been massacred, raped or tortured.

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Cambodia's Coming Oil Wealth Will Likely Entrench Ruling Cabal In Corruption

Global Post | Patrick Winn | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

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BANGKOK - Haunted by war, and wracked by poverty, Cambodia has had little opportunity to enjoy one its few blessings. The nation of 14 million peop...

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