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    GHEI: Staying prosperous

    The world's becoming a more prosperous place. That's good news for many countries -- just not the United States.


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    A group of election observers led by former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that they found southern Sudan's recent referendum on independence from the north to have been credible.


  • In this Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Ayo Bello displays a box of Coartem malaria medication, packaged for the commercial market, at a pharmacy in Lagos, Nigeria. Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication, readily identifiable by its different packaging, is being stolen and resold on commercial markets. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

    Some donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa

    Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets.


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