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Bill Gates’ humanitarian plan for world (vaccination) domination

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  Scientific American: Here's why you should worry about one case of polio in Somalia
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  Most American clothing retailers refuse to sign on to Bangladesh worker safety pact
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  Kofi Annan: Stop the plunder of Africa
Politics
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  Egypt: The dark side of social media
  US government MIA on global polio campaign
  On the West's awkward relationship with Kenya
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  Is Asia's space race hurting the poor?
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  Economist to Africa: If you're so resource rich, why are so many Africans poor?
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  Being Nick Kristof
  A conversation with Nicholas Kristof, humanitarian provocateur
  Celebrated data guru Hans Rosling admits he doesn't like data
  Washington Post Q & A with Bill Gates: 'Death is something we understand extremely well'

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