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...education in the developing world. The basic laptop, characterized by its bright yellow hand crank and once described as “enchanting” by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, was developed by OLPC and is being distributed to school-age children in the world’s 50 poorest countries. The OLPC laptop, which is marketed to international buyers as a $100 item, actually costs $187 to produce. It is currently sold through OLPC’s Give One Get One Program, which launched Monday through Amazon. For $399, people can buy one laptop and have a second donated...

Author: By Niha S Jain, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cheap Laptops, Rich Experience | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...have today's European leaders been entirely supine in the face of Mabubhani's "rapidly changing geopolitical environment." The British leaders Gordon Brown and Tony Blair have a long record of arguing for assistance for the poorest parts of the globe. The initiative this year of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to start building a true community on both sides of the Mediterranean, grandiose though it sounds, is important. It recognizes a fundamental truth; that the futures of the aging populations of rich Europe and the young ones of the poor Maghreb are inextricably linked, and that institutions need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Road Ahead | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...fact that Mackey was also a very good cop. He nails criminals other police couldn't get--albeit using shady deals and the occasional beatdown with a steel chain. He's a shameless racist, yet he lives to take down crooks who prey on one of L.A.'s poorest and brownest neighborhoods. He's a brutal thug and a loving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fitting End for The Shield | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...convince the junta, which has ruled since 1962, to treat its citizens more humanely. Economic sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union are undercut by the eagerness with which China and other Asian countries do business with Burma's generals. Although one of Asia's poorest nations, Burma holds a wealth of natural resources like timber, natural gas and precious stones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma Crackdown Reflects Junta's Insecurity | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...host the former premier when he fled Thailand this summer after his wife was found guilty of tax evasion. Thai media have also reported that the Central African Republic might take Thaksin in if he's willing to invest some of his fortune in one of Africa's poorest countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Self-Exiled Ex-Premier Seeking New Nation, with Fairway | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

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