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Opium Cultivation in Afghanistan Drops by a Fifth

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has gone down by a fifth as compared to last year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported today. Thanks in part to good local leadership coupled with a drought, the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2008 showed a 19 percent decrease in opium cultivation to 157,000 hectares, down from a record harvest of 193,000 in 2007.

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Wal-Mart Pledges $25Mil to Disaster Recovery on Katrina Anniversary

For the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Walmart Foundation will donate $25 million to support organizations that aid in disaster recovery.

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"On Second Thought" App Lets You Take Back What You Text

Have you ever wanted to take back an inappropriate or embarrassing text message? There's an app for that.

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Toronto Restaurant Gives Boy a Chance to Sell His Lemonade

A Whitby restaurant has offered to help a nine-year-old autistic Oshawa boy whose lemonade stand was nearly shutdown by a sour neighbour who called police on him during a recent holiday. All proceeds will go to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

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UPS Cuts Greenhouse Gases with 46Mil Gallons of Renewable Diesel

UPS will keep 51,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air by using 46 million gallons of renewable diesel made from waste oils and fat.

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The Harvard Graduate Finding Tech Jobs for World's Poorest People

As a Harvard graduate, she has started a non-profit organization to find low-level tech jobs for the world's poorest citizens.

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Turkish Tech Firm Does Something Epic With $27 Million From Its Sale

Sometimes, hard work really does pay off. For a group 100 loyal employees at a recently sold Turkish Tech company, it resulted in the surprise of their lives.

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15 Big Companies Launch Plan to Hire 100K Youth from Poor Neighborhoods

A new coalition of large companies are teaming up to boost job training for youth in low-income neighborhoods and help them get hired for 100,000 good jobs.