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Ben Affleck, left, and Matt Damon pose for photos on the red carpet prior to the world premiere of "Feast" at the Palms Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006. Affleck and Damon are executive producers of the film which was made possible by the duo´s television show "Project Greenlight".
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 CBS News 
Damon in "Invictus": Healing S. Africa
Academy-Award-Winning Actor Buffs Up and Masters a South African Accent for Role as Rugby Captain Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Play CBS Video Video Matt Damon Talks 'Invictus' Actor Matt... (photo: AP / Isaac Brekken)
Secretary of the Army Dr. Francis J. Harvey reviews the troops during his welcome ceremony at Fort Myer, along with 3rd U.S. Infantry commander, Col. Charles Taylor.
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Liberia victims to face Taylor's son in US court
(AP) - MIAMI - Five Africans who claim they were tortured and abused in Liberia when former President Charles Taylor ruled will come to a U.S. courtroom next week seeking millions of dollars from the... (photo: U.S. Army/Adam Skoczylas)
A worker cuts a diamond in Gaborone, Botswana, Tuesday March 18, 2008.  Wall Street Journal 
Botswana Needs Drivers Beyond Diamonds
By ROBB M. STEWART and J.R. WU GABORONE, Botswana -- Botswana faces risks in the medium term if the government can't effectively wean one of Africa's most stable and democratic countries off a... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)

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A Chevron gas station near Nederland, Texas is damaged by Hurricane Ike.  Star Tribune 
Chevron says it will cut capital and exploratory spending by 5 percent from 2009 levels
NEW YORK - Chevron will cut capital and exploratory spending next year by 5 percent compared with 2009 levels. The second-largest U.S. oil company, which is headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., said... (photo: GFDL)
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Livorno, Italy: Fortezza Vecchia ("Old Fortress") Another important monument is the old fortress; an old building made with red bricks that at the time of Medici defended the city from pirates attacks. It has 3 bastion, named “Capitana”, “Ampolletta” and “Canaviglia”. CBS News
Greek-owned Cargo Ship To Be Freed In Somalia
Greek Shipowners Paid Ransom To Somali Pirates, Ariana Freighter To Be Freed Soon Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A Greek shipowning company said... (photo: Creative Commons / Lucarelli)
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President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, left, hands over a trophy to Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist during a presentation ceremony after Chargers beat Royal Challenger Bangalore in the 2009 Indian Premier League Independent online (SA)
 'Zuma charming, but constitutional danger'
Submit your comment Charm and charisma may be the greatest weapons in President Jacob Zuma's political armoury, but he is a danger to the constitution, the Democratic... (photo: AP / Aman Sharma)
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Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga speaks at a forum on Africa at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in Washington. Odinga is the former opposition leader who became prime minister in April in a power-sharing deal with President Mwai Kibaki. Kenya was thrown into bloody turmoil after both Odinga and Kibaki claimed victory in December elections, triggering ethnically charged violence that forced 300,000 people from their homes and left more than 1,200 people de Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Raila blames oil players for energy crisis
Written By:PMPS   , Posted: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 Prime Minister Raila Odinga has blamed rich merchants of petroleum products and lack of political will... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
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The real price of electricity could be truly shocking
  By Mike Schussler Submit your comment Everyone agrees that electricity is vitally important for the economy. Not everyone agrees that our electricity prices are... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Land Excavation  -  Land Use Conversion  -  Deforestation  -  Global Warming  -  Climate Change Modern Ghana
The Global Context of Climate Change: A Crisis of the Commons
Nobody is immune to climate change, regardless of where they live, or whether they contributed to it. In fact, climate change is nothing short of a crisis of the commons,... (photo: WN / Trigedia)

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Freeman proud about the way he tackled Mandela
Oscar-winning star Morgan Freeman believes he did "a good job" portraying Nelson Mandela in a film about the then South African president's appearance at the 1995 Rugby... (photo: Intel Press Relations)
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