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  1. Cuba surfers ride the waves on donated boards

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 22, 2008

    HAVANA (Reuters) - Not long ago, Cuban surfers made surfboards by molding insulation foam from refrigerators with a cheese grater.

  2. Africans marvel and fret at China's hard workers

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 20, 2008

    ALGIERS (Reuters) - An influx of workers from China is receiving a mixed reception in Africa, where people both admire and resent the hard-working newcomers' pursuit of wealth.

  3. Let underdogs have their day, says Gueye

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 18, 2008

    DAKAR (Reuters) - Remember Eric "The Eel" Moussambani, splashing through one of the slowest ever 100 meters freestyle heats before a roaring Sydney Olympics crowd after training in an Equatorial Guinea hotel pool?

  4. Bosnian divide keeps criminals waiting for jail

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 18, 2008

    SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's failure to establish a coherent system of government more than a decade after its ethnic war has had some strange consequences -- among them a dire lack of prison space for Sarajevo's

  5. Late for class? The barcode will get you

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 15, 2008

    SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An Australian primary school has developed a modern solution to the old problem of tardiness by barcoding students' bags and making latecomers scan them.

  6. Zimbabweans abroad await post-Mugabe era

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 14, 2008

    LONDON (Reuters) - Like millions of Zimbabweans living abroad, Leslie Maruziva follows the tortuous power-sharing talks going on at home. He wonders about leaving London and going back. But for now, he is unconvinced.

  7. Zimbabweans abroad watch and await post-Mugabe era

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 13, 2008

    LONDON (Reuters) - Like millions of Zimbabweans living abroad, Leslie Maruziva follows the tortuous power-sharing talks going on at home. He wonders about leaving London and going back. But for now, he is unconvinced.

  8. Croat farmers seek market niches before EU entry

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 13, 2008

    DEZEVCI, Croatia (Reuters) - Damir Rosipal is proud of his organic tomatoes. The stocky Croat farmer says they taste infinitely better than the perfect-looking produce from the European Union.

  9. Kenya looks to geothermal power to fuel development

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 10, 2008

    NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - For Maasai tribesman Charles Kamami, Kenya's drive to boost its geothermal capacity spells environmental destruction which threatens his pastoralist way of life.

  10. Town is piece of Africa in Colombia

    Reuters: Top News - Aug 7, 2008

    PALENQUE, Colombia (Reuters) - The drumskin sings in the tropical sun as 12-year-old Pedro Joaquin beats out an ancient rhythm. His mother shells peas and nods approval as chickens peck in the dirt around her feet.

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