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  • Business Zimbabwe ‘Cattle Bank’ takes deposits that moo

    Zimbabwe ‘Cattle Bank’ takes deposits that moo

    MARONDERA, Zimbabwe (AP) — William Mukurazita's deposit at the bank has four legs and moos. Zimbabwe's first "Cattle Bank" has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans. For many rural poor in this southern African country once wracked by world-record inflation, it's the first bank account they've ever had. "Cattle [...]

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  • Tech Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia

    Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia

    SYDNEY (AP) — Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex. The discovery was announced late Monday in a peer-reviewed paper released early by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The laser scanning revealed a previously undocumented formally planned urban [...]

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  • Sports England’s Rose blooms after 17-year wait for major

    England’s Rose blooms after 17-year wait for major

    Ever since Greg Norman's memorable final-round implosion let Nick Faldo win the Masters in 1996, a generation of fine English talent has come up short in golf's four major championships. With his seven top-3 finishes, Lee Westwood's near misses are a thing of golfing folklore. Luke Donald has been ranked No. 1 but never come that close down the stretch in a major tournament. Ian Poulter saves his [...]

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  • World Va. site of Pocahontas rescue will be preserved

    Va. site of Pocahontas rescue will be preserved

    GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) — A farm field overlooking the York River in Tidewater Virginia is believed to be where Pocahontas interceded with her powerful father Powhatan to rescue English Capt. John Smith from death. That's a fanciful footnote for many Virginia Indians, historians and archaeologists, who say the real story is that this land was the center of a complex, sprawling empire ruled by [...]

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  • Business Facebook CEO meets SKorean president

    Facebook CEO meets SKorean president

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entrepreneurship and venture firms in Asia's fourth-largest economy. Park's office said Zuckerberg assured the South Korean leader that Facebook would continue to invest in the country, and he invited South Korean firms to jump on Facebook to reach global [...]

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