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Coachella 2011: The rise of a new generation No Roger Waters or Prince this year. Instead, the festival got its star wattage from acts that came of age in the aughts.

By August Brown and Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times April 18, 2011 As the U.K. folk-revival quartet Mumford & Sons, all of whom are in…

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Virtual hookup connects grieving Haitian father to Miami family

A Haitian man tried and acquitted on terrorism charge is denied admittance into the United States to attend the funeral of his teenage son struck…

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‘Biodigester’ turns human waste into fuel

Agence France-Presse April 18, 2011 Desperately poor Haiti is finding a cheap source of fuel in recycling human excrement, a move that could help put…

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World Bank president: ‘One shock away from crisis’

The president of the World Bank has warned that the world is “one shock away from a full-blown crisis”. Robert Zoellick cited rising food prices…