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  Ask for Conflict-Free Electronics

  By Darragh Worland | Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:57 PM ET

  four main minerals used in consumer electronics — gold, tantalum, tungsten, and tin (known as the three Ts) — are found in rich supply in the Congo. Armed groups make millions each year illegally taxing, smuggling and trading these minerals to countries in Asia to buy weapons. Acting muc Read More

  More like this in: iPhone, YouTube, Asia, Electronics, Democratic Republic of Congo, U.S. House of Representatives, World, Business, Asia, Africa, Americas, Retail, Activism, Human Rights
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  Tonic's 50 Most Beautiful People: 11-20

  By Lisa Germinsky | Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:09 PM ET

  share the same belief. Sean Carasso, a self-described wandering scribe and founder of Falling Whistles, happens to be that guy. While on a trip in Congo, Sean and some friends were confronted with a harsh reality: the existence of child soldiers. From that day forward, Carasso has made it hi Read More

  More like this in: Children, Education, Schools, Philanthropy, Afghanistan, Mexico, Farmers Market, Hurricane Katrina, Entrepreneurship, Hurricane, Labor
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  "Alternate" Nobel Winners

  By Kendall Hunter | Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:26 AM ET

  perils of climate change and building public support for policies to address it."Other awards went to: Rene Ngongo from the Democratic Republic of Congo for "his courage in confronting the forces that are destroying the Congo's rain forests and building political support for their conservatio Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, New Zealand, Nobel Prize, Ethiopia, Sweden, NGO, Democratic Republic of Congo
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  Not Just Clowning Around

  By Kendall Hunter | Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:35 AM ET

  (CWB) didn’t originate quite that way but they are succeeding at bringing humor to war-torn countries, most recently the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). The organization is made up of professional clowns and circus artists volunteering their time and talent to make people laugh. It bega Read More

  More like this in: Doctors Without Borders, Clowns, UNHCR, Reporters Without Borders, World, Social Responsibility, Africa, Europe, Giving, Volunteerism, Stage
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  War Child Wins BeMOBO

  By Kendall Hunter | Fri Oct 2, 2009 6:52 PM ET

  from adults in Afghanistan prisons; and is the only international organization working with ex-child soldiers in the Northern Democratic Republic of Congo.Awards organizers said, "If the 'Young Soul Rebels' single encourages just a handful of teenagers in the UK to think about the struggle thei Read More

  More like this in: Bono, U2 , London, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Glasgow, War Child
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  Friend a Gorilla, Save Its Future

  By Steve Tanner | Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:03 PM ET

  on September 26. Thankfully, he will not star in a gorilla-themed sequel to the raunchy teen comedy. Photo courtesy of Kabir, via Wikimedi Read More

  More like this in: Facebook, Uganda, Media, Rwanda, FAME, World, Technology, Africa, Tech Does Good
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  The Brief 9/8: Porn Pastor, Tennis Princess, Dork Love

  By Caroline Walker | Tue Sep 8, 2009 1:11 PM ET

  populations often written off as lost causes. Turtles still kickin'! A species thought to be extinct makes an appearance out of hiding. In the Congo, women live in an unmentionable war zone. Fortunately, there are people fighting to ensure safe reproductive healthcare -- simply doing th Read More

  More like this in: Health, Healthcare
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  Save a Life – Cheap

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:02 PM ET

  The nets were distributed for free to mothers-to-be at 28 prenatal clinics in Kinshasa, the capital and largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pregnant women also received information about how to use the nets to protect first themselves and then their newborns from malaria-carryin Read More

  More like this in: Africa, Malaria, North Carolina, EurekAlert, C.A.R.E, Democratic Republic of Congo, Infant Mortality, University of North Carolina
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  With "Girl Soldier," A Movie Fights Back

  By Megan Quitkin | Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:01 AM ET

  Campaigns Director at War Child, an international charity that works to protect children in conflict-affected Iraq, Afghanistan, Uganda and D.R. Congo. "Having missed out on an education, they have very limited access to opportunities and find themselves trapped in poverty. Many end up turnin Read More

  More like this in: Leonardo DiCaprio , Africa, Hollywood, AIDS, Torture, Slavery, Child Soldiers, Central African Republic, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, War Child
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  Finding Beauty in Sustainable "Earth"

  By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:00 AM ET

  at Europe’s major photography festival, Les Rencontres d’Arles, in France on July 9th. The photographers, who hail from everywhere from Congo to China to Germany, have produced striking images exploring the short- and long-term influences of unsustainable development practices aroun Read More

  More like this in: London, Photography, Sustainable Development, Kofi Annan, Science, Social Responsibility, Life & Style, Environment, Activism, Culture