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Examining Oslo Terrorist Breivik’s Internet Trail

Oslo terrorist Anders Behring Breivik's extensive Internet presence gives us a look inside the inner workings of a madman. Meet a young man obsessed with Muslims, liberals, commercial techno music, and World of Warcraft. Oslo terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, like most nutjobs, had a substantial Internet presence.

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Curated Social Media Comes Of Age During Oslo Attacks

Professionally edited new media feeds kept concerned citizens informed, without having to sift through an unfiltered global reaction. This past year, social media replaced traditional news outlets as an unrivaled source of information for at least a few era-defining stories: Twitter broke the Osama Bin Laden story and YouTube became the window into the Arab Spring .

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Gary Hoover: Business Around the World

Gary Hoover is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and educator. He is the founder of BOOKSTOP and Hoovers, Inc. This is part two of my article series with Gary

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Van Pelt leads Canadian Open; Daly in hunt

Bo Van Pelt birdied four of his last five holes, including the final two, to finish with 65 on Saturday and a one stroke lead after three rounds at the RBC Canadian Open.

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Poorer Nations Lead Global Movement Toward Low Carbon Energy

Poor countries have spent just as much as rich ones -- and in the case of China, more -- to develop low-carbon energy, according to a study coming out this week. Its conclusions could turn the conventional wisdom about the differences among nations over mitigation efforts on its head. The report by former World Bank economist David Wheeler, who now leads the climate change division at the think tank Center for Global Development, finds that China spent 94 cents of every $10,000 of average income on clean energy between 1990 and 2008.

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The New Microfinancing: SMS-Based Layaway To The Rescue

KickStart has introduced an innovative layaway program to African farmers so they can invest in low-cost irrigation pumps. Microfinance , the Nobel Prize-winning initiative to turn aspiring third-world entrepreneurs into self-sustaining CEOs, has long been the only game in town when it comes to offering developing world entrepreneurs a viable and sustainable form of funding. But other financial instruments may work just as well--if not better--at supplying small farmers around the world with capital and a path out of poverty

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Thinking About Exporting Oversees?

For some small businesses, doing business abroad is helping get them through tough times at home. Since last year the Obama administration has been pushing small businesses to venture into global markets, part of an ambitious goal to double U.S. exports by 2014.

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CIA’s Fake Vaccination Campaign to Find Osama Bin Laden Raises Public-Health Fears

By Geoff Brumfiel of Nature magazine Did the United States organize a fake vaccine campaign in Pakistan to try and ensnare the world's top terrorist? In true spook fashion, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) isn't saying, but the rumor alone could set back already fragile vaccination efforts in the troubled nation of 180 million, according to public-health researchers from the region. The story, which first appeared in The Guardian on Monday, alleges that the CIA sent vaccinators into the Pakistani city of Abbottabad in the months before the raid by US special forces that killed Osama bin Laden

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The Chinese Way of Hacking

Adam Segal, one of the Council on Foreign Relations' top experts on China and technology, talks to Fast Company about what's special about Chinese cybercriminals, Chinese fears of NSA backdoors, and bored East Asian teenagers. Cyberwarfare in 2011 is an odd beast

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