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What Saddam Hussein has in common with HeadOn

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Bob

A 10-year-old Houston boy hung himself the other day, apparently imitating of what he saw on TV.

For the record, while the family is Guatemalan, he wasn

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What really happens when you lend $25 via Kiva.org to help an overseas mom-and-pop business? I followed my own money all the way to clients in Peru, Nepal, Cambodia, Lebanon, Kenya, and a dozen other countries. Do you really get paid back? And does it really do any good?

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