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An ambitious plan by Delhi's local government aims to give the city's poor better access to health care through neighborhood clinics.
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A British entrepreneur hopes that by transforming food waste into biogas, his plant can help a community gain a sense of local environmental stewardship.
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Antipoverty Apps
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Stopping Child Porn
Computer imaging technology gets put to work to fight child porn fast—five-millisecond-fast.
Curling Up with E-Readers
Worldreader.org is using electronic reading devices to catalyze a new culture of global literacy.
Trawling for Trash
An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.