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 For some Africans, Scrabble more than just a gameTo compete in the Francophone World Scrabble Championship, 32-year-old Elisee Poka spent five days in a bus traversing Africa's potholed roads. His competitors from France arrived by plane.
A look at key parts of the global AIDS bill
The global AIDS bill Congress is preparing to send President Bush would:
Congress OKs $48B for global AIDS fight
The House voted Thursday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone.  Ford posts $8.7 billion loss on asset write-downsFord Motor Co. posted the worst quarterly performance in its history Thursday, losing $8.67 billion in the second quarter.
IUPUI coach, players will take shoes to Peru
IUPUI basketball coach Ron Hunter, who went barefoot for a game last season, won't be able to deliver shoes to the poor in Nigeria this month because the U.S. State Department said it wouldn't be safe to go.
GE, Abu Dhabi investment co. form ventures
General Electric Co. has agreed to a joint venture with an Abu Dhabi government investment company that will pump $4 billion of outside capital into its weakened commercial finance business, part of new global partnership to expand on GE's fast-growing sales in the Middle East.
Western Union 2Q profit up 13 percent, lifts view
Western Union Co. said Tuesday that international growth helped drive its second-quarter profit up 13 percent, leading the money transfer services company to raise its full-year earnings outlook.
Gates Foundation breaks ground on new headquarters
Across the street from the Space Needle and Paul Allen's tribute to Jimi Hendrix and rock music, Allen's old friend Bill Gates is building his headquarters for charitable giving, something sure to become another Seattle tourist attraction.
Blackwater brand shift: Security to take back seat
Blackwater Worldwide, the company that unwittingly became a catchall brand name for security contractors in Iraq, wants to shift its business away from the sector that earned it hundreds of millions of dollars.
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