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      <title>Zimbabwe Case Study 1st Pd by Pierce Conway</title>
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      <pubDate>2017-01-09 23:10:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Bright poor &#39;held back for decades&#39;</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>-Children of the same ability had different exam results due to their socioeconomic status.<br>-"Children from wealthier and better educated families have been much more successful in exam results than poorer children of a similar intelligence level."<br>-Even with global development, the educational gap has not closed in the slightest.<br><br>By Hannah Cevenini, Maddie Dozier, Alex Anderews, Dallin Florentine, Mary Kate Foley, Josh Gebhar</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2017-01-11 13:49:18 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Are Zimbabwe&#39;s New Farmers winning, 10 years on?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>-In 2000, president Mugabe seized majority of the 4,500 farms held by white commercial farmers<br>-If farmers showed disloyalty to the party, they would lose their new farms<br>-The farm workers official minimum wage was $44 a month while many workers were struggling to get by with just $10 a month<br>Katie Checkosky, Sam Book, Olivia Timm</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2017-01-11 13:50:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Zimbabweans get chance to swap &quot;quadrillions&quot; for a few US dollars</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>-Exchange rate is $1 for 35,000,000,000,000,000 old dollars, so they are changing currency<br>-The hyperinflation left pensions, wadges and investments worthless and spread poverty making everyday items unaffordable<br>-Since Mugabe was declared winner of Zimbabwe's election, GDP growth has averaged more then 10% from 2009-2012 <br>Sasha George, Evan Grundvig, Noah Koellisch, Tyler Jones, Kaleb Hailu</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2017-01-11 13:52:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Disproportionate Land Ownership </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>•4,400 white people owned 32% of land, while 1 million native Zimbabweans own 38% of the land </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2017-01-11 13:52:19 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Surreal disparities abound as Zimbabwean currency crumbles</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>-Annual inflation reached a record 269 percent and unemployment exceeded 70 percent, driving many unemployed to scavenge for goods to sell in order to survive.<br>-About 80% of people live in poverty. A fraction of the rest, mostly Robert Mugabe's ruling party elite and their business associates, control the hugely profitable black market in goods and hard currency.<br>-Anti-government strikes shut down much of the economy June 2 to 6, but thwarted by government.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2017-01-11 13:53:25 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>&quot;Colonial Sin&quot;</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The government is trying to make Britain pay for agricultural issues due to "colonial sin" because of colonials taking the land in the past and assumably causing the current issues. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2017-01-11 13:53:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Corruption</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>-UK Prime Minister Blair claim they have already provided £44m already, but according to the article, much of the lane ended up in the hand of government officials.<br>-mygabe's opponent accuse him of sacrifising the country's future to remain in power.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2017-01-11 14:00:38 UTC</pubDate>
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