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It's a good thing new world leaders are doing their homework

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 4:39pm

The 3,000 students at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research at Weber State University have studied everything they need to know to run the world when they take over, and that’s good.

Judging by the results, the current operators — that’s us — are working blind.

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Borders with Mali sealed following coup

Laura Burke, Rukmini Callimachi The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 3:49pm

BAMAKO, Mali -- West Africa's regional bloc announced late Thursday that it is closing all land borders with Mali and freezing the nation's bank account in an effort to force mutinous soldiers from power who seized control in a coup last week.

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