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Topic: Globalization (page 5)

African farmland, which is extremely fertile in some regions, is inexpensive on the impoverished continent. Many foreign investors are snapping up the land and some African leaders hope the result will be the development and modernization of their agricultural sectors.

Horand Knaup, Juliane von Mittelstaedt

A rubbish collector stands beside his children under an umbrella at a dump site on the outskirts of Guiyang, Guizhou province June 3, 2008. The site, piled up with non-biodegradable and unclassified waste, has become a big source of pollution in the region, local media reported. Picture taken June 3, 2008.

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