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Today on The World: How the trade in minerals used in cell phones and laptops fuels the violence in eastern Congo; China’s foreign investors are shaken by the arrest of four employees of British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto; and water polo in Afghanistan.

See also

• August 12, 2009 -- The violence behind Congo’s mineral trade
• August 12, 2009 -- Water polo in Afghanistan
• November 27, 2009 -- Business in the Developing World, Part I
• August 12, 2009 -- China arrests four Rio Tinto employees