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My must-read picks

   March 17, 2012

Graduation Day
When the massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeast Japan in March, some 25,000 people were killed, many of them swept out to sea. Chris Heath recounts what happened to eight children who went to school that morning

The Warlord and the Basketball Star: A Story of Congo’s Corrupt Gold Trade
When an athlete-turned-humanitarian and an energy executive tried to buy gold in Kenya, they found themselves mired in Congo’s dangerous world of conflict minerals — and totally outmatched.

DISARMING VIKTOR BOUT
The rise and fall of the world’s most notorious weapons trafficker.

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