Global Week in Review: Ghana to Build Tech City of “Hope”

Plus, a U.S. toddler beats HIV.

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John Mahama Brings Hope City to Ghana - Ghana's President John Mahama plans to build a $10 billion technology hub called Hope City near the capital, Accra, within the next three years. (Photo: REUTERS/Luc Gnago)

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International Criminal Court May Delay Kenyatta Trial - The International Criminal Court announced that it may postpone the crimes against humanity trial of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta until August, in a move that may shift the tide of Kenya’s impending election more heavily in his favor.(Photo: AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

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Israel to Investigate Ethiopian Birth Control Claims - Israel has agreed to launch an investigation into why the government administered contraceptive injections to large numbers of Ethiopian immigrant women, often against their will.  (Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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Obama Drama - A reporter from the U.K.’s Daily Mail got the employees, ex-wives and neighbors of Malik Obama, half-brother of President Obama, to spill the juice on the gubernatorial candidate’s shady ways.“He is a jealous and selfish man. He’s a rich man, but he’s mean with money and time. He won’t even give you a lift and just drives past alone when you wave,” elder Vitalis Akeche Ogombe told the paper. (Photo: AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Scientists Cure Baby Born With HIV - An American baby born with the HIV virus appears to have been cured, scientists say. The 2-year-old from Mississippi has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.(Photo: AP Photo/Johns Hopkins Medicine)

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Kenya Counts Votes - Election officials in Kenya began the arduous task of counting millions of votes late Monday after largely peaceful elections. Voters endured long lines and violence was reported in the coastal city of Mombasa. (Photo: AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Kenya Counts Votes - Election officials in Kenya began the arduous task of counting millions of votes late Monday after largely peaceful elections. Voters endured long lines and violence was reported in the coastal city of Mombasa. (Photo: AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Miners Fired for Harlem Shake - Nearly 15 miners in Australia were fired after filming their own version of the Harlem Shake meme underground and posting the video online. (Photo: YouTube via Seano2101)

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Miners Fired for Harlem Shake - Nearly 15 miners in Australia were fired after filming their own version of the Harlem Shake meme underground and posting the video online. (Photo: YouTube via Seano2101)

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U.S. to Use Ships as Drone Bases - The U.S. military is planning to use small ships as platforms for the take-off and landing of unmanned aerial vehicles, known as drones.(Photo: REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Erik Hildebrandt/Northrop Grumman/Handout)

Pope Retires - Pope Benedict XVI left Vatican City Thursday by helicopter and headed to his summer residence where he spent his last hours as Pope before officially stepping down. (Photo: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Pope Retires - Pope Benedict XVI left Vatican City Thursday by helicopter and headed to his summer residence where he spent his last hours as Pope before officially stepping down. (Photo: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Billionaire Slim - Forbes ushered in 210 new billionaires into its exclusive ten-figure club and Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim topped the list for the fourth year in a row. Slim is worth an estimated $73 billion. Angola’s Isabel dos Santos was a newcomer to the list this year, raking in $2 billion.  (Photo: Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The Louise Blouin Foundation)

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Billionaire Slim - Forbes ushered in 210 new billionaires into its exclusive ten-figure club and Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim topped the list for the fourth year in a row. Slim is worth an estimated $73 billion. Angola’s Isabel dos Santos was a newcomer to the list this year, raking in $2 billion. (Photo: Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The Louise Blouin Foundation)

Mexican Underworld Saint Gaining Fans in U.S. - Popular in Mexico, and sometimes linked to the illicit drug trade, the skeleton saint known as La Santa Muerte in recent years has found a robust and diverse following north of the border: immigrant small business owners, artists, gay activists and the poor, among others — many of them non-Latinos and not all involved with organized religion.(Photo: AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

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Mexican Underworld Saint Gaining Fans in U.S. - Popular in Mexico, and sometimes linked to the illicit drug trade, the skeleton saint known as La Santa Muerte in recent years has found a robust and diverse following north of the border: immigrant small business owners, artists, gay activists and the poor, among others — many of them non-Latinos and not all involved with organized religion.(Photo: AP Photo/Russell Contreras)