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What Are All the Clicks About?

Inside the Fake Friend Industry: The Business of Buying Likes on Social Media

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South Sudan Warring Factions Meet in Ethiopia

Neighboring countries are attempting to mediate the crisis.
01/03/2014
Export Your Career - Although we always hear about the tide of migration moving toward the United States, there’s no reason you can’t buck the trend and take your skills abroad. Using a BBC report on global migrants, BET.com has compiled some of the most likely careers that will take you from regular employee to expat. — Naeesa Aziz (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

How to Stay Safe When Traveling Abroad

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US and UK Evacuate Personnel From Yemen, Americans Urged to Leave

Measure comes hours after a deadly U.S. drone strike.
08/06/2013

U.S. Offers First-Time Reward for Capture of African Militants

The five bounties total up to more than $20 million.
06/04/2013
The New Cabinet

The A Team: Obama's Term Two Cabinet

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Cabinet Shuffle

Movable Chairs: Who Stays and Who's Leaving the Obama Cabinet?

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This Day in Black History: Jan. 2, 1970

Wharton becomes first Black president of a white university.
01/02/2013
A New Chapter

Get to Know Condoleezza Rice

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1st Prize—The Grainy Bunch - Eric Mutta of Tanzania took top honors and $15,000 in prize money in the regional competition for his creation, The Grainy Bunch.  The application is a management system that monitors the purchase, distribution and consumption of grain, aimed toward ensuring both food and economic security in the nation.—Britt Middleton (Photo: REUTERS/Radu Sigheti)

East African Winners Announced in Apps4Africa Contest

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