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• 6. HOW HIGHER EDUCATION HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED IN AFGHANISTAN
• Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, the number of college students in the country has soared 26-fold to almost 204,000 -- as many as a fifth of them women.
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• 7. MANUEL MUSCLES UP
• The tropical storm that devastated Acapulco over the weekend strengthens into a hurricane and takes fresh aim at Mexico's northwestern coast.

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