By NBC News' Ed Flanagan BEIJING – As Americans struggle to dig themselves out of debt and soldier on through recession, one U.S- based organization is asking them to loan their spare dollars not to the needy at home, but to those residing in the Unit... ...full story at NBC World Blog
from NBC World Blog on Tue, Jul 28 2009
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