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Cellphone Texts Become International-Aid Tool

Working with an African telecommunications company, Google and the Grameen Foundation have created a text-messaging service to assist rural Ugandans, who often live far away from markets and health clinics.

Using the new service, farmers will be able to get weather forecasts, search a database of agricultural advice, and...

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