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Bill Gates, left, founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, talks about the Purchase for Progress initiative which will aid poor farmers as he is joined by Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda and Josette Sheeran, executive director of United Nations World Food Programme during a press conference a the UN on September 24, 2008 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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