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May 2, 2010
MARIAL BAI, Sudan —
Southern Sudan is one of the most impoverished places on Earth, and this remote town lacks electricity and running water and is 150 miles from the nearest paved road. Yet, thanks to a remarkable young American who grew up here — and to readers who backed him — the town has....