BUSIA, Uganda (AP) — Dressed in his school uniform, Mathias Okwako jumped into the mud and started

his daily search for gold, a

commodity that may be closer to his grasp than another precious asset: an education.

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GLASGOW, Scotland — Scores of world leaders are being welcomed to Glasgow for a climate conference amid gloom over the
meeting’s chances of agreeing to new measures to limit global warming.

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