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Go-ahead for third world laptop scheme

By Chris Nuttall in San Francisco

Published: September 24 2007 03:00 | Last updated: September 24 2007 03:00

A non-profit organisation will launch a scheme on Monday that allows adults in North America to donate laptops to developing countries if they buy a computer for four times that price.

One Laptop Per Child is aiming to provide $100 (€71, £49) laptops for schoolchildren in the developing world.

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