Uruguay children try low-cost laptops
 

*Source: Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/...ollar_laptop)*
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VILLA CARDAL, Uruguay - Big smiles spread across the faces of the 160 pupils at a public elementary school in this rural South American hamlet: Each sat gawking at a brightly blinking laptop computer given them days earlier.

"This is like an early visit from Santa Claus," beamed 11-year old Eduardo de los Santos, clutching his computer with its shiny white case and bright green trim.

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