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AS IT IS - Child Soldiers in Africa Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today we take you to Africa. First stop Sierra Leone, where the Child Soldiers Initiative is working to prevent children from being forced into armed military service. Next, to South Africa,

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African Immigrants Talk About Life in Beijing Turay Lamin owns Africa House, the sole restaurant serving pan-African cuisine in Beijing. Although many of Turays staff and friends are new to China, he is not. Turay moved here in 1989 and says China wa

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PlummetingUSSatellitetoHitEarthFriday NASA launched the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) 20 years ago this month. And now that bus-sized satellite is plunging toward Earth. Mark Matney, an orbital debris scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Ce

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Young African Striker Danny Mwanga Excels in MLS Striker Danny Mwanga, 20, is reaching his potential with Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union. Mwanga is second on the team in goals with five and ranks in the top 10 in MLS in combined goals and a

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E. African Nations Back Kenyan Offensive in Somalia The six-nation east African regional group the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has pledged full support for Kenya's military offensive against al-Qaeda linked militants in southern

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Todd: OK, Leath, you're from Zimbabwe. Could you talk about that? Leath: Yeah, OK. Well, I'm from Harare, which is the capital of Zim. And I was born there. My folks are British. My dad is from Manchester and my mom is from Scottland. They went out a

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Jessica: Ashley, when you went to Kenya did you do a safari? Ashley: Yes, it was incredible. Uh, we went of a five day safari. We were up every morning at 4:30 in the morning, um, to watch the animals and then we would have all day to kind of sit bac

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BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Participants in the second China-Africa People's Forum called for the establishment of a new model for NGO cooperation between China and African countries. About 300 delegates from China and 35 African states are attendin

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Africa Sci-tech Forum Promotes Homegrown Innovation

Experts and officials gathered at the first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Nairobi, Kenya are seeking African solutions to African problems. Participants are calling for African governments to fund and promote research and deve