AS IT IS 2014-01-23 New Holy Book in Use in Sierra Leone 塞拉利昂使用新圣经 Hello, again, and welcome back to the program that helps you to learn and improve your American English. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we travel to Sierra Leone

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By Kari Barber Dakar 30 August 2007 Sierra Leone's police are urging leaders of the two political parties in the presidential runoff to take control of their supporters to avoid the kind of unrest that broke out earlier in the week. Sunday and Monday

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By Kari Barber Dakar 24 August 2007 Election officials in Sierra Leone say they will announce a date for the presidential runoff on Saturday. Final results for the first round came in Thursday with opposition leader Ernest Koroma leading outgoing Vic

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By Kari Barber Freetown 07 September 2007 Sierra Leone's election officials say all preparations have been completed and the country is set for the presidential runoffs Saturday. Vice President Solomon Berewa will face opposition candidate Ernest Kor

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A boy passes in front of a sign illustrating the reasons behind the creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Liberia, outside the commission headquarters in the capital, Monrovia, 30 May 2007 An official with the Sierra Leone Truth and R

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Sierra Leone hopes to become Africa's biggest exporter of iron ore with the opening of a new mine in the central Tonkolili district. Geologists say the new mine holds more then five billion tons of iron ore. Before mining can begin at Tonkolili, geol

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By Naomi Schwarz Freetown 09 August 2007 In a densely populated, ramshackle neighborhood of Freetown, in Sierra Leone, Hariatu Turay is battling for a seat in parliament, one of only 64 women running out of more than 500 candidates. Naomi Schwarz vis

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By Phuong Tran 15 August 2007 Partial results from Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission show opposition candidate Ernest Koroma leading the presidential race. About 20 percent of the ballots from Saturday's election have been officially relea

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By Kari Barber Dakar 19 August 2007 A runoff is looking likely in Sierra Leone's presidential election, held last Saturday. With more than 80 percent of preliminary results released, neither of the top two contenders is close to the 55 percent of vot

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By Kari Barber Dakar 16 August 2007 As vote tallies continue to roll in for Sierra Leone's presidential and parliamentary elections, it appears more likely there will be a presidential runoff. The opposition All People's Congress is claiming victory

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Tourists, in small numbers, are returning to Sierra Leone's white sand beaches and clear blue waters, eight years after fighting ended in the western African country. At Number 2 River Beach, south of the capital Freetown, a community youth group run

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By Kari Barber Dakar 24 October 2007 Sierra Leone's new government has replaced the chief of the country's anti-graft body. Many say the commission has failed to stem rampant corruption which has crippled the post-conflict nation. Kari Barber has mor

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By Kari Barber Freetown 06 September 2007 The two candidates vying for the presidency in Sierra Leone's runoff on Saturday did not take part in a joint peace march as they said they would. The march, ordered by President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, was suppo

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 04 December 2007 Diamonds from Sierra Leone have fueled the country's gruesome civil war and enriched warlords. Now, the government and activists are trying to make sure the profits from Sierra Leone's post-conflict diamonds he

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By Jade Heilmann Dakar 14 December 2007 Police in Eastern Sierra Leone have opened fire to disperse a group of demonstrators in the kimberlite mining town of Koidu, where local residents say they have not been compensated for environmental damages fr

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 August 2007 Nigeria Nigeria has approved citizenship status for about7,000 Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees in the West African country. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the refugees opted to remain in

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By Kari Barber Dakar 20 September 2007 Former Sierra Leone opposition leader Ernest Koroma was sworn in as president earlier this week. Analysts say the success of the elections and the smooth handover of power are signs that the war-scarred nation m

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By Kane Farabaugh New York 20 September 2007 Government corruption and control of the diamond industry fueled the civil war that erupted in Sierra Leone in 1991. By the end of the decade, fighting had spread throughout the African country and includ

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After years of living as refugees in neighboring Liberia, some Sierra Leoneans are choosing to integrate into Liberian society and apply for full citizenship instead of going home. Jebbeh Konneh fled to Liberia as a young woman nearly 18 years ago. S

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 14 November 2007 Sierra Leone's recently elected president, Ernest Koroma, will be formally inaugurated on Thursday, with eight West African heads of state expected to be in attendance. Mr. Koroma has been in office since Septe

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