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When I was born in the 40's this was one of the prime African American neighborhoods in Lufkin. At that time all of the people who lived on that street were professionals. Joe Thompson
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When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming. I found it heart-wrenching to see young children walking barefoot and hungry in the dirt. I'm the kind of person who wants to change the world right here and now, so I got frustrated. Jennifer Hudson
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This targeting of AU personnel contravenes the status of the African mission as an independent third-party, strongly supported by the U.N. Security Council,
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This summer I actually had the opportunity to play at Royal Albert Hall in London with my band, Bobby McFerrin and The African Children's Choir. There were over 6,000 people sitting in the audience with another 900 people standing. It was the most exciting experience, just totally amazing. Michael Wolff
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There has been no progress in ameliorating the contention between leaders of the transitional federal institutions on four broad issues: the relocation of the transitional federal institutions, a national security and stabilization plan, national reconciliation and the peace support mission envisaged by the African Union/Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Kofi Annan
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We saw in Australia that South Africa are a very disciplined, committed team. Michael Hussey
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The freedom fighters in India's long struggle for independence from British rule, or members of the African National Congress, were once classed as terrorists. History, as they say, is written by victors, but history also has many cunning corridors - how much time must elapse before all those tricky side-passages are revealed?
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The United States has been fighting African pirates since the early days of the republic - battles so formative that, among other things, they established a long-standing pattern of dealing with foreign policy problems through armed interventions and also inspired the iconic phrase 'the shores of Tripoli' in the Marine Corps hymn. Nick Turse
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South Africa is the only place in the Southern hemisphere where Halloween is really catching on. They have a lot of sporting events that have made it more popular there. They have motocross and rave celebrations, and they're embracing it as a youth culture thing. Lisa Morton
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Our goal was to qualify for the World Cup and the African Nations Cup. After that, we focused on qualifying for the quarterfinals and then the semi-finals. Now we have qualified for the final and I am very satisfied with the performance.
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Our higher growth rate, stable inflation and other positive economic fundamentals make South Africa and particularly South African financial services a compelling attraction for investors.
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Over the years, I have visited manufacturing sites where AGOA is working, and seen job creation first-hand. And, as anyone who knows Africa is aware; one formal sector job often supports an extended family. Formal sector jobs also support many informal sector jobs. In sum, AGOA has benefited millions of Africans. Without it, there would be far fewer jobs in several very poor African countries, period. They would be in China and elsewhere, especially the apparel jobs, Ed Royce
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Our team showed strength in the face of adversity. They did their best and Tomas showed why he is such a highly-rated driver. They are all a credit to their country. We are confident that our performance will improve at the next race, where we will again fly the South African flag with pride. Tokyo Sexwale
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Overall, 2006 should be another very strong year for the South African automotive industry and similarly for Ford Motor Company. The positive growth trend in South African new vehicle sales that we have been experiencing over recent years is set to continue in 2006, albeit at a more subdued pace.
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Our two major worries coming here so late in the summer were firstly, would the team be in one piece, and secondly how tired we would be. But after the West Indies series we're actually feeling very fresh, we feel pretty good. We've played probably half as much test cricket as South Africa, with breaks in between, and we're here with our full team. A lot has been said about how tired South Africa are and how they need time off.
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'Out of Africa,' Dinesen's second book, is a love story, though not the one portrayed by Streep and Redford in the film. The memoir is about Dinesen's love of East Africa - the cultures, the landscapes, the animals. The feeling that saturates the book is reverence.
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Output is beginning to rise due to some better operating performances plus an increasing number of new projects. Australia might even displace South Africa as the world's largest gold producer later this decade.
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We live in Silicone Valley, California. I always thought it would be nice to live in a place with the sun on my back. I get that from living in South Africa from 3 up until I was 16. I was once thinking about Australia, but when I went to places in the US major soccer league, as they call it out there. We decided it would be nice to live there.
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I am consumed with the fear of... Arsenio Hall
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I think they've just slightly had the edge over Sri Lanka and I think Sri Lanka probably rely on too few players and I think South Africa have got more depth. Ricky Ponting
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It is a profound scandal that not a single African leader has publicly objected to this travesty.
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things. Damon Galgut
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Jazz is really 20th-century fusion music. You take West African harmony and rhythm, mix with European harmony, and boom! Christian Scott
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Ironically, we left South Africa to escape the violence over here.
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I saw a little ticker at the bottom of the TV that there were two choppers that went down in Africa and then I knew it was Donnie, and the military came by at 9:30 p.m. and said that he was missing and by 2 p.m. Saturday they confirmed that his body was recovered.
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People have to have a forum to express themselves. They feel very deeply that there has been an injustice against the African American community. ... There was no way to control it.
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Suddenly sovereign credit ratings look a lot better in these countries and as a result banks would become more comfortable with African risk.
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Sri Lanka was higher than us, so was South Africa and now Pakistan was number two. So we have played well against teams higher than us. Rahul Dravid
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Some of the controls that were put on the business two or three years ago are catching up with companies and they're competing to hire people from a smaller talent pool. Our clients are increasingly looking to recruit from Eastern Europe, South Africa and Australia because they can't find enough home-grown talent that they can afford. Keith Robinson
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That certainly is one dimension of the problem, ... There's a need to look very carefully at all of these fisheries agreements and foster those beneficial to African countries. But even that is not enough.
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My son is in love with Africa , so he has been asking for an African brother or sister . Angelina Jolie
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NATO has not received any formal request from the UN or from the AU for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions...as well as providing training. James Appathurai
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NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions ... as well as providing training.