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...known before. An orphaned monkey wins the heart of an American woman in Liberia. And a former child-soldier from Sierra Leone finds peace and purpose in Los Angeles. "Down the Rabbit Hole," by Peter Abrahams. No one picked Ingrid up after...
...between the elected government of Sierra Leone and rebel leader Foday Sankoh...dysfunctional and counterproductive. Sierra Leone is only the latest manifestation...unmet goals. The breakdown in Sierra Leone portends future failures if the...
...branded jewelry making. There are also political problems that may hurt De Beers and the diamond industry. The war in Sierra Leone and the Congo is thought to be largely financed by diamond sales by the rebels and outlaw governments. The eight largest...
...escalating concern about "blood diamonds" that funded 1990s insurgencies that killed millions in Angola, Congo, Sierra Leone and Liberia. None of the rough diamonds were sealed in tamper-resistant containers as required, either. There have...
...assassination attempt was followed by Israel's invasion of Lebanon. In 1997, after a bloody coup, 1,200 foreigners fled Sierra Leone aboard an American warship. In 2002, a rock concert at Buckingham Palace celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 50 years...
...animals and how they learn to interact with the human world. "Blood Diamonds," by Greg Campbell. Diamond miners in Sierra Leone earn about 50 cents a day plus 2 cups of rice, and even that can be taken away at a moment's notice should any one...
...year of an 11-year civil war in Sierra Leone that killed tens of thousands of...alive and had just returned to Sierra Leone after staying in a refugee camp...He just said that he arrived in Sierra Leone safely after five years in Guinea...
...lived up to the prophecy, organizing the Pratt Foundation in 1997 in memory of his father, a nuclear physicist from Sierra Leone who loved classical music. The foundation awards scholarships based on talent and financial need to students in the...
...was Deputy Chief of Mission in U.S. Embassies in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, and also had assignments in Somalia...the evacuation of 2,500 people from the civil war in Sierra Leone. In 2001 she was on the State Department team that...
...between the elected government of Sierra Leone and rebel leader Foday Sankoh...dysfunctional and counterproductive. Sierra Leone is only the latest manifestation...unmet goals. The breakdown in Sierra Leone portends future failures if the...