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Says conditions have become intolerable on
the ship which has been stranded at sea

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for 18 days for those who are on board there
remain significant humanitarian needs

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particularly psychosocial my head judge
says 6 European Union countries say they

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are willing to receive the rescued passengers
after disembarkation the session for

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V.O.A. News Geneva in the meantime

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a similar drama is unfolding
aboard the Ocean Viking

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a rescue vessel run by the Doctors Without
Borders It has been stranded at sea

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since August the 9th U.S.

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Secretary of State Mike POMPEI O said
Tuesday he's concerned about the spate of

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short range missile tests that North Korea
has launched in recent weeks disagreeing

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with President Trump who shrugged
off their importance the top U.S.

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Diplomat told C.B.S.

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News he wishes they would stop the testing
North Korea has carried out 6 short

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range ballistic missile
tests since late last month

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the New York Police Department has
fired a white police officer who used

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a fatal choke hold during the
2014 arrest of a black man in

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a case that fueled nationwide protests
are garners dying words I can't breathe

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became a rallying cry for the
demonstrators and sparked

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a national debate over race and the use
of force by police helping to ignite the

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black lives matters movement New York
Police Commissioner James O'Neill told

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reporters Monday that police
officer Daniel paddle

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a 0 has been dismissed from the force over
Garner's death he said the firing was

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based on a recent recommendation of

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a department disciplinary
job. I'm Joe Palca video

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a New Orleans. This

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is Africa news tonight on The Voice
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welcome to Africa news tonight from the
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America your source for Pan African dunes
and world developments I'm easily begin

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Washington coming up on Africa news
tonight there is no doubt the political

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solution is next serious believe but the
question is what we need to conflate it

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for after the early he's speaking
critically the media right now even more

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concerning the time before the whole time
depleted integrate and that's it Wolfgang

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pushed policy and security analyst at
the National Council on the US A Libya

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relations on the prospects of

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a political solution in Libya details coming
up also Zimbabwe's recent clampdown on

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dissenting voices has worsened and new
protests have broken out in Sudan's

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capital we'll have these stories and
more ahead on African news tonight.

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I would top story U.S.

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Secretary of State Mike on pale Xpress the
American concerns over the prolonged the

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conflict in Libya and

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a phone call Monday with the dig depiction
counterpart Samay shook and they agreed

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on the need for a political solution U.N.

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Envoy to Libya Gus on salami
said that he going to flow

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a farm's is fueling the conflict Egypt and
the United Arab Emirates are supporting

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Khalifa Haftar commander of
the Libyan National Army and

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a who had been trying to take Tripoli from
forces allied with the internationally

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recognized government meanwhile Turkey
is backing that G N A would drone sent

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technical support V.O.A.

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Senior analyst. MOHAMED EL Chen Now we
spoke with what can Porsche die policy and

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security analyst at the National Council
on U.S. Libya relations about U.S.

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Concerns over the continued conflict in
Libya I would say bomb pale in Shukri are

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probably concerned that the current spread
of violence for the South to the sun

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could eventually lead to

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a wildfire in conversation all over Libya
such an escalation could lead with this

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integration of the oil in A which is of
utmost concern for the Egyptians and for

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the subsequent outbreak of fighting even
in eastern Libya industry Annika maybe

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even close to the Gyptian border all these
would make it for Islamic extremists and

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for terrorist organizations like ISIS like
right in this manic Maghreb even easier

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to use Libya as

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a base for to sterilization of the whole
region and this is absolutely no go for

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both for the Egyptians and for the United
States I would say there is no doubt that

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political solution is necessary for Libya
but the question is when will it take

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place before or after the L N

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a stake in Tripoli or maybe right now even
more concern in time before the whole

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country of Libya disintegrates Egypt and
United Arab Emirates of supporting 35

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House the commander of that he denies. Who
has been trying to take to put the phone

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forces allied with the internationally
to cognize government D.N.A.

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Wild Turkey is betting that he and withdrawals
and different can support then the

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United States Britain and its allies to
stop supporting the 2 warring sides no

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certainly not United States wasn't even
able to prevent Turkey from buying Russian

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air defense systems which was all over
the media recently and from attacking

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American allies to curb your Syria even
when American troops are on the ground next

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to the Kurds so we can certainly forget
about Washington preventing Ankara from

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delivering and operating
weapons for the T.N.A.

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And on the other side we need
to be aware that Egypt is

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a key ally. For the United States to
guarantee the security of Israel the United

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Arab Emirates and also Saudi Arabia
instrumental in the conflict if you're on the

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right and the United States will certainly
not harm its relations with those key

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partners in order to prevent the G.N.A.T.

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And the Islamists in Tripoli from getting
defeated the United Nations envoy who

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believe they are sensible anyone and
flocks of weapons from foot in support in

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violation of an arms embargo was during
the conflict in Libya how do you explain

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the lack of action by the United Nations
Security Council on the violation of human

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embargo on arms to leave the reason un
employed weapons in battle over Libya since

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2 $1011.00 and there are several UN
reports about the violations but there is

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simply NO been kept the ball and are
willing to enforce it the European Union

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operations for fear the maritime operation
off the coast of Libya has also the

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mandate of the Poncelet you to the
implementation of this arms impossible but the

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Europeans did not intercept

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a single shape with arms on the way to
Libya although diverse several ships going

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on during the recent years regarding Egypt
it is technically not realistic to say

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that anyone could be able to stop the flow
of weapons and other military supplies

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over the land border between those 2
countries Another option would be certainly

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simple functions and those violate
the arms embargo but sanctions

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a need around table in the UN Security
Council they can strike in Qatar or against

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the Saudis Emirates and Egypt it is
absolutely not realistic that everyone in the

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Security Council would agree to sanctions
to their partners on the ground and we

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need to be aware that most times sanctions
are not sufficient in the short to meet

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expected impact of sanctions we would not
be in any relation to the damage that

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they would inflict on the pilot or the
relations with these countries so we can

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also forget about sanctions that was was
getting pushed by policy and security

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analyst at the National Council on us
live. Relations speaking with V.O.A.

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Senior analyst mama Dilshan are we.

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U.N.

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Refugee agency is repeating its appeal to
European nations to allow the immediate

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this embarkation of people stranded
aboard the rescue vessel open arms as

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conditions on the ship rapidly
deteriorate reports from U.N.H.C.R.

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Headquarters in Geneva in

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a rare concession Italy's right wing
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini allowed 27

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unaccompanied minors to be evacuated from
the vessel in the port of Long produces

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Saturday

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a further 9 were allowed to leave Monday
evening for urgent medical reasons but

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that leaves 98 refugees and migrants trapped
on board the Spanish and Geo rescue

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vessel open arms UN refugee spokesman and
dream I had tricked says conditions had

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become intolerable on the ship which has
been stranded at sea for 18 days for those

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who are on board there remain significant
humanitarian needs particularly

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psychosocial support that is needed now
that cannot be met on the on the vessel

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itself many of the rescued people suffered
horrific horrific abuses during many

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months in Libya and I had just says 6
European Union countries say they are willing

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to receive the rescued passengers after
disembarkation So this he says should be

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a simple matter of getting the largely
African refugee and migrants safely to dry

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land the political debate in our view
should focus should be focused on what is

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motivating people to move the war in
Libya the need for asylum and saving

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lives at sea rescued people should not
be used as hostages for the purpose of

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political point scoring however Salvini
who considers his anti immigrant stance

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a winning full. Nicol issue refuses to
budge from his position and allow the open

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arms to dock in the meantime a similar
drama is unfolding aboard the Ocean Viking

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a rescue vessel run by the charity Doctors
Without Borders It has been stranded at

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sea since August 9th when it rescued 356
people many from Somalia Eritrea and

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Sudan they had to says it is likely
conditions aboard that vessel are similar to

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those on the open arms
the session for V.O.A.

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News Geneva.

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State of the land will this week elect

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a new president but the electoral process
has been marred by threats intimidation

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violence and outside
interference for V.O.A.

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Mohammad Yousuf reports for candidates
have expressed their interest to lead the

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jubilant federal state of Somalia in the
next 4 years the incumbent made Islam best

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known as my daughter will compete against
an abductor here Mohammed and Mohammed

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Omar their natural process
has been marred by

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a lack of transparency and critics say the
commission is trying to tip the election

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in my daughter's favor. Is the head of the
jubilant electoral commission he says

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he's happy with the
process so far what. Is

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going on well we are almost to
the end of the porch says it was

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a long journey but I ses now we
are in a situation where we have

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a parliament with its leadership and
today all the candidates spoke to the

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parliamentarians of seek their vote and

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a president will be elected. However those
opposing model this rule have formed

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their own election commission and in

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a statement they say they were elect
their own president the United Nations

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political office in Somalia called on the
commission to address the concerns about

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the election process only to be contradicted
by Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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which called on the UN office
to a joyous Testament Kenya has

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a strong presence in the port city of to
smile the largest city in Juba land George

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a Somali director of the Center for Risk
Management in Africa says militant group

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al-Shabaab will try to exploit the political
divisions definitely Now I'll go but

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we'll get there but it will be

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a. Model that will go I mean we
also. Might be going to. Find that

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this will also secure Well the Kenyan
president in Somalia and. It's

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also going to talk to them more
busy about bearing in mind.

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But in the Horn of Africa political
commentator shake up the summit say he's the

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political rift called push some communities
to join our. Collective slot Medicare

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a look at all jubilant what the clan
division within jubilant is going to benefit

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Islamist groups and make them strong be
summut Ses they will be able to get people

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who are not happy with what is happening
there and to get revenge using such groups

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Somalia has

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a history of rivalries and unstable
governments dating back to the country's

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independence in 1960
Mohamedi Safavian news now.

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Protests have broken out in Sudan's capital
but this time outside the Sudanese

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Professionals Association has P.A.

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a Labor union which played a
central role in negotiating

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a power sharing deal between the military
and the opposition some opposition

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members say they are happy with the
lack of transparency from the S.B.A.

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In Khartoum be always right has more. The
Sudanese Professionals Association or

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S.P.I.

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Was one of the leading voices in the
forces of freedom and change coalition the

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opposition group that negotiated terms for

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a transitional government with military
leaders who seized power in April but after

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the formal signing of the agreement last
weekend small protests from opposition

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supporters have continued outside F.P.A.

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Headquarters one of the protesters no
heed to Sammy says she doesn't feel the

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S.B.A.

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Has been transparent about its negotiations
for the political agreement they denied

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of her survival and that even
though she became another was

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a Monday night it was Tommy says that
when the revolution began the F.B.I.

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Was very clear in their communications with
supporters about what was happening but

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she says that since the negotiations
started she doesn't think the S.B.A.

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Is clearly communicating what is going on
it was Tommy and other protesters like.

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Say they feel that the S.B.A.

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Has strayed from their mission to be

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a politically neutral labor union who are
demanding that they pay attention away

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directly ready mission which was working
on with making the strong unions and civil

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services Additionally many protesters
have been pushing the S.B.A.

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To fight for the punishment of military
leaders presumed responsible for the

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killing of over 100 protesters
in June as well as tracking down

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a dozen protesters who remain
missing. But not a member of

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a species secretariat has become

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a young public face of the organization
says protesters are conflating the S.P.S.

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Responsibilities with those of the new
government they are meeting with this fear

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as if it is the new government
in Sudan this is not true

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a spirit will remain as an independent
body it's true that it has very good links

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with the UN It will have very good links
with the new government but it's not

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government still an S.P.S.

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Spokesman and member of Sudan's Dr syndicate
I'm good for read says that the union

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welcomes the protests we have civil protest
I don't front of the headquarters of

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the city's professional association and
we don't see is about seeing that these

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people are practicing rights to
make political entities it is.

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A political process accountable to
their demands and to make good on his

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encouragement of the protests for
you and other members of the S.B.A.

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Often answer them by meeting demonstrators
directly taking questions from them and

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making note of their
demands. Viewing news to.

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19 past the hour you're listening to Africa
news tonight on The Voice of America

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women peace and security are on the egg
JANDA at the military conference in Ghana

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this week where experts say deploying
women into peacekeeping forces will make

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missions more effective and make civilian
women feel safer and reporting abuses

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Stacie not reports from. Veyron you're
Congar I warrant officer and governor's

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military has been deployed for peacekeeping
missions across Africa and living on

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being

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a woman she say's contestation access to
people and summation her mouth counterparts

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might not have woman felt more comfortable
speaking to other woman she found

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especially when they took part in their
daily activities where we see the women to

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look old men can we try
to train them to do

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a quick clean in their fans we go to her
medical outreach we try to interact with

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them and you see them coming closer true
that we write our information from their

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government as well known for contributions
to peacekeeping forces and deployed last

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numbers of woman and

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a field that generally helps currently
womanlike out 4 point one percent of global

00:17:33
peacekeepers but the United Nations has

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a target of 15 percent by 2028 as the
1st day of the effort and divert 2019

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conference female military personnel from
across the world gathered to discuss the

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roles of men and women play and peacekeeping
operations studies show more female

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peacekeepers and Chris's mission as

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a diverse and leads to higher quashing of
picture and gender based violence as well

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as law levels of sexual exploitation and
abuse than armed forces Brigadier General

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constant in Germany

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a female can attest to this women
has specific rules to play. In

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in serious conflict in years where we have
had kids of reply to such our violence

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and stuff low but we have women who went
to compile Jews reach out to these women

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and they open up and valuable to talk and
the good help we're supposed to give up

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and recent years they have been widespread
allegations of peacekeepers fictionally

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abusing civilians while stationed in African
conflict zones the United Nations her

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. Launch appropriate on improving
peacekeepers performance and behavior with

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a strong emphasis on leadership
and accountability Stacy not

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a news across. Rating

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economy is forcing many families to put
their children to work child rights

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activists say an increasing number of
children are selling items on the street to

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supplement to the family income
Columbus my bunga reports from hard

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a day. Only a busy corner as

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a 16 year old we shall call tribunal
cells Wales tribunal Ses This has been

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historians for the past 2 years after year
mother died as she dropped out of school

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and she now lives with the head $22.00
in the old system to Bill ses she gets

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about $5.00

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a day in the cells. Like
I'll. Keep it all ses

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she actually wishes for

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a decent life and does not want to sell
stuff he had but she folded as she would

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not force here father to pay his school
fees as he's no longer 9 point to be all

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ses if fathers even failing to pay fees
for head told field brother we she's not

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doing she says she hopes her brother
makes it in life when fares did

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health and child welfare mean style but
Diane Morial said the president innocent

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enough was government was aware of the
plight of tribunal and other children he's

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Sayed Our idea was waking with organisations
like UNICEF and other groups too

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in a D.

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The situation and how to do it programme
manage on edge children slides group

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Child lines and Bob Graham say 0 organisation
as noted in increase in the number of

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young stars being forced into waking
to sell 5 as the economic situation

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deteriorates but now we think finally
Channing's you can imagine one community

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where

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a child has to go and sell my politically
instance we need something back again you

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think there's nobody put from them the
parents or the empty what song we've put and

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the one who did so because he didn't bring
any menu home so how do you expect to

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eat so we do. Now again to me and said you
shouldn't punish children. Yes things

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are indeed to also be hard for them to to
sell if it was what they do after school

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so they won't be able to sell anything
the economic turmoil is blamed for

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a rise in political tensions in the African
nation and the government protests ask

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a judge for Friday the government is
threatened to stop the demonstrations

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numbers. For if you're

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a new was. Growing

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up with albinism 24 year old Alan Herbert

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a Kenyan journalism graduate knew he was
different while he did not experience the

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same stigmatism and discrimination of his
peers living with albinism he had to be

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shielded from the sun it is the special
treatment and media stories of the brutal

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attack suffered against alibi knows that
made Herbert start the football team his

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way of helping people with the genetic
disorder fight for their space in Kenya this

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past weekend the team worn its debut my
cheek in what Herbert says he hopes is

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a 1st of many side I.Q.

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Money as the story. On

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a cloudy Saturday morning 24 year old girl
and her but founder and team captain of

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black have been is in football club Kenya's
1st football team made up entirely of

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young people living with albinism prepares
for football match with his team.

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In a country where people
are living with a beer is

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a must to stigmatise this is no ordinary
team or match. Brings people of different

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diversities together and. Spoke to said
Football is the easiest and actually terms

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of the common curriculum so
people relate with football

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a little bit easier across his
taffeta people there have been

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a sim have been targeted in brutal ritual
killings for their body parts to be used

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in witchcraft mainly due to their white
skin condition that is caused by

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a lack of pigmentation I said Norah cemetery
in Kenya has been campaigning for the

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rights of people with albinism he is Kenya's
fast and only law maker living with

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albinism people of the bin of them really
suffer black but not black enough not

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wide enough. So we are caught in between
that when you're caught in between that we

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don't quite belong so we have to save to
find this our certification activities in

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their debut match the 6 month old
team carries the day for 2 in

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a penalty shootout with the discrimination
was no better place to what is it then

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you can see the greatness that is and as
you have realized wow we very well as

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a March comes to an end and high but
celebrates with his teammates the genders in

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graduate says there is no turning back
on the dream of one day playing in the

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Kenyan Premier League and hopefully
representing his country on the international

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stage we are not different in any way the
only thing that we have that our skin is

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a little bit pale and we have issues with
our But does that does not make us little

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people for no it. Time to revel
in the fast we Sarah Kemeny news.

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VO way Sonny Young in Washington

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welcome to the sunny side of sports
it's national radio day here

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in the United States

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a day that celebrates the great invention
of the radio and the news information

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music and sports carried across
the airwaves and here are

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a few sporty fun radio facts about
yours truly I've been doing sports

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reports on The Voice of America for more
than 30 years one of my 1st reports was on

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then 19 year old Ken Griffey Jr
just after he made his major league

00:27:54
baseball debut for the Seattle
Mariners Ken Griffey Jr would go on to

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a star studded 22 year career and
election to the Baseball Hall of Fame

00:28:07
the Sunnyside

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a sports show meanwhile has its
origins at the 1998 fifo World Cup

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football tournament in France the Voice
of America sent me to France for coverage

00:28:22
of soccer's premier event and I have
fond memories of chatting during France

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98 with the video ways
late great gal and get

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a name. King Richard Codey Richard
love the big international sports

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competitions and I know he would be cheering
for his beloved Guyana to do well at

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the 12th African Games in Morocco the
Games officially open Monday evening in

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robot the main venue for the multi-sport
Continental jam brewery and you might

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say the Moroccans put their best
ecological feet forward during the opening

00:29:05
ceremony to ensure no gas or
fuel was burned unnecessarily Oh

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virtual flame was lit at the Prince
Moulay of Dulles stadium the only

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real flames came from

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a vibrant fireworks display to end the
festivities and officially start the games

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which go through August 31st
the robot show also ended with

00:29:32
a celebration of King Mohammed the
6th who recently Mar 20 years says

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Morocco's King and let's send out early
Sunnyside as sports birthday greetings to

00:29:45
King Mohamed his 56th birthday
is Wednesday now Egypt

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dominated the medal table at the last
effort and games held in Congo Brazzaville

00:29:58
and 2015 they won $216.00
medals including $85.00 gold

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and the Egyptians are the early leaders of
the medal table in Morocco after winning

00:30:12
4 gold medals in Judo one of the winners
was 2009 world championships bronze

00:30:18
medalist Ramadan Darwish who won gold
in the men's 100 kilogram division

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Algeria and host to Morocco also did
well in the judo competition winning 11

00:30:32
medals each including 2 gold
apiece. Turning to athletics

00:30:39
Jamaica's 2 time Olympic champion
Shelly and Fraser price won her

00:30:44
a limp dick gold medals over 100 meters on
Sunday Shelly N competed in the women's

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200 meters at the Moeller Grand Prix
meet in Birmingham England the Jamaican

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sprinter finished 3rd behind runner up
Deena Asher Smith the Britain and Shaun

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a miller we bow of the
Bahamas Miller We both had

00:31:07
a winning time of 22.24 seconds
after Smith clock 22.36

00:31:14
seconds and Fraser Pryce
finished in 22.50 seconds before

00:31:21
the race the energetic Gandee Edwards had

00:31:24
a chance to chat with Shelley and Fraser
price Here's end the Welsh and Fraser

00:31:29
price of Jamaica well known place in Britain
in track and field and she's in the.

00:31:35
Grown Prix races run of the
Diamond League truly on you in

00:31:40
a very impressive form the season over one
and 200 running the 200 on Sunday which

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looks

00:31:46
a really strong field. Do you have any
kind of preference for are the sprint in

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terms of well going to the World Championships
and thinking where you could do best

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I do have

00:31:58
a preference I mean but at this end of the
day. I like doing boat events but I have

00:32:05
a preference but you know I'd like to. Get
my mind focused on running both events

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got them did both events at the World
Championship indoor. And you know it's not

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new that most persons know
about you know I'm primarily

00:32:21
a 100 metre sprinter but I do
run to 200 as well as them

00:32:26
a sprint and for me it's just one of
those things that I know to 200 have

00:32:33
my 100 and I'm still trying to.
Ron are technically Sol and

00:32:40
I thought 200 so I am definitely relishing
the opportunity to have gotten off on to

00:32:45
winter and talking about technique you know
how do you think the prospects are for

00:32:50
the Jamaican women the 4 by one in the
world championships strong as ever Yeah I

00:32:55
think our prospect is good on paper it would
just have to get stick around we have

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to have the assembled a team in the car

00:33:02
a corridor and then just mentally be
prepared to get so near and to get it done

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enough for us you know we have always had
very good the on our really teams but

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most times it all baton exchange is you
know kind should be to us not having you

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know running fast the times are doing as
well as we could so for me we do have

00:33:24
solid lead is very fascinating is on our
team it's just about getting the stick or

00:33:30
own in the car equally and also have

00:33:34
a nasty sort of car length all the best not
just in Birmingham but for individually

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and in the sprint relay thank you thank
you very much that's Jim Baker's 2 time

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Olympic champion and 7 time world champion
Shelley and Fraser price and Shelley

00:33:51
and was talking with the energetic Gandee
Edwards at the mall or Grand Prix meet in

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Birmingham England energetic Gandy also
caught up with another top female athlete

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25 year old Nafi T.M.

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The reigning the limbic champion in the
7 event heptathlon now Nafi competes

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internationally for Belgium she was born
in Brussels to a Belgian mother and

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a Senegalese father in Birmingham
Nafi gave the fans an up close and

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personal look of her soaring talent she
crotched her personal best in the pit

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twice and broke her own Belgian
national record twice. With

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a leap of 6 meters 78 and then her
winning leap of 6 meters 86 Once

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again here's and the words. Were talking
off to compete in the long jump and the

00:34:51
fall of the event you were saying how
important it's been for you to continue your

00:34:55
studies University of years studying Chopra
Feehan you're finishing this year and

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you found it a great way to
balance your life such as Tell us

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a bit more about what your studies mean
yeah well 1st of all there was really

00:35:06
a good need to get

00:35:07
a degree I really wanted that and even if
you're everything was going good in that

00:35:11
excite you want to lead good at that goal.
And also I think it really helped me

00:35:16
through the years to have that balance to
be able to go to school and there was you

00:35:20
know people don't care about it it's
don't talk about ethics and just to be

00:35:23
a normal student. So did you find that
actually mentally refreshing to be with

00:35:30
people who didn't have track and field is
that topic of conversation Yeah because

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you know it's just

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a norther people you know of course when
I'm at training or with other athletes

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we're talking a lot of
looking at medics only by

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a lot and I think it's good to
hear just at least it is of course

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a very important part of my life that's
what is in the just minutely and you know I

00:35:53
get all the interest that I like to
discover and talk about so yeah it was just

00:35:58
great to be sometime able not to think about
about it at all you know we're talking

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a day before your 25th birthday.
Of course you may well have quite

00:36:09
a few years left. In or around athletes
ahead World Championship games European

00:36:15
Championships but does the
child defeat degree give you

00:36:17
a feeling of what you might do when you
no longer competing internationally in

00:36:21
track and field yeah of course it's also
why I was doing my studies because I know

00:36:26
I'm not going to be at least forever
would have to work an up or to work in

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something that I really like now and I am
going to be as you prefer and I am really

00:36:35
going to work in geography
I don't know. But that's

00:36:38
a subject that I read or hear an interest
in so yeah when I'm just one last

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question it's kind of multi-tasking like
starting training maybe it suits the life

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of

00:36:50
a multi Adventure World Champs of tone
everything I mean it seems so you'll part of

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what you do yeah I mean I always been
interested enough things and have

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a reactive person or you can just you know
do nothing on my day every have to run

00:37:06
everywhere and that's what I've been doing
for 6 years now it was also very tiring

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so I'm going to be happy to be able to do
something else because I'm going to have

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to fill up my days still. Something that's
going to take me less energy if you

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thank you very much thank you
that's Belgian athlete Nafi T.M.

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The reigning

00:37:25
a limp dick in world champion in the women's
heptathlon and Nafi was talking with

00:37:30
the energetic Andy Edwards at the recent
bowler Grand Prix meet in Birmingham

00:37:35
England I'm Sonny young and you're listening
to the sunny side of sports on the

00:37:42
Voice of America.

00:37:53
In African basketball Nigeria's head
coach says the team will do well at the

00:37:59
upcoming feeble basketball World Cup which
tips off Aug 31st then China iron by

00:38:05
Kimbo new reports from
Lego sell Explorer is

00:38:09
a hit good job thank you as many national
basketball team also known as the tigress

00:38:15
He says the team has
prepared well fortified by

00:38:17
a basketball World Cup taking place in China
want to see what kind to get the good

00:38:22
result I did for my World Cup I want to be
one of the teams on to put them out and

00:38:26
I was told that but if we walk out enough
to be the one of those teams all of my

00:38:30
son in the on maybe hopefully some help
from the ministry and the government to

00:38:34
help the Federation to facilitate dog.
Training to make shot training companies

00:38:39
will force mortally my grazing
group. Russia and Korea Morrissey's

00:38:45
a group of stuff I will count
on have walked and prepare

00:38:48
a show too good tree bird talk group all
of them come play well coached you know we

00:38:53
have a very young too much you can
see none of this guys I played in

00:38:56
a walk up before so this is a whole new
scenario for us it is going to come with

00:39:02
a come on I love veterans that I had I been
to the Olympics to help us with spirits

00:39:08
when we get there but I also know I
think God walk on person my also be

00:39:14
a 5 foot on the with rights he can do

00:39:16
a couple of it is. Very
well. Best in China

00:39:23
it's a very good mix. N.B.A.

00:39:25
Guys and young so we have

00:39:27
a very exciting roster and we just can't
wait to show the world what we can do how

00:39:32
far you come you know Orlando Magic for
seize the friendly matches plead begins the

00:39:38
Dominican Republic and come out to help it
seem to improve we get make sure that we

00:39:44
do everything that we can practice apparent
very efficient I'd like to think that

00:39:48
we've done in

00:39:49
a different games. Taters study and
individual we continue to study her Tiger I

00:39:56
expect it to be China when the week to play
pretty much is with some teams. In the

00:40:02
for about World Cup This is Mike and
going in what is Saudi sense of sports

00:40:06
illegals Thanks Iron Mike in
African Women's Basketball Nigeria

00:40:13
recently celebrated its 4th Continental
title after lifting the trophy in Senegal

00:40:19
for reaction Iron Mike M.-Bone Yeah I called
the car where he reached the president

00:40:24
of feeble Africa Zone 3 Colonel Sam I'm

00:40:27
a. 072

00:40:38
percent because of you all so what do you
do so we have you have to we really are

00:40:43
you glad I was able to defer to you I said
to go back to M.P.'s she how would you

00:40:48
rate the spending of game by me to do that
too by then the time got you because I

00:40:54
got was. Just 5 bob just
like next year or something

00:41:00
I leave because I'm. Cool we have

00:41:05
a close. We have to talk yet
walk on but you know I won't

00:41:12
because you talk. Too far but it was not
you see I don't like you can see we have

00:41:19
been are we your backups. To you now
We did not come and go now you had

00:41:23
a president Africa was going to. Do. Fine

00:41:30
talk about your fears in November to see
us so what in this year so what are we

00:41:36
going to do for it Obama got to. Be
seen to be so sure actually gets its

00:41:43
course so we are. Right I mean you know I
do all you people you find the love that

00:41:50
you said what you are going to go for. How
we got the free how do you look at this

00:41:55
time the govt must have

00:41:57
a whole. Tide of. Resources to use yet

00:42:03
you have to go back just like you are
going after her skirts Q Do we also have

00:42:08
a victim like every post because we did
well last. Did you ever do that. Because

00:42:15
when you see our group I saw you work for
the China we was also sure that possibly

00:42:21
you saw this you live right on top it is

00:42:25
a pleasure to be the president of this all
I want you to push for talk about all of

00:42:30
us to do so that's Colonel Sam I'm

00:42:32
a do the president of feeble Africa Zone
3 and. Spoke with Iron Mike Kimbo nyama

00:42:39
telephone from Carson ago by
my name is almost. Deposed.

00:42:47
I want to go by shadow side of sports.

00:43:36
As Tokyo organizers prepare for the upcoming
2020 Olympics there is growing concern

00:43:42
about high temperatures plaguing
athletic performance my V.O.A.

00:43:48
Colleague when Hooton joins us now with
more details sporty greetings. Sporty

00:43:54
Greetings Sunny last week scientists
confirmed Good luck I was the hottest month

00:44:00
measured on earth in the past 140 years
and with just one year before the Summer

00:44:07
Olympics and test events well underway
Tokyo 2020 organizers are feeling the heat

00:44:14
as they push through sweltering temperatures
to prepare for next year's Games Dutch

00:44:20
National Committee Representative Peter
Van Den who can brand paid a visit to

00:44:25
a lympics Stadium on Tuesday and he said
despite the soaring temperatures he's

00:44:30
confident counter measures will be in
place to help athletes beat the heat. You

00:44:37
know how some. Issues but over
or over different teams it's

00:44:44
these are the circumstances we have to
deal with if we're in at least they know

00:44:49
they have to perform in any other circumstances
so. Because of those test events we

00:44:56
get

00:44:56
a lot of very little information
on the. Do we need to organise

00:45:03
ideas organizing committee is taking all
those dots to make it even more perfect.

00:45:10
It really is I was impressed by the way
they did handle things temperatures rose to

00:45:16
nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Tokyo
over the weekend continuing an oppressive

00:45:23
heat wave that has played the
region all summer last week around

00:45:27
a dozen people fell ill at

00:45:29
a rowing test event due to heat stroke and
since last July at least $57.00 people

00:45:35
across Japan have died in the
heat including a worker at

00:45:40
a Tokyo Olympics construction site however
rising temperatures aren't the only

00:45:45
looming threat on Saturday
the swimming portion of

00:45:49
a para triathlon event was cancelled
when high levels of Ecolab bacteria were

00:45:55
detected in the waters of Tokyo Bay Peter
Van Den who can Brand said the test event

00:46:01
provides an opportunity to address concerns
over water quality leading up to next

00:46:07
year's Games because of the
president's you've got

00:46:09
a lot of good information to
get things better. The job

00:46:16
so this is what happened and we have

00:46:19
a better solution so. The filter that one
filter now we going to have refilled this

00:46:26
so. We don't want at least 2 of the
circumstances that that that that that we're

00:46:33
going to get problems and
N.O.C. Relations director J.

00:46:37
. James McLeod says all measures to protect
athletes and spectators are not merely

00:46:43
a cost saving exercise what we're
doing is we're trying to the games to

00:46:48
a changing environment making sure that
they suit. Current environment and that

00:46:55
they are what is relevant for the inner
city in all of this week for the hearts of

00:47:02
what we're looking at and the services
that are provided to the athletes who are

00:47:06
always prioritize and as

00:47:07
a show of athlete priority last week the
governing body shortened the distance at

00:47:13
the Women's Triathlon test event because
of heat concerns all the competitors made

00:47:19
it safely to the finish line on the men's
side Canadian winner Tyler Mesler talk

00:47:24
said the race was as much about beating the
heat as beating the competition so I'm

00:47:31
in the fortunate position that I do really
well in the heat without preparation or

00:47:36
you know obviously even better with preparation
that goes either way I don't do so

00:47:40
well in the cold I'm

00:47:41
a mean guy small guy somewhere in Japan you
know 1012 days for same of the British

00:47:46
team we're in is occupied caring so that's
going to work and I'm sure will fall

00:47:50
that next year and next year the marathon
course and major roads will be paved with

00:47:56
the resin based surface to help deflect
the hot rays of the sun and Olympic

00:48:01
organizers plan to put in place mist
sprays shaded rest areas and extra water

00:48:07
stations to ensure everyone stays cool and
hydrated we're less been 12 months away

00:48:14
from kick off Tokyo is set to open the
Olympic Games for the 2nd time to lead to

00:48:20
24th 2020 and that's all from me semi back
over to you thanks quim that's my VO way

00:48:27
colleague when. I'm Sunny young and
you're listening to some of the side of

00:48:33
sports on the Voice of America.
Let's give a sunny side

00:48:39
a sports salute to Kenya's 1st albino
football team which won its debut match over

00:48:46
the weekend Sarah come on
a reports from Nairobi on

00:48:50
a cloud be Saturday morning 24 year old
girl and her BET founder and team captain

00:48:55
of black have been using football club
Kenya's 1st football team made up entirely

00:49:00
of young people living
with albinism prepares for

00:49:03
a football match with his team. In

00:49:12
a country where people
are living with a bin is

00:49:14
a must to stigmatise this is no ordinary
team or match brings people of different

00:49:20
diversities together and
decided a sport was

00:49:24
a football is the easiest and actually
it's also in the can and curriculum so

00:49:29
people relate with football

00:49:30
a little bit easier across his taffeta
people there have been is him have been

00:49:34
targeted in brutal ritual killings for
their body parts to be used in witchcraft

00:49:39
mainly due to their white skin
condition that is caused by

00:49:42
a lack of pigmentation I said Nora

00:49:45
a senator in Kenya has been campaigning
for the rights of people with albinism he

00:49:50
is Kenya's fast and only law maker living
with albinism because people have been of

00:49:55
them really suffer black but not black
enough not white enough. So we are caught in

00:50:01
between and when you're caught in between
that we don't quite belong so we have to

00:50:05
save to find this our certification activities
in their debut much the 6 month old

00:50:10
team carries the day for to you know penalty
shoot out the discrimination was true

00:50:16
but opposite to what is it then you can
see the greatness that is and as you have

00:50:21
realized Who are we but. As

00:50:24
a March comes to an end and Herbert
celebrates with his teammates the genders in

00:50:29
graduate says there is no turning back
on the dream of one day playing in the

00:50:33
Kenyan Premier League and hopefully
representing his country into. National stage

00:50:38
we are no different in any way the only
thing that we have that our skin is

00:50:42
a little be pale and we have. But does
that does not make us people for now it's

00:50:49
time to rebel in the past we said
OK many viewing news thanks Sarah

00:50:56
finally and more football news out a field
located within walking distance of R.V.

00:51:01
Away headquarters here in Washington will
host the inaugural match of the Conca caf

00:51:06
Nations League on October 11th the U.S.

00:51:10
Men's national soccer team will play
Cuba at Audi field then that wraps up

00:51:17
the Aug 20th National
Radio Day edition oh the

00:51:24
sunny side of sports thanks to Voice
of America producer Bill work and Ger

00:51:31
Thanks also to V.O.A.

00:51:32
Engineer Thomas blond debt. And thank you
for turning in the always sunny Young in

00:51:39
Washington and that spurs
sunny side of sports.

00:51:46
I get it.

00:51:53
Hello this is. On the next great OK
Africa historically black colleges

00:52:00
and universities in the United States have
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00:52:05
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and Malawi the role of historically black

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00:53:27
A new study by researchers from Spain's
University of partial and the French this

00:53:32
on some astronomical observatory suggests
that the Milky Way galaxy experienced

00:53:37
a period of intense star making about 2
to 3000000000 years ago writing in The

00:53:42
Journal astronomy and astrophysics the
scientists reached their findings by

00:53:46
analyzing data gathered by the European
Space Agency's Gaia satellite researchers

00:53:52
say they found that about half of the stars
that make up the Milky Way still like

00:53:56
the disk were created during the spell or
baby boom before the time of this boost

00:54:01
in star formation the scientists suggest
that our galaxy was beginning to run low

00:54:06
on the gas used to make stars when

00:54:08
a satellite galaxy crashed into and merged
with the Milky Way It's fact that the

00:54:13
satellite galaxy is rich with this gas and
when it's merged with our galaxy booster

00:54:17
that star making capabilities
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a top official in Pakistan disclosed Tuesday
that recent cross border skirmishes

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with India have killed dozens of people
and injured hundreds of others on the

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Pakistani side of the disputed
Kashmir region the revelation came

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a day after President Trump spoke to leaders
of both nuclear armed rival nations

00:57:16
and urged them to reduce tensions although
he described the situation as tough

00:57:20
Pakistan also. Announced Tuesday it would
take the Kashmir dispute with India to

00:57:25
International Court of Justice Britain's
Foreign Office says it is extremely

00:57:29
concerned by reports that an employee at

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a Hong Kong consulate has been detained
in mainland China Hong Kong's local news

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website says the employee identified as
Simon Chiang failed to return to the former

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British colony from the neighboring southern
city of Shannon's and on August the

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9th where he had gone to attend

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a business meeting home Wing Chung is
the senior superintendent of Hong Kong

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bullies the case is currently under way
by the regional missing person Alan West.

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And so far what is false does not
receive and in notifications from. Hong

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Kong has been gripped by nearly 2
months of heated and often violent

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anti-government protests meanwhile U.S.

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Previte president Mike Pence
urged China on Monday to act in

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a humanitarian manner to resolve
differences with those very pro-democracy

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protesters in Hong Kong.

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