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Gasoline: a child’s drug of choice in Angola (AFP)

LUANDA (AFP) – An intoxicated boy shuffles along a teeming street in Luanda casually gulping vapours from a plastic bottle that contains gasoline, children’s drug of choice in Africa’s top oil-producing country. Earth’s “black gold” has fast-tracked Angola from the … Continue reading

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Medical students, faculty to give free concert (AP)

DETROIT – A group of medical students and faculty at Wayne State University have scheduled a free concert on the school’s Detroit campus. The university says the Detroit Medical Orchestra will perform Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C Major … Continue reading

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Senegal turns to Islam to stop begging by child ‘disciples’ (AFP)

DAKAR (AFP) – Senegal is increasingly turning to Islamic texts and the powerful sway of religious leaders to prevent thousands of children being sent to beg by their Koranic teachers in the name of religion. The west African country has … Continue reading

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