Kenyan Hip Hop Artists Praise Inspirational Town Kenyan hip hop took off in the mid-1990s, when the group Kalamashaka started rapping in informal Swahili, instead of English. The musicians were from the low-income suburb, Dandora, which is now widely

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Syrian President Concedes 'Mistakes' in Handling Protests Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the authorities have made some mistakes in their handling of anti-government protests since mid-March. Assad told a group of dignitaries that most of

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Washington Demonstrators Seek to Continue Protest Anti-war and anti-Wall Street demonstrations are springing up in major cities across the United States, nearly a month after they started in the heart of New York's financial district. At the protest

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Many Get Lost at World's Largest Religious Gathering Raja Ram Tiwari started a group that began helping lost people at the Kumbh Mela in 1947. He says that in that first year year, he used a megaphone for announcements. Now, thousands of loudspeakers

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The world's first official exhibit dedicated to the pop music group ABBA opened in London in January. ABBAWORLD has attracted tens of thousands of visitors of all ages. The display promises extraordinary insight into the group. Spectators can even tr

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By Parke Brewer Hamburg 10 June 2006 Four of the five African nations that qualified for the World Cup in Germany are making their first-ever appearance at football's premiere event. One of them is Ivory Coast and VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer caug

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