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Published 09/02/2010 - 4:44 p.m. GMT

Barbara Chepkoech aka Cheptaab
Barbara Chepkoech aka Cheptaab (Photo: Courtesy of Kilimanjaro Entertainment)
Barbara Chepkoech, popularly known by her stage name Cheptaab, was raised in Nairobi, Kenya. She started singing at a very young age with various groups before joining the popular Kenya Army band Maroon Commandos as one of their singers and dancers. She later went solo and released her debut album in 2009. The album featured Cheptaab's runaway hits Tilenyun and Josi josi.
Published 08/30/2010 - 5:22 p.m. GMT

Representative Paulsen at the meeting with the Liberian community in Brooklyn Park.
Representative Paulsen at the meeting with the Liberian community in Brooklyn Center. (Photo: Wynfred Russell)
When U.S. Representative Erik Paulsen walked through the doors of Brooklyn United Methodist Church in Brooklyn Center recently, little did he know he was walking into what one meeting participant later called a "booby-trap.
 
Published 08/30/2010 - 5:05 p.m. GMT

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Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed arrives in Entebbe, Uganda, for the 15th African Union summit. (Photo: AP)
Want evidence that the government in Somalia - a country that tops the 2010 Failed States Index - needs desperate help? Allow me to show you the money. Literally.
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