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	<title><![CDATA[Why Did President Obama Choose Ghana as His Africa Destination?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-kilkenny/why-did-president-obama-c_b_230007.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The press has barely been able to contain their excitement over President Obama's trip to Africa. Their glee is understandable. America's first black president is returning to the land in which his ancestors were born. The story is beautiful -- poetic, really. But what few people are asking is, "Why Ghana?"</p>

<p>One of the few news sources to pose this question, <em>Democracy Now</em>, <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/10/president_obama_heads_to_ghana_on">proposed</a> the answer may have something to do with the recent discovery of oil in Ghana. A...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-08-11T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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