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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The second-largest continent, connected to Asia by the Isthmus of Suez and lying between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
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- proper noun historical A province of the
Roman Empire containing what is now modernTunisia and portions ofLibya . - proper noun The
continent that is south ofEurope , east of theAtlantic Ocean , west of theIndian Ocean and north ofAntarctica . It holds the following countries:
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
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CLANCY: Trevor Ncube, I want to thank you very much for coming in, talking with us here on INSIDE AFRICA and sharing your expertise and some of the best contacts in all of southern Africa for what is going on inside Zimbabwe.
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JERRY COOVADIA, SOUTH AFRICA MEDICAL COUNCIL: When someone like the president of a country in Africa comes up publicly with a suggestion which is certainly not rooted in any credible experiments or any credible proof, then one is especially worried.
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JEFF KOINANGE, CNN AFRICA CORRESPONDENT: I've been covering Africa now more than a dozen years.
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CLIMATE NETWORK AFRICA: I find it actually immoral on behalf of the industrialized countries to make Africa suffer again because of their actions, when we have suffered slavery.
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EDITOR, AFRICA INVESTOR MAGAZINE: I think Africa is slowly getting on to the radar screen of international investors.
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/AFRICA: Even with the challenges that are out there, this event shows that economic development, trade and investment, this is what Africa wants.
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JEFF KOINANGE, CNN AFRICA CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Twelve - year-old Koketso Motshoane is just one of 48 million orphans in Africa.
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MCEDWARDS: Well, this week on "INSIDE AFRICA," talk show host Oprah Winfrey and her new project in Africa.
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STEPHEN HAYES, CORPORATE COUNCIL ON AFRICA: I think this is a reach - out by Africa, and I think if we don't take advantage of it, we've missed out.
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