Sierra Leone war inspires arts world
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Ducking into a Starbucks for a caffeine fix could lead you to a harrowing tale of child soldiery in the tangled jungles of Sierra Leone.
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KOIDU, Sierra Leone  - The battle for Sierra Leone's eastern diamond fields fuelled its 11-year civil war, but now the muddy pits are being returned to farming under a scheme funded by U.S. luxury jewelers Tiffany & Co.
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Prince Charles arrives in the west African country of Sierra Leone to a performance of music and dance.
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A relatively rousing close to MoMAÂs sterile display of contemporary works &#151; touching on desolation, waste, abuse of power, injustice, loss and death &#151; makes a trip to the current exhibition worthwhile.
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Supporters say it&#39;s one of the most significant collections of contemporary art in the world. Opponents call it the moral whitewashing of blood money.
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Philippe DiazÂs tumultuous documentary is a noble but failed attempt to explicate the tragedy of Sierra LeoneÂs 11-year civil war.
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Wagari Maathai, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, has long fought&#151;and sometimes suffered&#151;to protect the environment and human rights in Africa. A journalist recalls an encounter with the Kenyan 13 years ago.
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An artwork created from guns from Mozambique is unveiled at the British Museum in London.
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A spate of plays are examining both the political and human costs of the war in Iraq
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Three watercolours by JMW Turner are to be exhibited together in an attempt to stop one leaving the country.
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A theatre in London is staging seven plays to try to provide "a forum for debate" about the conflict in Darfur.
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Description: Commentator Meri Danquah lives in Ghana. The recent unrest in neighboring Ivory Coast has her thinking more than ever about the stability of West Africa.
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The Red campaign to fight H.I.V./AIDS in Africa had focused on branding everyday consumer products. On Thursday night at Sotheby's, the campaign turned to a high-end art world.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina's tradition of cultural coexistence - particularly impressive when set against centuries of nearly continuous internecine warfare in Western Europe - offers a compelling lesson for the ...
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A stroll through a Sudan music shop is a historical journey - from British colonial rule to the war-torn modern era.
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Along with several large concerts in the planning stages, artists around the world are putting on their own benefit shows or donating to funds for the victims of the recent tsunami in Southern Asia.
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Mention of North Korea inevitably summons up images of nuclear weapons, Kim Jong-Il and starving children, but a Briton has put on display a side of the reclusive country rarely seen -- its artwork.