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Young girls and women wear khangas, a traditional wrap, with the image of U.S. President Barack Obama as they line up to enter the State House, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Monday, July 1, 2013, to greet and perform for U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Angel Salvatory, 17, who has skin cancer, with her half-brother Ezekiel and mother Bestida, who she had not seen in the four years she has lived away from home, after her own father led a group of men to attack her, seen at Kabanga Protectorate Center, in Kabanga, Tanzania, Aug. 29, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, seen here speaking at the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa in May 2010 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, died Monday, after weeks of illness, Ethiopian state media reported. Mr. Meles, who took power in 1991, was 57. (Associated Press)

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi speaks during the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in May 2010. (AP Photo/Khalfan Said)

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Tanzanian officials speak with survivors of an incident where more than forty people suffocated to death in a truck container near Chitego Forest, about 80 miles east of the capital Dodoma, in Tanzania. Tanzania lies on a smuggling route Africans use to travel to South Africa, where there are more economic opportunities. (Associated Press)

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Classes for students at Gerezani Secondary School, and at other secondary schools in Tanzania, are taught only in English. Some students struggle with the language since it is spoken in relatively few homes, but English remains an official language, along with Kiswahili, one of 120 local languages. (Anna Patton/Special to The Washington Times)

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The Matilda's horned viper, discovered in southwestern Tanzania about two years ago, is the world's newest snake species. It's named for the daughter of one of its discoverers, the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Tanzania. (Associated Press)

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Women mourn the dead in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on Sunday, Sept 11, 2011, after the ferry M.V. Spice Islanders sank early Saturday near the tourist destination of Zanzibar. (AP Photo/Ali Sultan)

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Tanzanian police carry a body from the sea in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Saturday, Sept 10, 2011. An overcrowded ship sank in deep sea off mainland Tanzania on Saturday with about 600 people onboard, and about 370 people are believed missing or dead. (AP Photo/Sultan Ali)

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**FILE** This undated photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the al Qaeda operative behind the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. A Somali official said June 11, 2011 that Mohammed was killed by security forces four days earlier. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This Aug. 8, 1998, file photo shows the United States Embassy, left, and other damaged buildings in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, the day after terrorist bombs in Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)

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The United States Embassy, left, is pictured with blasted ruins next to it in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Aug. 8, 1998 the day after terrorist bombs in Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania exploded killing at least 130 and injuring at least 2,200. Officials in the United States, Kenya and Tanzania refused to speculate on who was responsible. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)

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Tanzanians line up to vote in Msoga village on Sunday. Tanzania's ruling party, in power for nearly half a century, is facing a stiff challenge from an energized opposition. (Associated Press)

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Seeking re-election, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete casts his vote in his home village of Msoga, about 75 miles north of the capital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Students crowd a biology class at Msaranga Secondary School near Moshi, Tanzania, where youngsters hunger for education. To get into the classroom, however, they have to pay substantial fees for items such as uniforms and desks. (Associated Press)