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UPDATE 10 June 2010: I am now a Canadian living in Africa! Today is the day that the World Cup starts here in Africa - though admittedly at the other end of the continent - and so I hope that there will be many eyes on this wonderful land. I now live in Mali - one of the poorest countries on the planet - and as you will see I have swapped a life of jet-setting and hotel parties for one of more serious a sober work! I founded and run a small non-profit called Angel Projects - and I have moved my blog onto my new website for the organisation.
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