The Romney campaign started its black outreach not too long ago -- folks in high unemployment in the area.

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Uganda would probably approve such a plan, and Rwanda might assent, so long as Angolan troops did not come too close to its borders.

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So too does the region's long border with Russia, although trade is not expected to reach its potential until Russia's political and economic chaos comes to an end.

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