With private conservancies starting to pop up all across Kenya, the Samburu, Maasai and other pastoralist communities are laughing again.

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"It was wonderful to hear him simply talking and laughing again, " says Udell.

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Hugo Chavez is joking and laughing again, a senior official has said - the latest positive comment about the health of the Venezuelan president.

BBC: Hugo Chavez joking and laughing, says Venezuela minister

Laughing again, Manning sounded drunk, Aisling thought.

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But then again, maybe that is what they were laughing about on the golf course recently.

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