Ratcliffe was notified by her school way back in November that China.org had hired her and would put her and other interns up in an apartment in Beijing, within walking distance to work.

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Arda has carried words back and forth from one to the other and has persuaded her daughter to put up with him, at least for the first few days, since Cambara informed her of her wish to go to Mogadiscio.

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