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Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumara of Sierra Leone requested asylum in the United States after soldiers surrounded his home on Saturday. Sam-Sumara was removed from the All People’s Congress Party this month following accusations of creating a rival political movement. Source: The New York Times

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