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Day: March 14, 2009

Posted on March 14, 2009

Get that Goat!


This is the goat to put your money on in the next Royal Ascot Goat Races. The Museveni/Kabila convoy is a distant second, followed by lots of sprinting men in suits…

(Source: New Vision, story here)

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