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Correction: US-Horn of Africa Famine story

Jan 25, 2012, 10:09 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a story about the humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa, The Associated Press erroneously reported that refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya were still in the process of opening. The camps opened between June and November of last year.

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