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- ↑ "CRY FREETOWN" (Interview). PBS NewsHour . 25 January 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ↑ Samura, Sorious. "Profile of InsightNewsTV" . Retrieved 2 December 2007– via YouTube.
