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 Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:38 am Post subject: Tiny West African nation tries to lay claim to Whoopi Goldbe |
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Tiny West African nation tries to lay claim to Whoopi Goldberg
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Wed Feb 07, 12:24 PM EST
Rukmini Callimachi
By Rukmini Callimachi
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) - When the government of one of the world's poorest nations learned that Whoopi Goldberg had taken a DNA test showing her ancestors hail from here, the news reverberated through the halls of parliament, necessitating a high level meeting.
It was, the country's leaders decided, a chance to change the image of a nation plagued by coups since wresting independence from Portugal in 1973.
If the world could only grasp that a Hollywood celebrity traced her roots to this forsaken corner of the globe, it could bring goodwill from afar - even fame for Guinea-Bissau, they reasoned.
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