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Liberia: Senator Edwin Snowe Explains Motivation Behind Quest for Religious Holidays

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe of Bomi County has responded to media reports that he ran away from Senate's discussion on the religious holiday bill he proposed.

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