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Kidnap survivor Amanda Lindhout bringing more aid to Somalia
Former Canadian journalist-turned-humanitarian, Amanda Lindhout, pays us a return visit as her Global Enrichment Foundation's Convoy for Hope prepares to deliver a Christmas shipment of aid to Somalia, the country where she was held hostage for 460 days after her brutal abduction in 2008.
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