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US children 'abandoned in Africa

AP reports that the woman took the children to an unspecified area of Nigeria in October, where a relative of her fiance lived. They were enrolled in a school, and the mother returned to Houston a month later. She reportedly went to Iraq in April to work as a private contractor.

The children were reportedly found living in a wooden shack by Nigerian social services, having been discharged by the school for the non-payment of tuition fees. They were taken to an orphanage in late July, where they were discovered by a visiting minister from a San Antonio church who overheard them speaking with American accents.

They said they liked the Houston Rockets, and sang the US national anthem to prove they were Americans, according to San Antonio pastor John Hagee. After arriving in the US, three of the children were admitted to hospital with malaria, said Texas Child Protection Services spokeswoman Estella Olguin. All were said to be thin and covered with mosquito bites.
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