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    ABC News‏Verified account @ABC 16 Mar 2017

    Sierra Leone pastor discovers 706-carat diamond; turns it over to gov't to boost development in impoverished nation. http://abcn.ws/2mOhkcp pic.twitter.com/WPlCri1w6d

    2:53 PM - 16 Mar 2017
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      2. Marian1Burris‏ @Marian1Burris 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        #Pastor go get you some real lawyers#Dont be a fool#God don't want you poor, he gave you a way out#What you did was just Religious

        2 replies 13 retweets 31 likes
      3. allegro carbonara‏ @aahfeekiee 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Marian1Burris @ABC

        hashtag don't work like that, Marian dear

        1 reply 5 retweets 28 likes
      4. Marian1Burris‏ @Marian1Burris 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @aahfeekiee

        # Okay.

        1 reply 7 retweets 19 likes
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      2. (((Colin Wight)))‏ @colwight 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        and the proceeds will be heading straight to a Swiss bank account.

        1 reply 122 retweets 328 likes
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      2. Marian1Burris‏ @Marian1Burris 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        #That's was his gift from God#Now he's stuck in Sierra Leone#Pastor must pray for wisdom, they're laughing all the way too the bank

        2 replies 50 retweets 100 likes
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      1. Bonnie  🍻 Parker‏ @AlleyneLeila 16 Mar 2017
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        What a jackass!!!

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      1. Creative Gold‏Verified account @CREATIVE_GOLD 18 Mar 2017
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        pic.twitter.com/uIvRD7WRul

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      2. Terry‏ @TayyWroteIt 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        cool story but have you heard about the 64,000 plus black women that are and have been missing?#sexTrafficking in DC

        1 reply 7 retweets 23 likes
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      1. Lockett  ⚾ 💜‏ @ItsMeLockett 16 Mar 2017
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        that won't make it to the people in need. SMH

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      1.  ❌Lemzia  ❌‏ @lemzia 16 Mar 2017
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        May have just as well flushed the Diamond down the Toilet. Cash it in and give it to Charity that you can trust.

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      2. Julia Janzen‏ @JuliaJanzen 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        I would NEVER turn over a 706-carat diamond to OUR government! I'm pretty sure I would do a better job at taking care of people with it

        1 reply 4 retweets 18 likes
      3. Bre‏ @BreyanaBastian 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @JuliaJanzen @ABC

        wait what... this was in Africa?? Not America?

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      4. Julia Janzen‏ @JuliaJanzen 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BreyanaBastian

        No it wasn't found here. I was just saying if I found it I wouldn't trust our Govt. to spend it wisely on people in need.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. P.‏ @PeliciaJanay 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        or was that the story that their giving.

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      1. NotPerfect-JustRight‏ @mostlyrighthere 16 Mar 2017
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        that's probably the worst thing he could have done! How many billions of $ have been thrown at Africa and wasted by govts?

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      2.  ❄️黑與中文 ❄️‏ @kittypong_ 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        so what now, pastor?pic.twitter.com/g1fLo179od

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