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In a political fix? Call Shakira.
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New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)
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April 26, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Independent News & Media PLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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THERE was a defining moment in the life of Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, one which both her army of devoted fans and her impressive publicity machine agree indicated the world had a huge star on its hands.
Aged just 7, Shakira was accompanying her family to a Middle Eastern restaurant in her home town in the steamy Colombian port city of Barranquilla.
As the Arabic drums started to pulse and the restaurant's in-house belly dancers took to the stage, up leapt the little girl, overtaken by a "natural instinct", she later recalled, "to move my hips and twirl my belly to the sound of the doumbek. I fell in love with the sensation of being on stage".
The sultry Latin ...
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