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Woman who rescued 20,000 orphans wins humanitarian prize, but lives in exile

Marguerite Barankitse was awarded a $1 million humanitarian prize for her work rescuing child refugees and war orphans. She was recently exiled from her home country of Burundi, but remains committed to her mission. Barankitse told her story to CBSN.
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