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Young Ambassadors for Chemistry. Addis Ababa, February 2011. Lida Schoen (organiser, the Netherlands) Mei-Hung Chíu (evaluator, Taiwan). Young Ambassadors for Chemistry. Aims Promotion of chemistry by young students International collaboration (via chemistry)
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