Reporting and musing on events and culture in the Great Lakes since 2004
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A friend just recommended this book to me, and I'm ordering it now. I'm pasting the NYT review under the cut. The story is about a woman of color that developed cancer and died in 1951, but whose cells were harvested for medical research (HeLa cells) and resulted in some 50
Read more and visit the photo gallery - click below (source: WaPo):It was a lackluster afternoon until a shiny maroon Mercedes pulled up, delivering a group of young men in clouds of cologne and ensembles of Gaultier, Cavalli and Issey Miyake. "Labels! Labels!" yelled one of the pool players. "Show
1. Qu’est ce que Amani Leo et où se déroule t’elle? Amani Leo est une opération militaire dans le Nord et le Sud Kivu, menée par les Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo, avec un soutien de la MONUC. Elle a pris le relais de deux autres opérations antérieures:
I was at a meeting in South Africa last week at which prevention of HIV/AIDS was the primary focus. Some interesting elements that were being discussed there included the suggestion of focusing more on mode of transmission in southern Africa as opposed to which group any given sexually active person identifies with.
The UN has begun talks with Democratic Republic of Congo on withdrawing its peacekeeping mission - the biggest UN operation in the world. UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy said his officials would take a month to assess how the pullout of 20,500 personnel could be carried out.The current mandate
Blood cheese? Conflict cows? Seriously - I have never bought or asked for a diamond ring, although occasionally I've thought about it. I haven't bought a cell phone in years by just begging other people's hand-me-downs. I don't own a PlayStation or Wii or anything like that. I haven't even owned a
An NGO suggests printing a zero-rupee note.Considering dollars are accepted everywhere in DR Congo, perhaps we could import some PLENTYs as an alternative bribery currency. Then, they could be spent, but only in Pittsboro, North Carolina and a couple joints in surrounding towns...
[Answering someone's comment somewhere else]The US does not give more money to other countries than its own. Historically US foreign aid is the lowest percent of GDP among western countries.Around $116b was pledged by the USG for Katrina, and around $100m was pledged for Haiti post-earthquake (over a 100-fold difference). I
African Heroes: stories of brave badasses - Why street kids may not go to school, even if you pay for itDon't tell people what to do. If you want to help them, trust them to figure out what their own immediate needs are. If you don't agree with their choices,
"This is the United States of America. They perform miracles all across the world ... Where's our miracle?" Relatives of Americans missing in Haiti angry - Yahoo! NewsUmmm - does Haiti get a miracle? Or only the parents of the missing Florida girl?
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