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...banks have only $6 billion on loan to debt-ridden Africa, the most depressed part of the developing world. But the 42 countries of sub-Saharan Africa owe a total of $80 billion, mostly to foreign governments and organizations like the World Bank. Because of the low prices that African nations are receiving for such key exports as coffee, tea and oil, they cannot import enough food for their drought-stricken populations, much less make payments on foreign debt...
...editor decides what to cover, the reporters gather the facts, and the news is packaged into a story and distributed to the masses. News on the Net, by contrast, is bottom up: it bubbles from newsgroups whenever anyone has anything to report. Much of it may be bogus, error-ridden or just plain wrong. But when writers report on their area of expertise -- as they often do -- it carries information that is frequently closer to the source than what is found in newspapers...
French Minister of Defense Michèle Alliot-Marie said Friday that France will pursue a trans-Atlantic strategy of cooperation with the U.S. to promote development and stabilization in terrorist-ridden regions, but she also defended France’s controversial moves to construct a European Union military and sell arms to China...
Great beat by Dr. Dre, and a fabulous little chorus that moves quick and slinky through 50 Cent’s bullet ridden gullet. “Coming up I was confused/my momma was kissing a girl.” Haha. That’s the first line. Kissing a girl...
...dying village's isolation is stunning. There are no cars or trucks owned or used within Sauri, and only a handful of villagers said they had ridden in any kind of motorized transport during the past year. Around half of the individuals at the meeting said that they had never made a phone call in their entire lives...