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...meeting of the Cambridge City Council’s Housing Committee, which he chairs, and voted against an ordinance to offer protections to tenants being displaced by condominium conversion. More than any other candidate, Barrios has united a district that stretches from Allston to Saugus. The Boston Globe, the Sierra Club, more than 30 union locals, and both Democratic ward committees that represent Harvard, have all backed Barrios. He will be a splendid state senator...
...ravaged and impoverished country ranks dead last in the United Nations' latest tally of development levels around the world, but Sierra Leone's newly re-elected President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah sees reason for optimism even in that ignominious distinction. "I hope it will send a very powerful message to our people that we should learn to live in peace together and work hard to reconstruct our country," he says. "It's not a pleasant thing to be rated as trailing all the other countries in the world." When Kabbah, a former civil servant and longtime U.N. official - the U.N. Development...
...crimes, genocide and "crimes against humanity." A Peace and Security Council is to be established, and a permanent pan-African peacekeeping force is planned for the future. If these had been in operation during the OAU days, it is argued, genocide and civil wars in countries like Sierra Leone, Angola and Rwanda might have been avoided. The number one spoiler in the African Union and the factor that probably gives Western observers the greatest cause for concern is Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. Already smarting at the way his dream of a "United States of Africa" - with himself as President...
...Kirkus is stunned by "Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Path of the World's Most Precious Stones" by Greg Campbell (Westview; September), giving it a starred review. "The sorry role the diamond has played in the history of Sierra Leone, stunningly told by journalist Campbell ('The Road to Kosovo,' 1999)...Readers of Campbell's horrific tale - from killing fields to corporate boardrooms and all the seedy, murderous, and pathetic characters that fall between - who don't demand proof-of-source on any diamond purchase ought to have their ethics examined...
When I finally returned to civilization, I was welcomed by the campaign manager, a beer and the overwhelming desert heat. Had you forgotten about the heat? I had, in the cool altitudes of the Sierra Nevadas. But there it was, oppressive as always, drawing me to the air conditioning and bottled water. I returned to the Berkley campaign the next day, far away from ex-felons and homeless instigators. Back into the world of candidates’ forums and fundraisers, to speaking engagements and late nights. I was back to nights marked by sweaty sleep and parched throats. Back...