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There is real reason for excitement. Much to the surprise of technology analysts, Africa is the fastest-growing mobile phone market on the planet and Safaricom has profited handsomely by catering to customers who don't have a lot to spend. In 2007, the company's pre-tax profit was $370 million, making it what was believed to be the most successful company in the continent outside South Africa. The more stunning figure is its subscriber base - which grew from less than 20,000 in 2000 to about 10 million today, upending the conventional wisdom that sub-Saharan Africans, especially...
...being touted as a "once-in-a-lifetime inspirational dinner." On April 5, Bangkok's five-star Lebua hotel will treat 50 favored guests to a repast prepared by a glittering array of Michelin-starred chefs. To thank the guests for their loyalty to the hotel, Lebua plans to spend $300,000 for the meal. Accustomed though they may be to showy p.r. stunts, social activists are nonetheless up in arms over this particular act of epic extravagance. The reason? The banquet comes with a pre-dinner commitment to what the Lebua's p.r. mavens have dubbed "emotional tourism." Hours...
...over break in order to complete theses. The final deadlines for many departments fall after the break, concentrators often open out of returning home for a spell or wiling away hours out in Cancun. Honors track concentrators studying Religion, Visual and Environmental Studies, and most of the hard sciences spend their vacations holed up in their rooms. While spring-sport athletes who stay behind are often cared for by coaches and nutritionists, not everyone has that luxury. Perhaps most importantly, the lack of HUDS meals over break harms students who are socio-economically disadvantaged. For those who are financially prevented...
...Spend Easter Sunday in Belfast and you have to wonder what happened...
...Iraqi government. One of the attacks hit the compound of the Sunni politician Tariq al-Hashimi, one of Iraq's vice presidents. The New York Times reported that one of his security guards had been killed. U.S. Embassy staff have been instructed to limit the time they spend outdoors and to wear helmets, flak vests and eye protection when they leave hardened structures...