jeudi 3 avril 2003

Of cannibals and chums (friendlink - 2) Africa's most recent allegations of cannibalism have been levelled against rebels in the northeast of the DR Congo, reportedly confirmed by UN investigators in January, but denied by rebel leader and would-be vice president (...if not more) Jean-Pierre Bemba. In Madagascar, cannibalism predates people and was practised by at least one dinosaur, the Beeb informs us, with a link to one of those many fascinating museum sites, the one for Natural History in London. zzz Good morning, South Africa! Another "you-know-who-I-mean", 'Colonel, sir'. Welcome aboard. He and all the Jo'burg team did a fine job on the DRC story yesterday; it was only the 362 Congolese delegates in Sun City who kept us on edge as bell after bell signalling "urgents" buzzed in Paris and successively persisted in not being the start of that ceremony to end Africa's "first world war". One of the characteristics of that continent is that almost nothing like this ever begins on time. This can be relaxing when you're travelling, but less fun when you're trying to meet deadlines. I don't know whether that's true of Hawaii, but Al, one of my fellow TS founder members, offers a personal introduction to the island. He's been busy, er, "blogging", in his own way, since November 2000. 10:58:48 AM  link   your views? []

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