Word: africas
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Catholics in Africa, 2002-07, in millions...
...South Africa Tibet Tussle The South African government barred the Dalai Lama from attending a March 27 Johannesburg peace conference, citing the spiritual leader's tense relations with China but denying it was pressured by Beijing. Nobel laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk protested by pulling out of the event, a walk-up to the 2010 World Cup. Organizers subsequently canceled the conference...
Your article "Africa, Business Destination" was a welcome recognition of the importance of trade and business development as tools for combating poverty [March 23]. But I have to correct a suggestion in the piece that Bono and Bob Geldof seek to represent Africans in their work as activists. They work in partnership with leading Africans but never suggest they represent Africans. Bono and Geldof represent themselves and others who want to see the world's richest governments keep the commitments they have made to Africa. These two have also argued that trade and investment will be more important than...
...people attempting to illegally enter Europe drowned when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean. The vessel was one of at least two that left from Libya and encountered bad weather. It was most likely bound for the Italian island of Lampedusa; more than 30,000 migrants arrive there from Africa every year, according to the International Organization for Migration...