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...Marisol Pineda Conde ’08 of Ballet Folklorico said as the SWSG girls twirled in colorful skirts. In a workshop led by Model United Nations students, the girls represented different countries as they grappled with how to respond to a tsunami hitting India. The delegates from Botswana, for instance, analyzed their country’s resources and volunteered to send steel and produce to the stricken area. “I was really impressed with the girls,” said Elina Tetelbaum ’07, who is a member of the Model United Nations and moderated...
Several prominent figures who delivered past Gordon lectures at Harvard have been—or have gone on to be—heads of state. The list includes President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia this year; then-President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique in 2004; President Festus G. Mogae of Botswana in 2000; former British Prime Minister John Major in 1999; and former President George H.W. Bush in 1998. And it appears that Pataki aspires to the title of president as well. While he has not officially announced a bid for his party’s nomination in 2008, his political...
...women pre- and post- delivery are effective in reducing the transmission of HIV to the child, some experts believe that using ARVs before exposure to HIV may have the same effect in protecting partners. Five trials, all involving two compounds, Tenofovir or Truvada, are now underway in Thailand, Botswana, Peru, West Africa and even the U.S. It's being tested in groups at highest risk of transmitting the virus - commercial sex workers and gay men. "What you want is a high level of ARV in the blood and body secretions, so that when you are exposed...
...engagement ring I gave my fiancée had passed through the De Beers chain. At the time I bought it in 2000, the cartel controlled up to 75% of the world's rough diamonds. The most likely point of origin-statistically speaking-was the mine at Orapa in Botswana. But the symbol of my love also could have come from Russian Siberia or the Premier Mine in South Africa or from the war spoils of Angola. There was no way to trace its history, except to say De Beers' office in London was the probable point of transfer...
...would say that my closest group of friends here are black,” says Macharia, who was born in Kenya before moving to Botswana. “At home,” she says, “I actually had a more diverse group of friends than here...