Word: congoes
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...north London where he preached. Abu Hamza's lawyer said he would appeal, a process that must begin within 10 days. Blunkett said that evidence presented at any appeal would focus on the way Abu Hamza "encouraged people to take part in jihad." Try, Try Again Democratic Republic Of Congo The government, opposition and rebel factions signed a peace accord in Sun City, South Africa, though the absence of President Joseph Kabila and a top rebel leader cast doubt on whether the deal signals a real end to 41/2 years of conflict. Under the agreement, Kabila will remain President...
...more single-mindedly determined than he is. Still, Saddam could have saved his regime by coming completely clean on his weapons-of-mass-destruction program. He could have saved himself by giving up political power. Other modern strongmen staring at a similar fate, from the Shah of Iran to Congo's Mobutu Sese Seko, have done it, and Saddam was suspected of stashing away enough secret wealth to make it easy. But he did not, and the reasons lie very much in his own biography...
Although Cauvin claims that many Haitians cannot swim, their island is surrounded by water, reminiscient of their origins near the Congo. Water allows them to pass from continent to continent and from life to death...
...with Afro-Cuban sounds in such standards as Afro Blue, made famous by John Coltrane, and a popular 1963 rendition of Herbie Hancock's Watermelon Man; following a stroke; in Miami. A veteran of the Tito Puente Orchestra, Santamaria recorded albums ranging from salsa and contemporary soul to congo-driven percussion and chanting...
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Chaos, Continued Embattled President Ange-Felix Patasse called on 1,000 soldiers from the Movement for the Liberation of Congo, a notorious foreign militia, to smash a rebel advance on Bouar, the C.A.R.'s second-largest military base. Since October, rebels loyal to ex-army chief François Bozize have seized 70% of the country, cutting food supplies to the capital. The fighting is the latest in a series of mutinies and coups that began in 1996. Patasse accused France, the former colonial power, of "discrimination" for not sending troops to help the government...