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...with the tonnage of copper that Zambia would like to export by that route. The result is that to export its copper Zambia has been paying heavy transport and port costs to Tanzania. At one point, Zambia claimed that 70,000 tons of copper were waiting for shipment at Dar. Shipping delays and subsequent storage charges have seriously hurt Zambia's mining industry, which is already suffering from the effects of low copper prices. Unless it can get government-allocated foreign exchange to buy new mining equipment, the industry may suffer a loss of up to $100 million this...
...tour, but Prince Andrew, 19, handled himself with the aplomb of a seasoned veteran. In Tanzania, on the first leg of a state visit, Andrew often competed with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip for the attention of crowds. As hundreds of thousands of Tanzanians cheered the royal family in Dar es Salaam, one busty woman tried to seize Andrew's attention. Ignoring the words TAKE MY BODY emblazoned on her T shirt, he discreetly averted his gaze. Two teen-age girls got more of a rise from the prince by standing outside church on Sunday morning and holding...
...persuasively, was more than just a little familiar with Blyth's work, and even quoted from one of his papers. But Darwin never publicly acknowledged, let alone discharged, his debt to Blyth, and history has been no kinder. Eiseley's ex pose in no way diminishes Charles Dar win's importance, but it does help ex plain his achievement. Like other scientists who were also able to see great distances, he was standing on the shoulders of giants. -Peter Stoler
...broadcast statement from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Lule promised a "rule of law" and said Uganda's first elections since 1962 would be held "as soon as conditions permit." Lule said he wants to "bring back to the people of Uganda the good life they once knew." "There must be no revenge," Lule added...
...reduced to radio broadcasts for his news, most of it bad or even worse, indifferent to his existence. Daily, however, his royal host, King Hassan II, drives over to Dar es Salaam Palace for a tete-a-tete, often chauffeuring himself in a sleek Mercedes 4505E with only a chihuahua lap dog as sentinel. There is an occasional family excursion into the Middle Atlas Mountains, but this involves screaming sirens and two limousine loads of jittery security guards scarcely a soothing outing. At home at the palace, 200 Moroccan troops are on guard duty...