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...unplanned stop after passing through Serb security forces guarding a nearby Serb refugee camp. Friendly Kosovar guides usher the diplomats through alleys to a walled compound, where they take off their shoes to enter a Muslim home. Holbrooke, his jacket off and his tie loosened, is introduced to Gani Shehu, 31, who identifies himself as Rugova's party leader in the village. K.L.A. "morale officer" Lum Haxhiu, 40, fondles a European assault rifle as he tells Holbrooke he was formerly a poet in Denmark. Outside, a bearded guerrilla puffing a Marlboro stands watch decked out in a black Ninja suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mission Impossible | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

...seasonal greeting to your list: Habari gani. It is Swahili for "What's new?" and the salutation for millions of African Americans who celebrate Kwanzaa, a seven-day holiday that begins on Dec. 26. Inaugurated 25 years ago as a black-nationalist celebration of familial and social values, the festivities are now being embraced by the black mainstream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tidings Of Black Pride and Joy | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

LIVING Habari gani to you, as Kwanzaa approaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...final piece of from Elizabeth Marshall's true account of her trip to Africa. Entitled "The Bushmen," it consists mainly of an interpreter, Gani's, personal narration of his life story. Miss Marshall has taken care in organizing the native's speech, but she has not included the description which would have added depth to her account...

Author: By Byron R. Wien, | Title: The Advocate | 11/25/1953 | See Source »

...chair, Schermerhorn, van Mook and Soekarno (Sjahrir had one of his frequent colds) haggled out an agreement. The issue finally boiled down to a sentence in Article 2 which referred to Indonesia as a "free democratic state." Soekarno's Economics Minister, 38-year-old A. K. Gani (who once acted in a Batavian-made movie True Love), objected: "That word 'free' is not enough. It should be 'sovereign.' " Van Mook turned to Soekarno: "Will you accept the agreement if it is changed to sovereign?" Almost before he knew it, Soekarno said yes, and the agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Ir. | 12/23/1946 | See Source »

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