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...programs like these are also the first to be slashed. Martin Devenish, an Irish priest who runs a technical college near Moruongor parish, is proud to be teaching trades that could bring industry to Karamoja: carpentry, tailoring and bricklaying. Today dozens of adult students sit at benches, eating their midday meal, mostly corn provided by WFP. But each time the priest turns on the radio and hears about possible food-aid cuts, "I'm thinking what about here!," Devenish says...
...midday, most of the Square businesses that had been closed were back in operation, and roads were reopened to traffic...
...Zemp notes that less than six months ago, the area was prime insurgent territory and U.S. patrols routinely came under attack. On this April day, however, children poke their heads out of mud-brick doorways to wave, and two families even invite the troops to join in their modest midday meals. None of this would have been possible, Zemp says, without the efforts of the Iraqi army...
...five seconds ahead of the Big Green and nearly seven seconds ahead of Notre Dame. The morning’s conditions were fair with sunny skies and a light wind that built as the day progressed making for choppier water—and tougher conditions— for the midday races.“The afternoon was a little rough. Clear skies and warm weather is nice, but the actual racing conditions were a bit tough.” Larsen-Strecker said. “It was a challenge for all the crews, but since it was our race course...
...Still, there were outbreaks of violence in townships around the capital, Harare, where banks were open to the public in the central business district although some shops were closed in the morning, but later opened. By midday, the streets of the capital seemed half as busy as on a typical business day. One industrial employee in Willowvale said he went to work because he could not afford to lose a day's wage by staying home. "I had wanted to stay at home but I don't have money to feed my family," he said. "I always use the resources...