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...washing, and the men discussed the best way to kill a bull and even the journalists eased off and relaxed. President Obama, it turns out, owns four acres in Kogelo. I took a walk on his field. He has a nice maize crop. And a very promisng field of millet. More important, he has a great view. - By Alex Perry / Kogelo...
...photo of the children scavenging for food in Kanpur, India, reminded me of Jean-François Millet's painting The Gleaners. It was really sad to see what these children's lives are like. I hope we can create a better world full of love and hope so that the next generation will not see the conditions necessary to create another, updated version of The Gleaners. Lether Lam Hong Kong
...photo of the children scavenging for food in Kanpur, India, reminded me of Jean François Millet's painting The Gleaners. It was really sad to see what these poor children's lives are like. I hope we can create a better world full of love and hope so that the next generation will not see the desperate conditions necessary to create another, updated version of The Gleaners. LETHER LAM Hong Kong...
...report new bloodshed. Gopvernment-armed Arab Janjaweed militias are launching a fresh assault in Southern Darfur, while opposing Darfuri rebel groups are said to be re-arming in neighboring Chad. If fighting continues, already malnourished farmers won’t be able to harvest their staple crop of millet and Darfur’s four-month-old peace accord will lie in tatters. At this pivotal moment, the international community must offer Sudan one last chance to accept peacekeepers. If that fails, the UN should invoke Chapter VII of its charter to authorize a peacekeeping mission without Sudan?...
...wonderful material that is peeled from the trunk of a fig tree and traditionally used as clothing"?is coaxed into purses, cushion covers, jewelry bags, even Christmas stockings. Ugandan village women's basket-weaving skills are applied to banana-leaf and raffia place mats, palm-leaf cutlery trays and millet-stem and raffia lampshades and coasters, and leatherworkers fashion wine-bottle coolers and photo-album covers...