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...hours. Ulumba and her husband managed to flee with their four children, leaving behind their life's possessions, a ravaged community of torched houses and the bloodied corpses of family members and friends. Now Ulumba is struggling to save another life: that of her 6-month-old son Amoni Mutombo. The baby lies whimpering in a clinic run by the aid organization Doctors Without Borders. His belly is distended by malnutrition, and although he appears to be in pain, he has no energy to cry. A nurse tries for half an hour to inject antibiotics into Amoni's twiglike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Deadliest War In The World | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

...some point during this packed sports February, between the passing of Dale Earnhardt and the XFL's fifteen minutes of fame, between the Mutombo trade and the return of pitchers and catchers, Sergei Bubka quietly retired...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved By The Bell: The Beauty of Bubka | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

Many expected a follow-up deal to fill the void in the middle. The names Dikembe Mutombo and Chris Webber littered area tabloids the day after the trade occurred, and Knick fans opted to uncharacteristically reserve judgement on the Ewing trade until the other shoe fell...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved By The Bell: Ew Gotta Wonder | 10/4/2000 | See Source »

Similarly, if a guard getting paid $4 million a year gets his dunk swatted by Dikembe Mutombo every time, I doubt he'll cry about Mutombo's taunting finger-wag later that night. If he does cry, he can wipe his tears with hundred dollar bills...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Bell Curve: Boo, Don't Ban | 5/26/2000 | See Source »

...grab or scrums in which to intervene. ESPN pronounced later in the day that he had out-foxed Riley the master for the second straight year. Maybe he was just looking for Dave Checketts in the stands, to gloat, or maybe he was running through defensive looks at Dikembe Mutombo in his mind...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: The Shot Finally Falls: Houston Provides Unlikely Game-Winner | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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