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...much but dragged the country further into despair. Joseph Kabila, whose tendency to platitude may indicate a lack of acuity or, perhaps, an awareness that he still has much to learn, says becoming President is a sacrifice he is happy to make. He pauses before hinting at a most un-African notion: that being President is not a job for life. "After some time, maybe I'll leave office, and I'll have enough time to go and do other things," he says. Then, perhaps, he will have the time to go into the countryside...
...rescue of Dongala. Roth had met the author in 1980 during one of his visits to the U.S. and the two formed a lasting friendship. Although Dongala was in town for business related to his work as a chemist, he was writing extensively, and his first book, Un Fusil dans le Main, Une Poeme dans la Poche (A Gun in the Hand, a Poem in the Pocket) had already won him prizes for the best French novel written by a non-Frenchman. When Roth heard Dongala was trapped in war-torn Congo, he drew on the lobbying power of Senator...
Executive Director of the International Dyslexia Association J. Thomas Viall said he does not foresee abuse of the un-flagged score reporting...
Charles Oakley's comments recently about the drug policy and rampant violations around the league certainly raised a few eyebrows from fans and commentators. Ultimately, though, the news was rather un-newsworthy. But the veteran power forward has seen a lot in his career, and as one of the last of a dying breed of pure hustle, minimally talented players in the NBA, there may be some sage-like wisdom in his rather nonchalant assessment of recreational drug use among professional athletes...
Less gory are the Moriones Festivals on Marinduque Island, south of Manila. Visitors can join masked processions and passion plays over the weekend. The theme is un-Christian revenge: a mock-up of the head of Longinus, one of the centurions who guarded Christ, is paraded through the streets. Or try spooky Siquijor Island, south of Cebu. Long a center for paganism and magic, the island attracts numerous witches on Good Friday who gather to brew and administer love potions, supposedly most potent on the godless day of Christ's death...