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Election Night Blog
That just never happens in Africa," says Bola Akinrele, an attorney. In African elections, it's winner-take-all. Nevertheless, most Nigerians I spoke to unanimously want Sen. John Kerry to win the U.S. presidential election. "Bush just leaves a bad taste in peoples' mouths," says Ayo Fasinro, a law professor. In Africa's third largest nation, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the feeling is Republicans have been more favorable, at least to the Congolese. "We want Bush to win," says businessman Molegwa Zihindula. In Lagos, it's business as usual. Traffic is snarled, honks are blaring, vendors are out selling their wares and 130 million people await a result thousands of miles away. They know they can't do anything about it -- only watch and wait. "Talk about on the outside looking in," says businessman Bimbo Adenugba.
Skiles realizes what's missing
Skiles said he expects all to play Friday against New York. … Wallace is the only Bull among All-Star balloting leaders, ranking fourth among Eastern Conference centers.
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AT&T employees, others sound off on telework cuts
After 20 years with SBC (great reviews, good rapport with customers and peers) I was surplussed. You don't like the way management treats you? Tough! Get used to it. It's a lousy company disguised as a good one. Their purported biggest asset (their employees) are treated as so much excess inventory. If you think you can do better, my advice is to do it. Get out! Save yourself. Click to read the article this is in response to. .
A C from Albertario, Canada writes:
I've always loved that mid-part of "Whole Lotta Love", where Zep are musically simulating the act of making love, culminating in the "climax" of Page's guitar solo.
Sorry, hip-hop fans, but if someone can't sing, play an instrument, or write music, then he or she may have some kind of talent, but, in my book, it ain't musical talent. Posted 11/12/07 at 12:48 PM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Black Monkey Potion
Whenever children went past our house, we called out to Keshavan even if we were carrying the black monkey or posed with him on our shoulder in front of the wide open window. "Watch out," Manni warned. "One day somebody will steal him and pour him into bottles labelled "Black Monkey Potion That Cures All Ills." .
Poor nations demand green technology
Uganda gets plenty of sun, making it a great spot for solar energy. There's only one problem: In one of the world's most impoverished nations, few people can afford an imported solar panel.Poorer countries accuse the rich of pressuring them to control emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, while refusing to provide them with technology needed to do so without hurting their economies.They have made their demands that rich nations provide cheap access to green know-how a centerpiece of the U.N. climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia."We know the challenges are there, but we cannot respond to the challenges because we don't have the capacity," said Maria Mutagamba, Uganda's environment minister.Wealthy countries say they must consider demands of private companies for protection of their intellectual property rights, assurances they will have the opportunity to profit from their investments, and better regulation and laws in host nations.Industrialized countries deny they are unfairly withholding know-how from poorer nations."Let there be no doubt, America is engaged in the transfer and receipt of technologies on a massive scale," Jim Connaughton, the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, told reporters.The need of developing countries for energy will only increase with economic growth, and they argue that reliance on outdated technology today will lock them into high-emissions patterns for decades to come.The United States has long been the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, but some say it has already been eclipsed by rapidly growing China, a country that relies heavily on outdated and dirty coal-burning technology.
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