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Thursday, August 7th, 2008China signed a $9 billion deal with the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year to allow China access to the African country’s mineral resources. In return, China plans to invest (by way of Chinese contractors) in a new transportation network—a 1,000-mile road from the Zambian border to northeastern Congo. Infrastructure improvements such as this [...]
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Will USA Basketball Take a Stand in Beijing?
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Keep an eye out as to how members of this year’s “Dream Team” will respond to political questions during the upcoming Olympics. Last year, LeBron James declined to sign a letter drafted by teammate Ira Newble to the Chinese government regarding the genocide in Darfur. Since then, he says he has “educated himself” on the [...]
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Zimbabwe Update: A Postcard from Mugabe’s Paradise
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008I am reprinting verbatim a post in “Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe” a blog I follow with some interest. Those of us following the goings on in Zimbabwe must remind ourselves of the daily struggles for survival in Zimbabwe, which this post does rather well unfortunately:
With inflation recording 2,2 million percent and economists like Erick [...]
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Zimbabwe Will Fall: It’s the Economy Stupid!
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008In today’s BBC News Africa, there is an interesting article about the economic crisis in ZImbabwe and its ultimate impact it will have on the Mugabe government. It points out that with the inflation rate in Zimbabwe at 15 Million percent, 256 Billion Zimbabwe dollars gets you a loaf of bread. Zillionaires are starving in [...]
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U.S. Freezes Zimbabwe Assets
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Reuters reported Firday that the U.S. Treasury Department moved to freeze assets of 17 business enterprises controlled by the Zimbabwean government. The Treasury Department’s decision was driven by the companies’ support of President Robert Mugabe’s regime.
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