washingtonpost.com - West AfricaWest AfricaAl-Jazeera Puts Focus on Reform- May 8, 2005 DOHA, Qatar -- From its headquarters, dispersed among cramped trailers, air-conditioned tents and a squat box of a building on a dusty lot crawling with stray cats, an unlikely ally has emerged in this desert capital for the Bush administration's new Middle East democracy campaign -- al-Jazeera.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45555-2005May8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/we... Fiction- May 8, 2005 Sticks and Stones War, statutory rape, child abuse and racism are hardly the stuff of comedy, but in Towelhead (Simon & Schuster, $22), Alicia Erian succeeds in blending this weird and sometimes shocking mix of elements into a funny, poignant and utterly readable first novel. (Her collection of short stories, The Brutal Language of Love, was published in 2001.)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7878-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/we... Nigerian Leader Says He Won't Turn Taylor Over for Trial- May 8, 2005 President Bush and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo met at the White House yesterday where they discussed the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, the high price of oil and a way to bring to justice Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president accused of war crimes and now living in exile in Nigeria.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41485-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/africa/we... In the Conclave: Guardians of Continuity Versus Agents of Change- May 8, 2005 ROME, April 16 -- The next pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church could be a Brazilian cardinal who gave refuge to striking workers pursued by police helicopters. It could be a Nigerian whose parents worshiped African gods, a bookish Viennese who speaks five languages, an Italian who speaks only his home tongue, or an Argentine who rides a bus to work in his diocese.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59537-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/africa/w... Vanilla, Again Within Reach- May 8, 2005 Over a six-month period, starting in late 2003, baker Rose Donahoe watched in disbelief as the price of vanilla climbed from $60 to $238 per gallon.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35274-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/africa/we... Japanese Leader Apologizes For the Past- May 8, 2005 JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 22 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reiterated an apology for Japan's wartime acts in an attempt to mend fences with Beijing and persuade China's president, Hu Jintao, to meet with him on the sidelines of an Asia-Africa summit in Indonesia Friday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8001-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/we... Tyrants' Lobbyist, Flamboyant to the End- May 8, 2005 As part of Washington's image machinery for more than two decades, Edward von Kloberg III did his best to sanitize some of the late 20th century's most notorious dictators as they sought favors and approval from U.S. officials.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32912-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/africa/we... WorldSpace Sets Stock Offering- May 8, 2005 Seeking to piggyback on the growth of satellite radio in the United States, WorldSpace, a Washington satellite radio service provider, last week registered an initial public offering of $100 million of stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission.-The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63988-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/africa/w... Sudan's Unbowed, Unbroken Inner Circle- May 8, 2005 KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The men who control Africa's largest country -- the key architects of the conflict in Darfur -- hail from two tiny, interwoven Arab tribes. Many of them grew up together and graduated from Khartoum University. They often sit together in cafis beside the Nile, bickering about politics and religion over endless cups of sweet tea.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32911-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/africa/we... For Rice's Deputy, a Leading Role- May 8, 2005 Robert B. Zoellick has a deep background in both economics and politics, but cutting trade deals in President Bush's first term appears to have molded him into a pragmatic diplomatic troubleshooter.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59535-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/africa/w... |