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Vol. 2, No. 4--May 11, 2005

The Sunday Nation (Nairobi), April 10, 2005, Ex-African Heads in Rare Talks, by SUNDAY NATION Correspondent Former African heads of state, including retired President Moi, have been meeting in South Africa at a conference called to discuss the continent's economic and image problems.
For the complete article visit: http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=46790

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Africa-Asia Talks
This Day (Lagos) April 24, 2005 (Posted to the allafrica.com web site April 25, 2005), African, Asian Leaders Define Scope of New Partnership
For the complete article visit http://allafrica.com/stories/200504250689.html

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Africa-Press Coverage
The Washington Post, Sunday, April 17, 2005; Page B02, The Africa You Never See By Carol Pineau
For the complete article visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58294-2005Apr16.html For more on press coverage of Africa, see TransAfrica Forum Issue Brief of December 2000 at http://www.transafricaforum.org/documents/PresscoverageAfrica2000.pdf

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Brazil
Citizen Action in the Americas Americas Program (International Relations Center (IRC)) No. 17, April 2005, Brazil's Black Civil Rights Activists Achieving Overdue Policy Reform, by Dayanne Mikevis and Matthew Flynn
For the complete article visit http://www.americaspolicy.org/citizen-action/series/17-afrobrazil.html

BBC News, Thursday, 14 April, 2005, 21:07 GMT 22:07 UK, Brazil's Lula 'Sorry' for Slavery
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has apologised for his country's role in African slavery while on a visit to Senegal.
For the complete article visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4446647.stm

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International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Inter Press Service News Agency, April 18, 2005, MPs Demand More Budgetary Control From IMF and Bank, by Emad Mekay
Hundreds of members of parliaments around the world are calling on the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to roll back dozens of conditions they impose on borrowing countries and let local legislators have the final say in domestic economic policies.
For the complete article visit http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=28344

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Religion-African, Caribbean and Latin American Reaction to Selection of New Pope The East African Standard (Nairobi), Thursday April 21, 2005 Help Africa fight Aids, Ndingi Tells New Pope, by Patrick Mathangani Catholic Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki yesterday urged Pope Benedict XVI to help Africa get money to fight HIV/Aids. For the complete article visit http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=18527

BBC News, 19 April, 2005 - Published 20:01 GMT Region Supports New Pope Archbishop of Kingston Lawrence Burke has welcomed the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new Pope
For the complete article visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2005/04/050419_newpope.shtml

Inter Press Service News Agency, April 19, 2005 LATIN AMERICA: New Pope a Disappointment to Progressives, Women, by Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 19 (IPS) - "Today was a sad day," Maria José Rosado Nunes, head of the Brazilian branch of Catholics for the Right to Decide, said in response to the selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new pope, a decision that in Latin America also disappointed progressive members of the clergy and married priests.
For the complete article visit http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=28377

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Sudan
Foreign Policy In Focus, Commentary, Intervene to Save Darfur, April 19, 2005, by Ann-Louise Colgan
For the past two years, the destruction of Darfur has played out before the eyes of the world, and the member countries of the United Nations have remained largely paralyzed. Recent UN votes on sanctions and on a referral to the International Criminal Court are important steps forward on Darfur, but they are not enough. Unless there is a rapid and robust international intervention in Darfur, up to a million people could be dead by the end of this year. As the genocide continues, the need for immediate humanitarian intervention can no longer be disputed.
For the complete article visit http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2005/0504darfur.html

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Togo
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, News, April 26, 2005 (Posted to the allafrica.com website April 26, 2005), Togo: Furious Opposition Say Won't Accept Former Ruler's Son As New President
For the complete article visit http://allafrica.com/stories/200504260992.html

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