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 true Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:05:18-07:00 2006-06-08T08:05:18Z 2006-06-08T08:05:18Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975391847281482 Pre-poll pilot ID scheme starts in Ivory Coast <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18541628.htm">Pre-poll pilot ID scheme starts in Ivory Coast</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Less than six months remain to organise the elections in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, once a haven of peace and stability in conflict-prone West Africa. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4276">Rangasamy takes oath as Pondicherry chief minister</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Telugu Portal - Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> the PMK. The Congress won 10 seats in the 30-member assembly in the May elections in this former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. Three Independent <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php%3Fstoryid%3D4276"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/18/mali.france.reut/">Chants of 'rascist' as French leader visits Mali</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>CNN - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> The bill, which aims to attract skilled workers while keeping less skilled ones out, has stirred angry protests in both France and former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> Mali. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/18/mali.france.reut/"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4991322.stm">BBC News, Norfolk Island</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>BBC News - UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Its steep cliffs and treacherous reefs mean it has no port. Its nearest neighbour is the <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> of New Caledonia, 500 miles away. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P></FONT>&nbsp;</P></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:05:02-07:00 2006-06-08T08:05:02Z 2006-06-08T08:05:02Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975390241965400 Khaleej Times Online - Indian ex-French colony Pondicherry to be ... <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/May/subcontinent_May969.xml&amp;section=subcontinent&amp;col=">Khaleej Times Online - Indian ex-<B>French colony</B> Pondicherry to be <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1>Khaleej Times, the No.1 English language daily newspaper published from Dubai,<BR>United Arab Emirates.<BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-world-12-l5&amp;idq=/ff/story/7000%2F20060527%2F0555000001.htm&amp;sc=sastop">Indian ex-<B>French colony</B> Pondicherry to be renamed Puducherry <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1>Get up-to-the-minute national and international news and headlines.<BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060527/wl_sthasia_afp/indiafrancestatetourism_060527094604">Indian ex-<B>French colony</B> Pondicherry to be renamed Puducherry <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1>India's government plans to seek parliamentary approval to change the name of<BR>the picturesque former <B>French colony</B> Pondicherry to Puducherry, <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3912580.html">Volcano Spews Smoke, Lava in the Comoros</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Houston Chronicle - United States</FONT><BR><B>...</B> The Comoros, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> with a population of 770,000, lies about 185 miles east of Mozambique and 250 miles west of Madagascar.<BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/05/30/d605301503102.htm">Comoros: A new dawn</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh</FONT><BR>The former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> of Comoros has become the seventh Muslim nation in a row, since the beginning of the last year, to have opted for Islamists in the <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1593006.cms">GAIL begins talks with Algerian firm for LNG</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Times of India - India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Indian gas utility is trying to build upon its recent purchase of a spot cargo of gas from the Algerian flagship firm and the former <B>French</B> <B>colony's</B> efforts to <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:04:49-07:00 2006-06-08T08:04:49Z 2006-06-08T08:04:49Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975388959731301 Vanity Fair: Nigeria Yellowcake Forgery May Have White House Ties <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060607_vanity_fair_nigeria_yellowcake/">Vanity Fair: Nigeria Yellowcake Forgery May Have White House Ties</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Truthdig - United States</FONT><BR><B>...</B> is home to scores of middle-class families, and to the embassy for the Republic of Niger, the impoverished West African nation that was once a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://business.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=BIZOnline&amp;category=Business&amp;tBrand=BIZOnline&amp;tCategory=homepage&amp;itemid=NOED06%20Jun%202006%2021%3A06%3A28%3A907">Hi-tech image for Fine City</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norfolk,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Around 100 people are expected to attend, mainly from Europe but also some from the Republic of Guinea in Africa, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:04:29-07:00 2006-06-08T08:04:29Z 2006-06-08T08:04:29Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975386927514874 Rangasamy at Pondicherry helm again <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&amp;theme=&amp;usrsess=1&amp;id=116706">Rangasamy at Pondicherry helm again</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>The Statesman - Kolkata,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> secretary Mr CS Khairwal read out the Presidential notification appointing Mr Rangasamy as the chief minister of the Union Territory, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php%3Fclid%3D2%26theme%3D%26usrsess%3D1%26id%3D116706"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.stlouisreview.com/article.php?id=10735">Local missionary takes long view on West Africa efforts</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>St.Louis Review - St.Louis,Missouri,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Fluent in French, Boedeker was sent to the Ivory Coast, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, where French is the common language among its 64 ethnic groups. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=44240">Chad: Pope calls for peace, reconciliation</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Catholic World News - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Chad, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, is now caught up in a civil war that pits the authoritarian regime of Idriss D�by against rebels based in Sudan. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/05/19/frances_sarkozy_in_mali_rejects_charges_of_racism">France's Sarkozy, in Mali, rejects charges of racism</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Boston Globe - United States</FONT><BR><B>...</B> to attract skilled workers while keeping less skilled ones out, has stirred angry protests from critics in France and Mali, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, who say the <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/05/19/frances_sarkozy_in_mali_rejects_charges_of_racism"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&amp;cid=shlaes&amp;sid=aWRFi3UcPLKI">Doing Business With Gisele, a Vietnamese Dream: Amity Shlaes</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Bloomberg - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Consider the Vietnamese past. As a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, Vietnam traded with its overlord. But lies and exploitation were a big part of the relationship. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P></FONT>&nbsp;</P></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:04:10-07:00 2006-06-08T08:04:10Z 2006-06-08T08:04:10Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975385078499437 Elephants hope to do well in first World Cup apperance <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://chicago.matchnight.com/tfadefault.cfm?page=ARTICLE&amp;show=18987">Elephants hope to do well in first World Cup apperance</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>TheFireAlarm.com - Chicago,IL,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> well. He now leads the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> into a most difficult group against Argentina, Holland, and Serbia and Montenegro. In <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:03:54-07:00 2006-06-08T08:03:54Z 2006-06-08T08:03:54Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975383422223410 The Gauls at Home in Erin <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/02/business/worldbusiness/02migration.html">The Gauls at Home in Erin</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>New York Times - United States</FONT><BR><B>...</B> continues to rise. The only larger modern <B>French</B> "<B>colony</B>" is in Britain, where an estimated 86,000 have found work. In London restaurants <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:03:36-07:00 2006-06-08T08:03:36Z 2006-06-08T08:03:36Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975381678074410 =?us-ascii?Q?It=92ll be Puducherry now?= <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&amp;item_no=88691&amp;version=1&amp;template_id=49&amp;parent_id=29">It�ll be Puducherry now</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar</FONT><BR>NEW DELHI: The federal government plans to seek parliamentary approval to change the name of the picturesque former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> Pondicherry to Puducherry, a <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P></FONT>&nbsp;</P></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:03:21-07:00 2006-06-08T08:03:21Z 2006-06-08T08:03:21Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975380171021776 Khaleej Times Online - Indian ex-French colony Pondicherry to be ... <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&amp;section=subcontinent&amp;xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/May/subcontinent_May969.xml">Khaleej Times Online - Indian ex-<B>French colony</B> Pondicherry to be <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1>Khaleej Times, the No.1 English language daily newspaper published from Dubai,<BR>United Arab Emirates.<BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0606/S00047.htm">Argent Secures Intercell In Guinea Conakry</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Guinea Conakry, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> has a rapidly developing telecommunications infrastructure with five mobile phones for every land line. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.workers.org/2006/world/darfur-0608">The US role in Darfur, Sudan</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Workers World - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Chad is a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, and both French and US forces are heavily involved in funding, training and equipping the army of its military ruler, Idriss <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=129396">Eternal favourites</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Financial Express - Bombay,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Center, for many years is a renowned Malayalam novelist whose best- known work On the Banks of the Mayyazhi, about life in the once <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> of Mahe, has <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/06/04/stories/2006060400140100.htm">Geared for the kick-off</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Hindu - Chennai,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> of man, I owe to football," wrote Nobel Laureate Albert Camus, who was the goalkeeper of the Algerian national team, then a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, during the 1920s. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P></FONT>&nbsp;</P></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:03:03-07:00 2006-06-08T08:03:03Z 2006-06-08T08:03:03Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975378346646415 Rangasamy sworn-in as Pondicherry CM <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://web.mid-day.com/news/nation/2006/may/137528.htm">Rangasamy sworn-in as Pondicherry CM</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> chief secretary CS Khairwal read out the Presidential notification appointing Rangasamy as the chief minister of the Union Territory, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&amp;c=Article&amp;cid=1148161810756&amp;call_pageid=968332188492">Moderate Islamic party says it's `open to openness'</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada</FONT><BR><B>...</B> one wife. Morocco, a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> for more than 50 years until it became independent in 1956, has a fairly relaxed culture. In <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P></FONT>&nbsp;</P></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-06-08T01:02:50-07:00 2006-06-08T08:02:50Z 2006-06-08T08:02:50Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114975377089229609 Guinea unions call general strike from Thursday <FONT face="Australian Sunrise"><FONT face="Arial Special G2"><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L06486761">Guinea unions call general strike from Thursday</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> with inflation of around 30 percent a year, trade unions gained broad support for a five-day stoppage in late February which paralysed the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/405200606061340.htm">Former CM remembered</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Hindu - Chennai,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Reddiar was the Chief Minister from 1964 to 1968, which was the first ministry after the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> became a part of the Indian Union. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:04:31-07:00 2006-05-19T06:04:31Z 2006-05-19T06:04:31Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801867174785550 FestivalBlog: Inspiration from Senegal <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060428/NEWS01/60428009">FestivalBlog: Inspiration from Senegal</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Senegal, like Louisiana, is a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. There�s another connection that, like many of our historical connections, evokes a sense of sadness. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEB20060428125317&amp;Page=B&amp;Title=Business&amp;Topic=0">Ivory Coast seeks coir technology</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> addition. This is the story of small but beautiful Ivory Coast, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in West Africa, with a population of 16 million. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:04:15-07:00 2006-05-19T06:04:15Z 2006-05-19T06:04:15Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801865551318162 May 03 in History <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01HIS030506">May 03 in History</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam</FONT><BR><B>...</B> This event opens a period of legal activities for the progressive forces when South Viet Nam (Cochinchina) was a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=85&amp;art_id=qw1146664802710B216">France,Tunisia sign trade agreement</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> the sensitive topics of a stiff new French immigration law and continued French concerns about media freedom and human rights in Tunisia, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&amp;storyID=2006-05-03T160610Z_01_L03795140_RTRUKOC_0_UK-CHAD-ELECTION.xml&amp;archived=False">Voters stay home as Chad's Deby seeks 3rd term</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters.uk - UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Deby's supporters say he is a guarantor of stability in the ethnically-divided former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, riven by three decades of civil war after independence in <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx%3Ftype%3DworldNews%26storyID%3D2006-05-03T160610Z_01_L03795140_RTRUKOC_0_UK-CHAD-ELECTION.xml%26archived%3DFalse"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:03:59-07:00 2006-05-19T06:03:59Z 2006-05-19T06:03:59Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801863918887594 Ivory Coast rebels accept offer of military talks <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&amp;storyID=2006-03-30T212852Z_01_L30762824_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IVORYCOAST-MILITARY.xml&amp;archived=False">Ivory Coast rebels accept offer of military talks</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters.uk - UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> The UN-backed roadmap, hammered out in October, called for disarmament and elections within 12 months to bring peace to the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>.<BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:03:41-07:00 2006-05-19T06:03:41Z 2006-05-19T06:03:41Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801862191354767 Chad pledges to talk with rebels <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/01/chad.reut/">Chad pledges to talk with rebels</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>CNN - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Deby, a former army chief who took power in a 1990 revolt, presents himself as a guarantor of unity and stability in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, twice the size <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/01/chad.reut/"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:03:24-07:00 2006-05-19T06:03:24Z 2006-05-19T06:03:24Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801860424031255 African nation has big influence on NCAA Final Four <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/494633.html">African nation has big influence on NCAA Final Four</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Noah was raised in France � Cameroon is a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> � and New York, where he developed his considerable game on the playgrounds. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0427247.htm">Burkina becomes 5th African state with bird flu</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> The results, communicated to the former <B>French</B> <B>colony's</B> government on Monday, confirmed the H5N1 bird flu strain only at the Ouagadougou motel.<BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:01:37-07:00 2006-05-19T06:01:37Z 2006-05-19T06:01:37Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801849755166531 A celebration of Haitian culture <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/06/4434b845888fe">A celebration of Haitian culture</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Daily Pennsylvanian - Philadelphia,PA,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Isaac said. According to Esteve, problems began for Haiti at the violent end to the island's <B>French</B>-<B>colony</B> status in 1804. France <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1912543,00.html">35 die in boat tragedy</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>News24 - South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> military. "Our troops have brought back several dozen bodies, at least 35," said a French military official in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/03/336750.html">Ivorian Women Call for UK Support</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Indymedia UK - UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> us. The Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) was a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> until independence in 1960, and France still likes to pull the strings. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2006-04-06T142917Z_01_ALL652075_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-BENIN-20060406.XML">Benin swears in new president, goodbye to Kerekou</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> limit on seeking a third term as well as by a presidential age limit, has long dominated the political landscape of the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> of Dahomey, ruling <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.725162.0.charity_worker_returns_from_mission_to_africa.php">Charity worker returns from mission to Africa</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Swindon Evening Advertiser - Swindon,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Burundi was previously a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> and Mr Ramsay said his schoolboy French had to improve in leaps and bounds so that he could do his work. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2122522,00.html">'69 dead 'in Djibouti boat accident</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Times Online - UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> toll remained unclear but added that the rescue operation was being assisted by soldiers from the French military base in the state, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:01:17-07:00 2006-05-19T06:01:17Z 2006-05-19T06:01:17Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801847778563971 Bissau holds ex-minister, army fights Senegal rebels <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/redir/righsection_rel_art__index_htm/thenews/newsdesk/L03161775.htm">Bissau holds ex-minister, army fights Senegal rebels</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> 1982, complaining of neglect and demanding independence for the southern Casamance province, which is divided from the rest of the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> by the <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9355413">An NCAA title game with a Cameroon accent</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>CBS SportsLine.com - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Noah was raised in France - Cameroon is a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> - and New York, where he developed his considerable game on the playgrounds. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9355413"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.dailymail.com/news/Opinion/200604031/">New Orleans will cost $10 billion?</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA</FONT><BR>THREE centuries ago, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was looking to relocate the capital of the <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> along the Gulf of Mexico. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.tgmag.ca/magic/mt39.html">The <B>French Colony</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1>The <B>French Colony</B>*. By: William Lyon Mackenzie King From: Polyphony Summer 1984 pp.<BR>24-26 � 1984 Multicultural History Society of Ontario <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:00:58-07:00 2006-05-19T06:00:58Z 2006-05-19T06:00:58Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801845879829856 New regimes, a historic win and some uncertainty too <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3846">New regimes, a historic win and some uncertainty too</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Telugu Portal - Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> by a Congressman.". The Congress was also holding on in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> of Pondicherry, nestled in Tamil Nadu. While the <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php%3Fstoryid%3D3846"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&amp;art_id=qw1147383002743B216&amp;set_id=">Djibouti confirms human case of bird flu</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> other nations, he said. On the streets of the former <B>French</B> <B>colony's</B> capital, Djibouti, people were worried. "Chicken is my preferred <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php%3Fclick_id%3D31%26art_id%3Dqw1147383002743B216%26set_id%3D"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.sports-central.org/sports/2006/05/12/soccer_the_beautiful_game.php">Soccer: The Beautiful Game</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Sports Central - Vienna,VA,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> field. Take the 2002 game between defending champion France and former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> Senegal, for example, held in Seoul Korea. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&amp;theme=&amp;usrsess=1&amp;id=116011">Status quo in Pondicherry</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>The Statesman - Kolkata,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> This former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> had Assembly poll in two phases on 3 May and 8 May where 6.5 million voters exercised their franchise. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php%3Fclid%3D2%26theme%3D%26usrsess%3D1%26id%3D116011"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/redir/righsection_rel_art__index_htm/thenews/newsdesk/L12321815.htm">Ivory Coast to allow France's RFI radio back on air</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> matters now," said Diegou Jerome Bailly, President of the National Council for Audiovisual Communication, the broadcasting regulator in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.alertnet.org/redir/righsection_rel_art__index_htm/thenews/newsdesk/L12321815.htm"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19115519%255E664,00.html">Costs holding industry back</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Woodside's partners in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> include Australian companies Hardman Resources and Roc Oil, as well as British firms BG Group, Premier Oil <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:00:40-07:00 2006-05-19T06:00:40Z 2006-05-19T06:00:40Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801844040184292 Donors should back Guinea groups, says ICG <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=86&amp;art_id=qw1144703705180B252">Donors should back Guinea groups, says ICG</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> in a military takeover," said the report, which called for a national conference led by a Catholic clergyman to chart the former <B>French</B> <B>colony's</B> course through <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php%3Fset_id%3D1%26click_id%3D86%26art_id%3Dqw1144703705180B252"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.zimbabwejournalists.com/story.php?art_id=278&amp;cat=4">Political and economic problems in Zim: Contributory factors to <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Zimbabwejournalists.com - Surrey,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> of September in 2002. The fierce uprising engulfed the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> into a state of chaos and panic. It was xenophobia that <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:00:21-07:00 2006-05-19T06:00:21Z 2006-05-19T06:00:21Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801842160278097 Reshuffle fiasco raises fears for Guinea post-Conte <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08107849.htm">Reshuffle fiasco raises fears for Guinea post-Conte</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Guinea, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> that is the world's top bauxite exporter, was seen as a bastion of stability in the 1990s as wars raged in neighbouring Sierra <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08107849.htm"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09244132.htm">Niger begins cull weeks after finding bird flu</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR>The semi-desert former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> ordered the culling of all poultry in affected areas on Feb. 28, the day after an outbreak of H5N1 was confirmed. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20060408T160000-0500_102193_OBS_LAGNIAPPE___A_LITTLE_BIT_MORE_IN_NEW_ORLEANS_.asp">Lagniappe - A little bit more in New Orleans</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica</FONT><BR><B>...</B> it seems slightly odd that they should use French patois words anywhere in America, but Louisiana and New Orleans were once part of a vast <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in the <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&amp;section=0&amp;article=80538&amp;d=10&amp;m=4&amp;y=2006">A Tale of Three Cities</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi Arabia</FONT><BR><B>...</B> trip in between. Then I went to Tunis. Even though a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> for centuries, they progressed much earlier. Still, they haven <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T23:00:02-07:00 2006-05-19T06:00:02Z 2006-05-19T06:00:02Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801840218850516 Chad vote goes ahead despite rebel threat, boycott <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02323476.htm">Chad vote goes ahead despite rebel threat, boycott</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Deby, an ex-army chief who seized control of the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in 1990 and won elections in 1996 and 2001, is seen easily winning a third five-year term <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02323476.htm"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200605/02/eng20060502_262671.html">Thai military chief visits Cambodia for boundary talks</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>People's Daily Online - Beijing,China</FONT><BR><B>...</B> been made due to the legal complexities of the boundary agreement signed by Thailand - then Siam - and France, a century ago, when Cambodia was a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1688694,0008.htm">Pondicherry readies for elections</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Hindustan Times - India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> constituencies will be held on May 8. The total number of voters in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> is 659,062. This is the only territory where <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:59:45-07:00 2006-05-19T05:59:45Z 2006-05-19T05:59:45Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801838588730890 Chad vote goes ahead despite rebel threat, boycott <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02323476.htm">Chad vote goes ahead despite rebel threat, boycott</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Deby, an ex-army chief who seized control of the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in 1990 and won elections in 1996 and 2001, is seen easily winning a third five-year term <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02323476.htm"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200605/02/eng20060502_262671.html">Thai military chief visits Cambodia for boundary talks</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>People's Daily Online - Beijing,China</FONT><BR><B>...</B> been made due to the legal complexities of the boundary agreement signed by Thailand - then Siam - and France, a century ago, when Cambodia was a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1688694,0008.htm">Pondicherry readies for elections</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Hindustan Times - India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> constituencies will be held on May 8. The total number of voters in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> is 659,062. This is the only territory where <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:59:27-07:00 2006-05-19T05:59:27Z 2006-05-19T05:59:27Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801836798751710 Heavy polling in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&amp;id=55499">Heavy polling in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Over 2,000 police personnel are overseeing elections in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> and in the Karaikal regions in 660 polling stations, of which 98 have been <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&amp;alt=&amp;hn=32921">Algeria Seeks Apology for Massacre, France Occupied with Armenian <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey</FONT><BR><B>...</B> started in 1954 brought independence to Algeria. Algeria was a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> for 130 years before gaining independence in 1962.<BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.zaman.com/%3Fbl%3Dinternational%26alt%3D%26hn%3D32921"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.dailyindia.com/show/23968.php/Polling_ends_peacefully_in_hot_Tamil_Nadu_Pondicherry(EVENING_LEAD)">Polling ends peacefully in hot Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry(EVENING <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>DailyIndia.com - Niskayuna,NY,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Voting here was reported to be 62 percent at about 4 pm Over 2,000 police personnel are overseeing elections in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> and in the Karaikal <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_sports?id=156651183">Soca Warriors planning upset</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Trinidad &amp; Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Kelvin Jack noted the upset by Senegal, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, over France in the opening match at the 2002 World Cup. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/08/MNGJLINAFP1.DTL">Europe gets choosier about its newcomers</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> at an outdoor table with half a dozen other Africans, Coulibali described his life as a small farmer raising animals and crops in Mali, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4983682.stm">Sonia Gandhi runs for re-election</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>BBC News - UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Voting is also taking place in neighbouring Pondicherry, which was once a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, and West Bengal - where voting has been spread over five phases to <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:59:09-07:00 2006-05-19T05:59:09Z 2006-05-19T05:59:09Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801834935162582 Bird flu pushes up food prices in hungry Niger <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22609773.htm">Bird flu pushes up food prices in hungry Niger</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Drought and a locust plague devastated harvests in the semi-desert former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in late 2004, but despite warnings from the government and aid agencies <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/22/content_4461675.htm">Algerian president leaves hospital after "satisfactory routine <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Xinhua - China</FONT><BR><B>...</B> The visit came amid diplomatic strain between France and the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in north Africa after Bouteflika accused France of committing "genocide" over <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.ardemgaz.com/ShowStoryTemplate.asp?Path=ArDemocrat/2006/04/22&amp;ID=Ar01802&amp;Section=Arkansas">Proselytizers face prison</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> �Numerous youths have repented, returning to Islam.�. There are some 5,000 declared Christians in Algeria, a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> until 1962. ST. FRANCIS, Minn. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:58:50-07:00 2006-05-19T05:58:50Z 2006-05-19T05:58:50Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801833022989644 Amazon.com: The French Colony in the Mid-Mississippi Valley: Books ... <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/091341509X?v=glance">Amazon.com: The <B>French Colony</B> in the Mid-Mississippi Valley: Books <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1>Amazon.com: The <B>French Colony</B> in the Mid-Mississippi Valley: Books: Margaret K.<BR>Brown,Lawrie Cena Dean by Margaret K. Brown,Lawrie Cena Dean.<BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=39&amp;newsid=72970">On the trail of man wanted for bomb blast</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya</FONT><BR><B>...</B> According to him, Fazul always maintained that the Comoros was still a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> despite having proclaimed its independence in 1975. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&amp;id=58503">Congress party legislators to hold meeting in Pondicherry</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> This former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> had Assembly polls in two phases on May 3 and May 8 where 6.5 million voters exercised their franchise.<BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.pamdemocrat.org/Newspaper/Details.cfm?Nz=(0GIZ4I%26%3DAG8%20%0A&amp;Iz=%23(RXN%0A">FRANCE REMEMBERS SLAVERY VICTIMS</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Democrat Newspaper - Basseterre,St. Kitts and Nevis</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade. African slaves were shipped to the Caribbean from Senegal , a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. "Coming to Goree <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=ced202aa-52d2-4035-9df6-cb9e4df6a497&amp;k=32304">Haiti prepares to inaugurate new president amid heavy security</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Experts said Preval's skills at governing and healing Haiti's deep social rifts will largely determine if the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> can move toward stability or <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/travel/05/14tunisia.html">Journey to land of Jedis</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> It was a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> for more than 70 years, and you can see the French influence everywhere, from the tall white buildings to the many smart boutiques. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:58:34-07:00 2006-05-19T05:58:34Z 2006-05-19T05:58:34Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801831488397392 Madagascar cuts prison term for all prisoners <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200603/31/eng20060331_254960.html">Madagascar cuts prison term for all prisoners</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>People's Daily Online - Beijing,China</FONT><BR><B>...</B> elections. Ratsiraka had ruled the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> since 1975 and refused to accept the result of the election. Ravalomanana <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/ethics-test-miners-mettle/2006/03/31/1143441339627.html">Ethics test miners' mettle</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia</FONT><BR><B>...</B> political, social and environmental issues before committing to the development of a $US585 million mineral sands project in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> off the <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.aapress.com/Archive/2006/webmarch31/a-kats.htm">Five Fifths of Casablanca</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>St. Paul Asian American Press - St. Paul,MN,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Howard Koch. The film was made in 1941-42, when Germany occupied France and controlled the <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in Casablanca. The story <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://collections.gc.ca/placentia/endcolony.htm">End of The <B>French Colony</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1>A special place in the Treaty was devoted to the <B>French colony</B> of Placentia on<BR>account of its importance at the time. The French fishing industry in <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:58:17-07:00 2006-05-19T05:58:17Z 2006-05-19T05:58:17Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801829704308044 Dance, music pay tribute to Guinea <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060414/ENT01/604140401/1033">Dance, music pay tribute to Guinea</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> They're the 35 musicians and dancers of Les Ballets Africains, the national dance troupe of Guinea, the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> that's now an independent nation <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=15archive/&amp;entry_id=4344">Rebels in Chad suppressed for now, but could worse violence follow <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA</FONT><BR>It might be tempting to dismiss this week's armed flare-up in Chad, a poor, land-locked country in northern Africa that was a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> until 1960, as just <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail%3Fblogid%3D15archive/%26entry_id%3D4344"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13274702.htm">FEATURE-Detente kindles tenuous hopes of Ivory Coast peace</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> to stay for another 12 months flanked by a new prime minister with extra powers to ensure disarmament and elections to bring peace to the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=132085">Film explores history of Acadian deportation</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> descent. The video takes viewers on tours of Ile St. Croix, the first <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in North America near Calais, to St. Sauveur <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14666105.htm">Central Africa court refers ex-ruler to The Hague</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Congo and mercenaries from Chad are accused of executing and raping civilians as they put down a coup attempt in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in October 2002. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14666105.htm"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:27:56-07:00 2006-05-19T05:27:56Z 2006-05-19T05:27:56Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801647670260491 Planes with suspected rebels land in CAR <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=68&amp;art_id=qw1146171601278B253">Planes with suspected rebels land in CAR</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> chief of staff for the Central African Republic's defence minister and the son of President Francois Bozize, told Reuters the former <B>French</B> <B>colony's</B> army had <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=127&amp;a=8605">��Right Now��</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>The Bahama Journal - Nassau,Bahamas</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Discarded infants are a common sight in many regions of Benin, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> sandwiched between Nigeria and Togo which has deep traditions of <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/seaservices/11_06/commentary/40955-1.html">Legion of the Lost:</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Sea Services Weekly - Naval District of Washington,DC,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> through an organization that has caused France its share of problems, including a mutiny in 1961 when troops refused to evacuate the <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> of Algeria. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:27:41-07:00 2006-05-19T05:27:41Z 2006-05-19T05:27:41Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801646113318928 White Sisters once lived in Signal Hill <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/living/14570910.htm">White Sisters once lived in Signal Hill</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> boulevard or where they went. A. In the late 1860s, Algieria, then a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, was in dire straits. On the heels of a cholera <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.forbes.com/business/manufacturing/feeds/ap/2006/05/14/ap2744488.html">Update 1: Preval Sworn in As Haiti's New President</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Forbes - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Experts say Preval's skills at governing and healing Haiti's deep social rifts will largely determine whether the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> will move toward <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060513/Michaelle_Jean_060514/20060514?hub=CTVNewsAt11">A riot broke out in a Haitian prison just 800 metres from the <B>...</B></A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>CTV.ca - Canada</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Experts say that Preval's political skills will determine whether the one-time <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> can move toward stability or remain dysfunctional. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:27:23-07:00 2006-05-19T05:27:23Z 2006-05-19T05:27:23Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801644306483055 =?us-ascii?Q?Haiti=92s Future Still Shrouded in Mystery?= <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20060404171400592">Haiti�s Future Still Shrouded in Mystery</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Infoshop News - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> instability, civil unrest and colonialism. Haiti, as we know it today, began as a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in 1697. After some time the black <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18727683%255E23109,00.html">Guinea PM sacked after reshuffle</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Australian - Sydney,Australia</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Mr Conte, who has survived several foiled coups and attempted assassinations, has ruled the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> with an iron fist since a military coup in 1984 <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:27:07-07:00 2006-05-19T05:27:07Z 2006-05-19T05:27:07Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801642784135295 =?us-ascii?Q?Haiti=92s Future Still Shrouded in Mystery?= <FONT face=Arial size=3> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:26:50-07:00 2006-05-19T05:26:50Z 2006-05-19T05:26:50Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801641029026333 Mali Lawmakers Ask French Minister to Cancel Trip <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-05-15-voa46.cfm">Mali Lawmakers Ask French Minister to Cancel Trip</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Voice of America - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> In a statement read to Mali's parliament, more than 20 legislators protested Sarkozy's planned visit to the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060515/LIFESTYLE/605150335/1024">Multicultural calendar</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Talk should be of special interest to anyone with ancestral ties to Acadia, the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> that spread across what is now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:26:35-07:00 2006-05-19T05:26:35Z 2006-05-19T05:26:35Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801639552526138 Chad holds election amid threats <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8E6F7D42-A84E-4DC1-8889-9B2BC9E88DCD.htm">Chad holds election amid threats</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Aljazeera.net - Qatar</FONT><BR>Idriss Deby, a former army chief who seized control of the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in 1990 and won elections in 1996 and 2001, is seen easily winning a third five <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&amp;theme=&amp;usrsess=1&amp;id=115416">Incumbency on Cong�s side in Pondicherry</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>The Statesman - Kolkata,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Hardly the size of a district in Tamil Nadu, about 160 km south of Chennai on the Coromandel coast, this erstwhile <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> has preferred the Congress to <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&amp;article=357101&amp;lng=1">Voting underway in one-sided Chad poll</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Euronews.net - Lyon,France</FONT><BR><B>...</B> are mostly government allies - meaning a third term in office looks inevitable for the ex-army chief who seized control of the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in 1990. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1630106.htm">Polls open in one-sided Chad election</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>ABC Online - Australia</FONT><BR><B>...</B> violence. President Deby is an ex-army chief who seized control of the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in 1990 and won elections in 1996 and 2001. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:26:18-07:00 2006-05-19T05:26:18Z 2006-05-19T05:26:18Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801637843798483 Swiss citizens in Chad advised to stay indoors <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200604/14/eng20060414_258352.html">Swiss citizens in Chad advised to stay indoors</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>People's Daily Online - Beijing,China</FONT><BR><B>...</B> According to the spokesman, despite the rebel attack, development projects run by the Swiss in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> are working normally. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://english.people.com.cn/200604/14/eng20060414_258352.html"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2006-04-14T082552Z_01_BAN430339_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-SENEGAL-ELECTIONS-20060414.XML">Senegal sets presidential polls for February 25, 2007</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa</FONT><BR>Parliamentary elections in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> had originally been planned for May 2006 but President Abdoulaye Wade decided in September to postpone them <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:26:02-07:00 2006-05-19T05:26:02Z 2006-05-19T05:26:02Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801636283780180 Peace Corps worker to speak <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/270489_ross17.html">Peace Corps worker to speak</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA</FONT><BR>Instead, she chose to volunteer for the Peace Corps, using her language skills in Niger, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in West Africa and one of the poorest nations <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060515/NEWS/60515029">Rene Preval sworn in as Haiti�s president again</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Experts say Preval�s skills at governing and healing Haiti�s deep social rifts will largely determine whether the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> will move toward <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&amp;storyID=2006-05-17T062754Z_01_BAN723271_RTRIDST_0_OZABS-MINERALS-RUSSIA-GABON-20060517.XML">Russia's Renova to explore for metals in Gabon</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> It has said it also plans to mine platinum in South Africa. Gabon, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, sits on the equator on the west coast of Africa. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4990062.stm">Showing Senegal's WWII heroes</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>BBC News - UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> France in 1940. A group of soldiers from Senegal - at the time a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> - are sent to protect them. Acclaimed actor William <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:25:43-07:00 2006-05-19T05:25:43Z 2006-05-19T05:25:43Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801634327308685 Deby assured of 3rd term in one-sided Chad election <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2006-05-01T090350Z_01_ALL132582_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-CHAD-20060501.XML">Deby assured of 3rd term in one-sided Chad election</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Deby, an ex-army chief who seized control in a 1990 revolt, presents himself as a guarantor of stability in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> twice the size of France <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2006/5/5/sports/14153087&amp;sec=sports">T&amp;T planning to blow up the Englishmen</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Malaysia Star - Malaysia</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Trinidad goalkeeper Kelvin Jack noted the upset by Senegal, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, over France in the opening match at the 2002 World Cup. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A194504">Deby set for victory as Chad goes to the polls</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Business Day - Johannesburg,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Chad�s fragmented opposition is boycotting the poll as a farce, following elections in 1996 and 2001 they say were fraudulent in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx%3FID%3DBD4A194504"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:25:25-07:00 2006-05-19T05:25:25Z 2006-05-19T05:25:25Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801632580908332 African praise for Chad election causes astonishment <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05773967.htm">African praise for Chad election causes astonishment</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Few believed the latest polls offered peace to the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, which has had a history of clan-based ethnic feuding and civil war since independence <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05773967.htm"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200605/FOR20060503a.html">Central Africa Stability at Risk</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>CNSNews.com - Alexandria,VA,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> A landlocked former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> that obtained independence in 1960, Chad is almost twice the size of Texas but with a population of only ten million, about <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&amp;ObjectID=10380494">Norfolk Island ready to mutiny once again</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>New Zealand Herald - New Zealand</FONT><BR><B>...</B> There are no ports, no industry, cows are given right of way on the winding country lanes and the island's nearest neighbour is the <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> of New <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:25:08-07:00 2006-05-19T05:25:08Z 2006-05-19T05:25:08Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801630850006427 Bissau shells Senegal rebels, UN urges ceasefire <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24110735.htm">Bissau shells Senegal rebels, UN urges ceasefire</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Casamance. The region is split from the rest of Senegal, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, by tiny, wedge-shaped Gambia, once a British colony. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2482497.htm">Guinea's Conte, better, flies home to protest call</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Conte seized power in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in a military coup in 1984 after independence leader Sekou Toure died suddenly, leaving no obvious successor. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2482497.htm"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24112585.htm">Benin president-elect promises breath of fresh air</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> But many in Benin, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> which has tasted a mix of political systems ranging from army rule and Marxism-Leninism to multi-party politics <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24112585.htm"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:24:50-07:00 2006-05-19T05:24:50Z 2006-05-19T05:24:50Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801629043687931 Animal health body reports bird flu in Ivory Coast <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1893200">Animal health body reports bird flu in Ivory Coast</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>ABC News - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> The Paris-based OIE said the two separate outbreaks of bird flu in Ivory Coast, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in West Africa, concerned seven free-range chickens <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:24:35-07:00 2006-05-19T05:24:35Z 2006-05-19T05:24:35Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801627501296031 French Fighter Drops Bomb Near Chad Rebel Column (Update2) <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;sid=audpEmJFkGZI&amp;refer=europe">French Fighter Drops Bomb Near Chad Rebel Column (Update2)</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Bloomberg - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> About 1,500 French nationals live in Chad, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, and the French army has 1,250 soldiers in the country, the Defense Ministry said. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D10000085%26sid%3DaudpEmJFkGZI%26refer%3Deurope"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2006-04-12-marsalis_x.htm">Marsalis mixes it up</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>USA Today - USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> But New Orleans, which was a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> before the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, was the only place where it was allowed until a mid-century ban. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/14334982.htm">Religion news in brief</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>The State - Columbia,SC,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> "Numerous youths have repented, returning to Islam.". There are some 5,000 declared Christians in Algeria, a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> until 1962. <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:24:18-07:00 2006-05-19T05:24:18Z 2006-05-19T05:24:18Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801625818074817 Five dead in clash in western Ivory Coast - UN <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29449580.htm">Five dead in clash in western Ivory Coast - UN</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Ivory Coast's west was the main battleground during the early stages of the former <B>French</B> <B>colony's</B> civil war, in which rebels seized the north of the country <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:24:04-07:00 2006-05-19T05:24:04Z 2006-05-19T05:24:04Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801624427303260 Hague asked to try two for war crimes <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.aspx?ID=BD4A186616">Hague asked to try two for war crimes</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Business Day - Johannesburg,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Congo and mercenaries from Chad, are accused of executing and raping civilians as they put down a coup attempt in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in October 2002. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4917520.stm">European press review</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>BBC News - UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Whatever the reasons for the troops' presence in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> - whether it be to protect French nationals, support an elected president, keep a <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:23:48-07:00 2006-05-19T05:23:48Z 2006-05-19T05:23:48Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801622826110667 Guinea's Conte to return home on Friday - radio <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23436006.htm">Guinea's Conte to return home on Friday - radio</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Conte, who is in his early 70s, has ruled the bauxite- and alumina-producing former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> with an iron fist since seizing power in a 1984 coup and has <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23436006.htm"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/story.asp?j=176801462&amp;p=y768xzy68&amp;t=soccer">Le Guen won't start French inlux - Bernard</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland</FONT><BR>Rangers defender Olivier Bernard insists Paul le Guen will not turn Ibrox into a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. The former Lyon full-back is one <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:23:33-07:00 2006-05-19T05:23:33Z 2006-05-19T05:23:33Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801621347693827 Congress facing rebellion in Pondicherry <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1679308,001302200005.htm">Congress facing rebellion in Pondicherry</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Hindustan Times - India</FONT><BR>After some tough negotiations, Congress, which had ruled the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> for a number of years since its merger with India in 1963, finalised the <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:23:19-07:00 2006-05-19T05:23:19Z 2006-05-19T05:23:19Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801619902647991 Algeria Buying Arms With Extra Energy Loot <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27265096.shtml">Algeria Buying Arms With Extra Energy Loot</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>National Ledger - Apache Junction,AZ,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> The one-time <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, which struggled through a bloody Islamic uprising in the 1990s that claimed upward of 200,000 lives, has been awash with oil and <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200604/INT20060419d.html">Darfur Seen As Launching Pad for Regional Instability</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>CNSNews.com - Alexandria,VA,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> they are well-equipped. Chad is a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> that has suffered from political instability for years. Just over half of <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/1391121.html">Religion Today Summaries - April 18, 2006</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Crosswalk.com - Chesterfield,VA,USA</FONT><BR><B>...</B> visas or financial help. There are some 5,000 declared Christians in Algeria, a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> until 1962. The University of the <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:23:04-07:00 2006-05-19T05:23:04Z 2006-05-19T05:23:04Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801618465088784 France must face up to slavery past: minister <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=24&amp;art_id=qw1147285440416B216">France must face up to slavery past: minister</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> of three centuries until 1848, thousands of African slaves passed through Goree Island's "Gate of No Return", just off the former <B>French</B> <B>colony's</B> capital, Dakar <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10689881.htm">Doubts grow over Ivory Coast election timetable</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Ivory Coast, a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> that was once a beacon of prosperity and peace in West Africa, has been divided in two since a 2002-2003 civil war in which <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E153BECE-CB98-4429-A770-479006EB2611.htm">France remembers its slave victims</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Aljazeera.net - Qatar</FONT><BR><B>...</B> of three centuries until 1848, thousands of Africans passed through Goree Island's "Gate of No Return", just off the former <B>French</B> <B>colony's</B> capital, Dakar, to <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:22:48-07:00 2006-05-19T05:22:48Z 2006-05-19T05:22:48Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801616889343717 Risk of civil war hangs over one-sided Chad poll <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2006-04-30T110323Z_01_ALL039764_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-CHAD-20060430.XML">Risk of civil war hangs over one-sided Chad poll</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa</FONT><BR><B>...</B> a former army chief who seized control in a 1990 revolt, presents himself as a guarantor of unity and stability in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> twice the size of <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:22:30-07:00 2006-05-19T05:22:30Z 2006-05-19T05:22:30Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801615047506812 First human H5N1 bird flu case in Horn of Africa <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.news-medical.net/?id=17916">First human H5N1 bird flu case in Horn of Africa</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia</FONT><BR><B>...</B> The country has apparently also banned the importation of chickens from other nations. The Republic of Djibouti, is a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1028909&amp;CatID=2">Reflected glory in Pondicherry</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Daily News &amp; Analysis - Mumbai,India</FONT><BR><B>...</B> This former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> had assembly polls in two phases on May 3 and May 8 where 6.5 million voters exercised their franchise. <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&amp;trh=20060509&amp;alt=&amp;syf=butun">Iran Makes Threats Ahead of Critical UN Meeting</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey</FONT><BR><B>...</B> independence to Algeria. Algeria was a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> for 130 years before gaining independence in 1962. By Cumali Onal, Cairo. The largest <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=31565">Communist boost in Indian polls</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Vote counting is also taking place in neighbouring Pondicherry, which was once a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, and the north-eastern state of Assam where the governing <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php%3Fid%3D31565"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-africa_democracy/mali_3531.jsp">Mali: everyone�s favourite destination</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Open Democracy - London,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Mali. The country's history as a <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> makes it easy to forget that United States-Mali relations go back a long way. Many <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIV></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:22:12-07:00 2006-05-19T05:22:12Z 2006-05-19T05:22:12Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801613279153473 Djibouti reels in wake of deadly boat accident that killed dozens <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;categ_id=2&amp;article_id=23602">Djibouti reels in wake of deadly boat accident that killed dozens</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Daily Star - Lebanon - Beirut,Lebanon</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Sailors from the navies of both Djibouti and France, which maintains its largest military base in Africa in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B>, responded to the accident <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp%3Fedition_id%3D10%26categ_id%3D2%26article_id%3D23602"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=3&amp;no=284185&amp;rel_no=1">Power Tussle Heats Up Guinea</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>OhmyNews International - South Korea</FONT><BR><B>...</B> Guinea (pop. 9.4 million) is a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> that attained independence in 1958 under the leadership of Ahmed Sekou Toure. <B>...</B><BR><A href="http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;persist=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=google&amp;ncl=http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp%3Farticle_class%3D3%26no%3D284185%26rel_no%3D1"><FONT color=green>See all stories on this topic</FONT></A> </FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false Hobo Research 2006-05-18T22:21:54-07:00 2006-05-19T05:21:54Z 2006-05-19T05:21:54Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23872132.post-114801611466941809 The Monks of Tibhirine : Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria <FONT face=Arial size=3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> <P> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://am.novopress.info/?p=1617">The Monks of Tibhirine : Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Novopress North America - Canada</FONT><BR><B>...</B> in 1996 by a group of Islamic extremists, one of many armed elements whose clash exacted a toll of at least 100,000 lives in the former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> in North <B>...</B><BR></FONT> <P><A style="COLOR: blue" href="http://www.arsenal-world.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&amp;id=274702">Premiership Roundup: Confessions of a Chelsea striker</A><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=#666666>Arsenal World - Highbury Grove,UK</FONT><BR><B>...</B> which again showed that he�d have been a great member of the Commonwealth Games diving team, were the Ivory Coast not a former <B>French</B> <B>colony</B> rather than a <B>...</B><BR></FONT><BR> <P></P></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT> false