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Mourners Pray for 10 NYC Fire Victims
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
undreds of mourners prayed over small, simple caskets at a tear-filled funeral Monday for the nine children and a woman killed when a fire raced through their extended family's home in the Bronx. Comment ... more
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N.Y. Building Blaze Kills 8 Kids, Adult
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
creams poured from the burning building along with smoke and flames: 'Help me! Help me! Please! Please!' Bystanders looked up to see a woman toss her children out the window one at a time to those below. Comment ... more
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Tragedy In The Bronx: 10 Funerals Monday
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
he long ritual of grief continued for the families who lost 10 relatives to a deadly Bronx fire, even as funerals were prepared and two fathers searched for strength in their Muslim faith. Comment ... more
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Mourners Gather for NYC Fire Funerals
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
undreds of mourners prayed outside a mosque Monday as friends and strangers gathered for the funerals of nine children and a woman who died in a fire that raced through their home in the Bronx. Comment ... more
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10 Yrs. of Waiting - Just to See Dad Bury Fire Family
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
AMAKO, Mali - Despite the once-joyful prospect of seeing his father face-to-face for the first time since he was a little boy, Abdoul Soumare could barely hold back tears of sadness yesterday when he grappled ... Comment ... more
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House fire survivor returns to Africa to bury his family
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
week after a Bronx house fire devastated his family, Mamadou Soumare received official permission Wednesday to return to his West African homeland to bury his wife and four children. Comment ... more
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Bronx dad can return to Mali to bury family
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
amadou Soumare arrived at the entrance to 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday, with one last hurdle -- immigration Form I-131 -- standing between him and a trip to Mali to bury ... Comment ... more
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Mali: preservation of Timbuktu manuscripts
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Sociolingo posts a news article about efforts by the Malian government to preserve and expose one of the oldest manuscripts in Africa, Timbuktu manuscripts . It is estimated that there are 700,000 Timbuktu manuscripts. ... more
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Mali: Geekcorps ICT projects in rural Mali
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Sociolingo writes about Geekcorps in Mali ,
“Geekcorps Mali has done sterling work here in rural communities developing sustainable ICT solutions through radio stations improving content creation and delivery. They have also given technical assistance to local NGOs and USAID partners. Their results have been impressive.”
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Africa: opening door to African cinema
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>“For decades, African cinema has been poised for the kind of international breakthrough that Asian and Middle Eastern films have enjoyed. There are lots of stories to be told and there have been directors willing and able to tell them, but the financial resources available to filmmakers on other continents... more
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Mali: the music of Ali Farka Toure
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Matsuli music remembers the great Malian musician , Ali Farka Toure : “Cancer claimed Ali Farka Toure’s life earlier this year. I’m thankful we can continue to feel his presence in the recordings he has left behind. Nick Gold and the producer Jerry Boys captured some of his... more
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Mali: New Film on African Debt
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Le Pangolin encourages (Fr) readers to go see Bamako , a Malian film directed by Abderrhamanne Sissako which tackles the issue of African debt. The film recently received the Grand Prix du Public at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Image from Mali: Transporting Sheep
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
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Flickr photo blogger Johanne Veilleux posts this shot taken in Siby, Mali and writes (Fr): “Yep, these are indeed sheep attached to the bus’ roof.”
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Africa: Ethiopia’s James Brown
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Ben Loxo writes about James Brown’s influence in Africa , “Benn loxo listener, Henri, sent me this Sekouba Diabaté track to post as a tribute. I’ll also post a track by “Ethiopia’s James Brown”, Alemayehu Eshete, to show how far his influence spread.” ... more
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Mali: clean energy
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>The African Uptimist writes about universal access to clean energy in Mali . ... more
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Mali: Malian cuisine
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Sociolingo’s Mali blog has a post about Malian cuisine : “The main foods eaten by a moderately well-off family living in Mali’s capital, Bamako, are rice, millet, sorghum, and beans, cooked as a sort of porridge, served with a meat or fish sauce. A common meal in southern Mali... more
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Beating Malaria Deaths 'Achievable' This Year, Gov't Says
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
ith three months to go before the rainy season triggers Mali's annual malaria epidemic, the government and international public health donors have kicked off an unprecedented anti-malaria campaign targeting children and pregnant ... more
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Court Sentences Editors for Defamation
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
n 5 March 2007, the Bamako Commune II County Court sentenced managing editor Diaby Makoro Camara, and editor-in-chief Oumar Bouaré, of "Kabako", a privately-owned, monthly newspaper, to a four-month suspended sentence for defaming Mariamantia Diarra, Minister of Planning and the ... more
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Radio Station Targeted Over Critical Broadcasts As Elections Approach
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
private radio station in the central town of Markala was given an eviction notice by authorities last week, after airing broadcasts critical of President Amadou Toumani Touré ahead of next month's ... more
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Mali - Topix.net
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
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