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Background Note: Burundi (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Location: Central Africa. Bordering nations --Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda. Area: 27,830 sq. km. (10,747 sq. mi.); about the size of Maryland.
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Background Note: Zimbabwe (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 390,580 sq. km. (150,760 sq. mi.), slightly larger than Montana. Cities: Capital --Harare (pronounced Ha-RAR-e), pop. 1.5 million. Other towns --Bulawayo, Chitungwiza, Mutare, Gweru, Kwekwe, Masvingo, Marondera.
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Background Note: South Africa (Scoop.co.nz)
Antelope graze in Amakhala Game Reserve, South Africa, July 27, 2005. [© AP Images]
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Background Note: Niger (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 1,267,000 sq. km (490,000 sq. mi.); about three times the size of California. Cities: Capital --Niamey (pop. approx. 1 million). Other cities-- Tahoua, Konni, Maradi, Zinder, Diffa, Dosso, Arlit, and Agadez.
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NBA Chat Wrap With Bill Ingram (HoopsWorld)
NBA Chat Wrap With Bill Ingram
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Cycling News Roundup - 6 January 2009 (Daily Peloton)
Caisse d'Epargne - Roster for Australia Mathieu Perget Replaces Nicolas Portal in Tour Down Under Squad Riders: Mathieu Drujon, Imanol Erviti, Pablo Lastras, Oscar Pereiro, Mathieu Perget, José Joaquín Rojas, Luis León Sánchez Director: Neil Stephens.
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Background Note: Guinea-Bissau (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area (including Bijagos Archipelago): 36,125 sq. km., about the size of Maryland. Cities: Capital --Bissau. Other cities --Bafata, Gabu, Canchungo, Farim, Cacheu.
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DEDRICK: Big start is brewing to year in beer (Rocky Mountain News)
Colorado hosts plenty of outstanding beer festivals, none bigger than the Great American Beer Festival each fall. This weekend's Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival might be the biggest festival anywhere measured on a different scale.
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Andre Rieu is top 10 Touring act (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
With an incredible number of 714,617 tickets sold and a gross revenue of US$76.9 mln Andre Rieu clinched the 8th position in Pollstar's top 10 of worldwide touring acts. At 59, Rieu is still burning from ambition and his next goal is to definitively conquer the USA.
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Belgium's Van Rompuy named PM after coalition deal (Tiscali)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - King Albert named Flemish Christian Democrat Herman Van Rompuy as Belgian prime minister on Tuesday to head a revived five-party coalition in a country facing recession and a bank crisis.
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