The News Review:
- New Kanye Disc Bumped To August !
- HRD Seminar: Antwerp African Diamond Days
- UN forces toughen up
- Notebook: Doctor gives Holmgren’s heart the OK
- McGregor to host youth G8 summit
New Kanye Disc Bumped To August !
Sixshot.com – Jun 15, 2005
The Hype Williams-directed video for first single “Diamonds From Sierra Leone” will premiere tonight (June 15) on BET’s Access Granted and Monday on MTV’s TRL. The “Diamonds” video was shot in Prague and contrasts the elegance implied by commercials for DeBeers diamonds with a depiction of the horrors of the conflict diamond trade that has been at the center of civil war in Sierra Leone. “I wanted to do whatever I could to learn more and educate people about the problem,” West says of the subject matter.
HRD Seminar: Antwerp African Diamond Days
Diamonds.net – Jun 15, 2005
The goal of the series is to encourage contacts between diamond producing countries in Africa, the Antwerp diamond sector and the Belgian authorities. The first seminar in the series will focus upon the diamond industry in Sierra Leone. Various senior Sierra Leone officials will be traveling to Antwerp for the seminar, including:Alhaji Mohammed Swarray Deen, Sierra Leoneâs Minister of Mineral Resources; Usman Boie Kamara, Deputy Director of Mines in Sierra Leoneâs Government Gold and Diamond Office;Lawrence NâDola-Myers, Valuation Commissioner in Sierra Leoneâs Government Gold and Diamond Office;A. Wurie, Director of the Sierra Leone Ministry of Mineral Resources;Mohamed Bah, a valuer in Sierra Leoneâs Government Gold and Diamond Office;Lahai Kabba, a government mining engineer in Sierra Leoneâs Ministry of Mineral Resourcesâ Mines Division. The seminar will begin at June 22 at 3:00 p.
UN forces toughen up
Christian Science Monitor – Jun 15, 2005
This change derived from analysis that even a robust international force of 500 to 1,000 well-trained, well-equipped troops would have been enough to deter the Rwandan Hutus and prevent the 1994 genocide of Tutsis. The DPKO seems to be responding. After rebels in Sierra Leone killed several UN peacekeepers in 2000 and took hundreds hostage, the UN endorsed a contingent of British special forces to free the hostages. In eastern Congo, the UN had long been criticized for failing to curb Lendu attacks on Hema civilians. So when nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers were ambushed and killed three months ago, the UN responded ferociously. Peacekeepers in armored personnel carriers and attack helicopters pounded a Lendu camp, reportedly killing 60. “We’ve learned you have to have robust capacity and cannot allow bad things to take place in front of you without doing something about it,” says retired US Gen.
Notebook: Doctor gives Holmgren’s heart the OK
Seattle Times – Jun 15, 2005
He and several other Seahawks who were in NFL Europe this spring attended practice, including punter Ryan Dutton, kicker Kevin Miller and linebacker Terrence Robinson. All are expected to be in training camp. A native of the African nation of Sierra Leone, Tucker came to Renton at age 10 to live with an aunt and uncle. He started out as a soccer player, than switched to football in ninth grade and played at Kentridge High School. He moved to Milwaukee as a high-school junior and played in college at Wisconsin. “A whole lot of this is familiar,” Tucker said. “I have all my friends that I went to school with still here.
McGregor to host youth G8 summit
BBC News – Jun 15, 2005
“I am amazed at their eloquent, articulate and passionate views,” he added. “Many living in other countries have had direct experience of issues such as poverty, education, HIV and Aids and deserve to have their voices heard. Young people representing Bhutan, Moldova, Yemen, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Lesotho and Bolivia will join children from the UK, France, Italy and Germany at the three-day C8 event. The five youngsters from the UK are Jamie Brown, 17, from Dennistoun, Glasgow; Rachel Parker, 15, from Annan, Dumfries-shire; Laura Calvert, 17, from Bangor, County Down; Saranda Hajdari, 15, from Liverpool; and Jon Hudson, 18, from Birmingham.