Apr 15 2010
Understanding the Congo Conflict
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Eight Red Cross workers were kidnapped last week in the Democratic Republic of Congo by members of the armed Mai Mai Yakutumba militia. The hostages include 7 Congolese and 1 Swiss national. The International Committee of the Red Cross has been one of few foreign aid organizations remaining in the Congo over decades of conflict. Six staff members of …
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Artists are often tagged as prolific but few have earned the distinction as thoroughly as my guest Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sainte-Marie was born on a Cree reservation in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in the United States. In the 1960s she became known as a singer and songwriter of protest and love songs, and her songs have been recorded by artists …
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