Archive for May, 2003
Algeria rocked by killer quake
Death toll passes 2,000, could climb to 3,000. Algerians hurl stones at president in anger. An earthquake struck Algeria’s Mediterranean coast on May 21, measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale, a dynamite quake in the country’s most densely populated area, the north. Algiers, Rouiba, and Boumerdes were hit the worst. As of May 24, the government said at least 1,875 are dead, 7,691 injured. This is the biggest quake to hit the area since a 7.7 killed 4,500 people in 1980. May 22, 2003.
Miss South Africa?
She certainly is beautiful, and probably very talented. She is Petra Mokrosova, and she is Miss South Africa 2003, posing here in her Endless Sun swimwear during registration and fittings at the Hotel El Panama in Panama City, May 18, 2003. She will compete for the title of Miss Universe. All that said, do you think she reflects the qualities of most African women? When you see her, do you think of Africa? Do those questions matter? Photo credit: Reuters. May 19, 2003.
Uganda says withdrawal from DR Congo completed
Uganda says it completed withdrawing its last battalion from the DR Congo, after a more than four year occupation following an Ugandan-Rwandan invasion in 1998. An Ugandan officer said his battalion of about 1,000 soldiers crossed into Doli, Uganda on or about May 19, 2003. Read the rest of this entry »