The News Review:

- Tense calm descends on Senegal city
- Kumba to sue government in mine dispute
- You Shall Know ur Velocity

Tense calm descends on Senegal city
Independent nline – Apr 23, 2007
Senegal’s armed forces minister Becaye Diop also mayor of Kolda met with residents to defuse the violence which followed the funeral of 23-year-old Dominique Lopy who died in police custody last weekend. Lopy had been picked up on suspicion of stealing from an official. Diop talked with officials and youths in the home of a city elder according to an AFP correspondent at the scene. ‘You mustn’t put yourself in a position of confrontation with the security forces’Several residents told AFP they blamed Lopy’s death on injuries he had suffered while in custody.

Kumba to sue government in mine dispute
Legalbrief – Legalbrief (subscription) – Apr 23, 2007
Kumba exercised an option to acquire a controlling stake in the Faleme project some time ago but Senegal put this interest in dispute in 2005 says Business Day. Kumba said it had been ordered to withdraw from the area in Senegal where it was conducting exploration after the government agreed a separate deal with a third party. ‘The government’s conduct violates Kumba’s contractual rights and accordingly Kumba has instituted summary proceedings in Senegal and will continue to enforce its rights by all legal means.

You Shall Know ur Velocity
guardian.co.uk – Apr 23, 2007
And the dopiest backpacker would be more travel-wise than Hand. They arrive at airports check into hotels get taken to bars and brothels fear for their lives rent cars goof around wander off track miss the planes they need to catch to complete their itinerary. The world tour shrinks to a random sampling of Senegal Morocco Estonia and Latvia. Each new landscape reminds them of an American landscape. Every city is a handful of souls in a late-night bar. They never make it to the pyramid at Cheops. Getting rid of money also proves more difficult than expected.