The News Review:

- America Still Cherished Around Africa
- Spain takes aim at illegal immigration by offering visas & jobs
- Laura Bush Targets Africa’s Biggest Child Killer
- … the Leader from the People’s Activists Meeting for West…
- NBA Draft | Sonics pick Durant trade Ray Allen
- Cape Verde on track to join WT by end of year
- Baggies quartet have time to rest

America Still Cherished Around Africa
Washington Post – Jun 28, 2007
"And Americans fight against terrorists. "Even in many sub-Saharan African Muslim lands America scores high marks. In Senegal where Mrs. Bush received a warm welcome at an AIDS hospital this week some 69 percent of those polled said they held a favorable view of America. In contrast Indonesia _ the world’s most-populous Muslim nation _ only 29 percent of respondents viewed the United States favorably. The practice of West African Islam is more mystical and generally less strict than in the Middle East or North Africa. Also religion hasn’t become politicized as it has in other regions… The practice of West African Islam is more mystical and generally less strict than in the Middle East or North Africa. Also religion hasn’t become politicized as it has in other regions. Senegal is almost uniformly Muslim but its first and longtime president was a Christian. In Senegal Muslims don’t feel threatened. That’s not the case in Nigeria however which has a history of Christian-Muslim violence. About half of its 140 million people practice Islam. The Pew study released this week found 94 percent of Christian Nigerians viewed America favorably but only 49 percent of Muslims did.

Spain takes aim at illegal immigration by offering visas & jobs
Workpermit.com – Jun 28, 2007
These trafficking organizations charge extortionate amounts of money and provide no guarantee that the migrants will reach their destination or even survive. “We say to the mafias that we will fight them and to youngsters that they must come to Spain with the help of Spanish entrepreneurs not risk their lives in canoes” said the Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba. The minister accompanied the businessman on their trip to Senegal. A “modern comprehensive approach to migration” The effort has the backing of the Senegalese government which sees the effort as a dignified way of relieving the plight of tens of thousands of Africans who risk their lives every year on the open seas. Many of them are Senegal's brightest hoping to find work in Europe and send money home to their families. The president of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade feels Spain's approach is a valid alternative to stances taken by other EU countries such as… A “modern comprehensive approach to migration” The effort has the backing of the Senegalese government which sees the effort as a dignified way of relieving the plight of tens of thousands of Africans who risk their lives every year on the open seas. Many of them are Senegal's brightest hoping to find work in Europe and send money home to their families. The president of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade feels Spain's approach is a valid alternative to stances taken by other EU countries such as. Spain's neighbor has taken an increasingly more hard-line approach to immigration even offering money to some migrant families if they will return to their home country. Spain hopes to solve the problem through more practical means and work with the countries involved. Embassies have been opened in Mali Niger Sudan and Cape Verde.

Laura Bush Targets Africa’s Biggest Child Killer
Christian Post – Jun 28, 2007
Mozambique was Bush’s second stop on a trip that also includes Senegal Zambia and Mali. In Senegal during her first stop Bush picked vegetables and handed out mosquito nets in to emphasize the importance of tackling some of the continent’s widespread afflictions – such as malnutrition and malaria – in the battle against AIDS in Africa. “It’s often overlooked that one of the essential things in the treatment of AIDS or HIV is good nutrition” she said Tuesday according to the Associated Press after touring a garden whose produce is used to supplement the meals of AIDS patients at a Dakar hospital. The first lady gave mosquito nets to AIDS patients as a doctor explained that insect-borne malaria — the biggest killer in Senegal — is even more dangerous for those who are HIV positive. Bush who was scheduled to be in Zambia on Thursday planned to give Zambians care giver kits from World Vision that include basic necessities such as antibacterial soup antifungal cream latex gloves cotton ball Vaseline and a flashlight – items that she said people might need but never be able to buy themselves according to ABC news… Mozambique was Bush’s second stop on a trip that also includes Senegal Zambia and Mali. In Senegal during her first stop Bush picked vegetables and handed out mosquito nets in to emphasize the importance of tackling some of the continent’s widespread afflictions – such as malnutrition and malaria – in the battle against AIDS in Africa. “It’s often overlooked that one of the essential things in the treatment of AIDS or HIV is good nutrition” she said Tuesday according to the Associated Press after touring a garden whose produce is used to supplement the meals of AIDS patients at a Dakar hospital. The first lady gave mosquito nets to AIDS patients as a doctor explained that insect-borne malaria — the biggest killer in Senegal — is even more dangerous for those who are HIV positive. Bush who was scheduled to be in Zambia on Thursday planned to give Zambians care giver kits from World Vision that include basic necessities such as antibacterial soup antifungal cream latex gloves cotton ball Vaseline and a flashlight – items that she said people might need but never be able to buy themselves according to ABC news. The kits are made by Americans.

… the Leader from the People’s Activists Meeting for West…
mathaba.net – Jun 28, 2007
We Activists of the African Community meeting in Dakar from Senegal Gambia Guinea Bissau Cote d’Ivoire and Mauritania salute your sincere efforts to serve the African continent and its peoples. We assure you the support of the activists of these countries to establish the African Federal Government the Executive tool for the Union through which the continent can take its collective decisions and speak with one voice with all countries of the world in a way that brings about progress and prosperity for its people on the path of reaching the aspired goal namely the establishment of the United States of Africa. We compliment your efforts to liberate the continent politically socially and economically to make it a strong and united on the bases of justice and equality to realize security stability and welfare of its peoples.

NBA Draft | Sonics pick Durant trade Ray Allen
Seattle Times – Jun 28, 2007
Last year Seattle drafted Mouhamed Sene of Senegal (10th overall) in 2005 took Johan Petro of France (No. 25) and in 2004 drafted high schooler Robert Swift (No. Presti inherited a 31-51 team that featured two of the league’s top 20 scorers in Allen and Lewis. But it was also one of the league’s worst defensive teams.

Cape Verde on track to join WT by end of year
International Herald Tribune – Jun 28, 2007
The island chain off the west coast of Africa still has to resolve some issues relating to trading rights investment rules taxes and export subsidies but most of the questions Cape Verde fielded at a Thursday meeting of its WT working group addressed minor technical details. Few natural resources and little industrial development has driven large-scale emigration from Cape Verde a group of nine small islands off Senegal with a population of 423000. The country's economy relies largely on foreign aid and remittances from emigrants most of them in Europe and the United States. Cape Verde still has to reach bilateral agreements with Washington and Brussels before it can join the WT. Those talks are reportedly in the final stages. Another meeting of the WT working group handling Cape Verde's accession process will probably take place later this year.

Baggies quartet have time to rest
BBC News – Jun 28, 2007
“I firmly believe players should have a four-week break at least and these four played until 6 June” said Mowbray. “They need the time to mentally and physically recharge their batteries. Koumas (Wales) Koren (Slovenia) Gera (Hungary) and Kamara (Senegal) have all been on international duty since West Brom lost to Derby in the play-off final on 28 May.