The News Review:

- Ruling party wins senatorial elections in Senegal
- World Track and Field Championship Results – Trackandfield
- Israel MEPs protest meeting on rights of Palestinians over organizers…
- Laura’s sticking her neck out
- The Daily Times – Malawi’s Premier Daily
- France counts on Africa
- Thousands of international students enroll in classes

Ruling party wins senatorial elections in Senegal
People's Daily nline – Aug 29, 2007
execCommand(“saveAs”)>. The 35 senators who were elected during the August 19 poll will join another 65 to be nominated by the country’s President in order to bring the total to the required 100. According to the Senegalese succession law the speaker of the senate is the first in line to succeed the president in case of anything. Established in 1999 during the rein of former Senegalese president Abdou Diouf the senate was abolished by President Wade in 2001 before being reinstated by parliament in May 2007.

World Track and Field Championship Results – Trackandfield
ESPN – Aug 29, 2007
4 q-Miguel Pate United States 26-7. q-Ndiss Kaba Badji Senegal 26-4½. 6 Marcin Starzak Poland26-0. 7 Issam Nima Algeria 25-10¼. 8 Ruslan Gataullin Russia25-8¼. 9 Gable Garenamotse Botswana 25-6.

Israel MEPs protest meeting on rights of Palestinians over organizers…
International Herald Tribune – Aug 29, 2007
” The Simon Wiesenthal Center an international Jewish human rights organization based in Los Angeles said the conference was one-sided and only served to vilify Israel. It praised those lawmakers who have called for the meeting to be called off. But the conference organizers denied it would be anti-Israeli saying it would “provide a timely opportunity to discuss situation on the ground” and look at all possible ways to advance the Middle East peace process. committee established in 1975 is chaired by Senegal. It has 22 member and 26 observer states.

Laura’s sticking her neck out
The Australian – Aug 29, 2007
Her spokeswoman Sally McDonough said the injury to Ms Bush occurred in April when she hurt her neck and shoulder while hiking in Zion National Park in Utah. Since the hike in Zion Ms McDonough said Ms Bush had been given physiotherapy for a trapped nerve and doctors had advised her not to travel overseas saying the long flights could exacerbate the problem and cause complications. The injury must have got worse recently since Ms Bush conducted an extensive four-nation tour of Africa in late June criss-crossing the continent to take in Senegal Mali Mozambique and Zambia. In the past month Ms Bush has kept up the hectic schedule travelling from Washington to at least six states including Maine Connecticut Texas and Minnesota and this week to Wyoming and Louisiana. The White House has not commented on what the first lady will be doing while her husband is in Australia. module-content –>.

The Daily Times – Malawi’s Premier Daily
Malawi's Daily Times – Aug 29, 2007
Broker of the deal Nigel Empson Tuesday said Mahindra made such offers after being assured by Flames coach Stephen Constantine that the players could join on free transfer. “In addition to the two Malawians there were other trialists from various African countries including Senegal Ghana and Nigeria” Empson said in an e-mail message. “All were available without any transfer fee as was Congolese international Edson Minga who had been playing in South Africa and who was invited as a replacement for Malumbo Mkandawire. ” Empson who is Mahindra’s football-business consultant based in Mumbai said the Indian side could get the players for free in December when their season long contracts expire at Bullets and Escom. “Under Fifa regulations both Kafoteka and Kalaile will be able to join Mahindra’s free of transfer fee and should they do so Big Bullets and Escom may regret not accepting the $15000 from their players. He said Mahindra was surprised with Fam’s change of statements when the club had asked All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) to request the International Transfer Certificates (ITC’s).

France counts on Africa
News24.com – Aug 29, 2007
An agreement is currently under negotiation with Congo Republic and "in the coming months I will begin discussions with other countries" Hortefeux told a conference of French ambassadors in Paris. "We expect there to be about 20 countries involved by the end of 2009" he added. France has signed immigration accords with Senegal and Gabon that provide for French assistance to help the countries monitor their borders in exchange for their cooperation in repatriating illegal migrants. President Nicolas Sarkzoy has long been an advocate of immigration controls deporting about 25 000 foreigners per year while he was interior minister and refusing to grant a blanket amnesty to illegal residents. 'It is a legitimate question'The president who took office in May told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that he wanted to open a debate on immigration quotas. "It's not an issue of setting quotas for the number of immigrants from Africa the Arab world or Asia" government spokesperson Laurent Wauquiez quoted Sarkozy as telling ministers. "It is a legitimate question: How many farm workers engineers computer experts and technicians do we want?" he said.

Thousands of international students enroll in classes
Business Gazette – Aug 29, 2007
‘‘People are so happy to be here they are very excited and want to get their kids in school” Nodis Elvir said as she was greeting parents and children and getting them started on their way to school. After the initial interview students are sent to the English for Speakers of ther Languages office for language testing then to the School Health Services Center to be sure they have all of the immunizations required by the State of Maryland. The system surprised Albert Waolo who was enrolling his four children who had just arrived from Senegal. ‘‘In my country we don’t have a process like this. You just go to the school and enroll the students” Waolo said. That is true here too if a family changes neighborhoods or even states but coming from a school in another country is more complicated according to Berrios. ‘‘We have [it centralized] to expedite the enrollment process” she said.