The News Review:

- Senegal bows to hawkers’ demands after riots
- Senegal vows to try Habre but needs funds–UN body
- Food prices: Africa shows first signs of trouble
- Athlete goes for high-level training
- Maurice Béjart 80 Ballet Iconoclast Dies
- Sporting News – Your expert source for MLB Baseball NFL Football…
- English Premier League Soccer Capsules

Senegal bows to hawkers’ demands after riots
Independent nline – Nov 23, 2007
A town hall official said the city’s mayor Pape Diop “has authorised the hawkers to go back to their selling points along the public roads but without obstructing traffic”. The concession is to last until the end of December when the predominantly Muslim country celebrates Eid-ul-Adha the Islamic festival due this year on December 20. The decision was reached in emergency talks between the vendors’ representatives and the mayoral office on Thursday.

Senegal vows to try Habre but needs funds–UN body
Reuters AlertNet – Nov 23, 2007
0 article title –>Senegal vows to try Habre but needs funds–UN body23 Nov 2007 16:52:31 GMTSource: Reuters. 0 article title end –>. Committee against Torture that it is ready to put former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre on trial for human rights violations but it needs Western funding the watchdog said on Friday. The United Nations Committee against Torture composed of 10 independent experts discussed the long-delayed case with a Senegalese diplomat during its regular three-week meeting which ended on Friday. In May 2006 it said Senegal was breaking international human rights law by not trying or extraditing Habre on charges of mass murder and torture committed during his 1982-90 rule.

Food prices: Africa shows first signs of trouble
Mail & Guardian nline – Nov 23, 2007
And the internationally rising oil prices are reflected in imported food costs. “The growing demand for biofuels and the high prices of fossil fuel have a dramatic impact on millions of people” said Savariaud. “Food prices in Mauritania Guinea-Bissau and Senegal shot up steeply in 2007″ she said citing countries that depend heavily on imported staples. In the vast and arid Mauritania where national cereal output is less than 30% of needs the price of imported flour shot up nearly 100% — from $200 per ton last year to $360 in September according to WFP.

Athlete goes for high-level training
Mmegi – Nov 23, 2007
The athlete will be in Dakar until next year’s lympics Games in Beijing China. He is part of Botswana’s lympic 4 x 4 relay team. His stay in Senegal can be extended depending on how he performs. Though the core business of the programme is to train athletes physically Bobby Gaseitsiwe of Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) said Makwala is likely to go through short academic courses. The athlete was chosen among four compatriots whose profiles where submitted to International Athletics Association Federation (IAAF). thers were Goitsemodimo Dikinya Shaka Ntsimako Kgalalelo Sefu and Khumoetsile Ngope. Gaseitsiwe is happy that Botswana athletes continue to benefit from such high performance centres.

Maurice Béjart 80 Ballet Iconoclast Dies
New York Times – Nov 23, 2007
B?rt was a prophet with visible honor in his own country who could never find a home there for his company. A man of encyclopedic theatrical ideas who staged mixed-media pieces and was interested in Asian and Near Eastern philosophy he was acclaimed by leading French stage directors like Jean Vilar who made him the centerpiece of the Avignon Festival.

Sporting News – Your expert source for MLB Baseball NFL Football…
SportingNews.com – Nov 23, 2007
“To give to this continent a face a human face the human face of football and also to say that on this continent there is no one dominating color” he said. “They are all different colors and all of them are united in the World Cup in Africa and united by this face. In terms of soccer the 2010 World Cup is getting back what Africa has given over the past two decades when Cameroon Nigeria Senegal and Ghana made their marks at soccer’s biggest championship by beating some of the main contenders. Instead of the stars of African soccer going to other parts of the world to show off their skills every four years the big names from Europe South America Central and North America and Asia will be on their way to Africa in three years. The qualifying rounds have already started in many parts of the world notably South America where Brazil and Argentina are already among the front runners. But Sunday’s draw involves the big contenders from Europe which will have 13 of the 32 finalists while the likes of the United States Mexico Japan South Korea and Australia will also know their routes to the World Cup. The draw takes place before 3000 invited guests in Durban’s International Conference Center as a continent which is often seen as the future of the game finally gets its first big FIFA event.

English Premier League Soccer Capsules
International Herald Tribune – Nov 23, 2007
Portsmouth forward John Utaka has recovered from a hamstring injury that forced him off at halftime in the 0-0 draw with Manchester City two weeks ago. However fellow striker Kanu is a doubt after suffering a hamstring strain in the same match. Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop returns after a one-match ban. Center back Linvoy Primus remains out after undergoing knee surgery in America. Manchester United Bolton has not won in 10 league matches while United is unbeaten in 10. Striker Nicolas Anelka has missed Bolton's last four games with a hamstring injury but he played as a substitute for France against Morocco last Friday and should start.