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- Dakar and Rabat row over W Sahara
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- Poets bring a bit of grace to Nazareth Hardscrabble city with the…
- Sonics Notebook: Sonics send Sene to NBDL
- Malawi May Break Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan Switch to China

Dakar and Rabat row over W Sahara
Aljazeera.net – Dec 23, 2007
Senegal’s ambassador returned home “for consultations” on Saturday three days after Morocco pulled its ambassador out of Dakar the Senegalese capital. Rabat called the comments “hostile” and “contrary to the secular bonds which exist between the two countries”… The UN negotiated a ceasefire in 1991 and a third round of talks are due in January 2008 between the two sides. ‘Unfriendly gesture’ Sources close to the government expressed surprise at Rabat’s decision to withdraw its ambassador as Baudin who is a member of the Socialist Party is not part of the Senegalese government. “The recall of the Moroccan ambassador to Senegal is an unfriendly gesture towards the Senegalese people. and Senegal while waiting for clarification is calling back its ambassador in Morocco for consultation” an official statement released in Dakar said. Senegal has maintained cordial relations with Morocco.

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Atlanta Journal Constitution – Dec 23, 2007
2 this season has left for “personal reasons” but is still in Atlanta. Asked if the leave was Faye’s idea Hewitt said it was “mutual but mostly his. The native of Dakar Senegal played some at the wing spots and some inside. Hewitt said before the season Faye was most likely to play on the perimeter. But he found it increasingly difficult to break into the rotation of Lewis Clinch Anthony Morrow D’Andre Bell and Lance Storrs. Faye got 37 of his 57 minutes of playing time in three games at the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands when backup point guard Maurice Miller was out with a back injury. That essentially took Bell out of the wing rotation because almost all of his playing time came at the point.

Poets bring a bit of grace to Nazareth Hardscrabble city with the…
San Francisco Chronicle – Dec 23, 2007
Thus it was an out-of-the-ordinary event when Nazareth was chosen as the venue for one prong of a recent international poetry festival. Aptly named Sha’ar (Gateway) the annual festival is run by the Israeli poetry society Helicon which strives to use poetry’s spiritual potential to bridge the deep chasms in Israeli society. It hosted poets from 15 countries from Latvia to Senegal to the United States and significantly also included local Jewish and Palestinian poets. The Nazareth evening was sandwiched in between a glamorous hip locale in Tel Aviv one day and a dignified forum in Jerusalem the next. Nazareth may be less than a two-hour drive from either Tel Aviv or Jerusalem but it is worlds away on the cultural map. ne car arriving from Tel Aviv became hopelessly lost trying to find the venue amid the winding streets. Numerous cell phone calls proved to no avail and when a police van was finally flagged down the officers gave the car a personal escort to the door – a symbol that hit home not only how utterly Jewish Israelis feel like strangers in Nazareth but how completely their foreignness is printed upon them.

Sonics Notebook: Sonics send Sene to NBDL
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Dec 23, 2007
Carlesimo and general manager Sam Presti had a conversation with Sene before Friday’s win over the Toronto Raptors and he left KeyArena that night saying goodbye to his teammates. Sene the 10th pick in the 2006 draft from Senegal played in nine games averaging 1. He has played in 37 out of a possible 109 games since joining the Sonics. “He needs playing time that’s the best thing for him” Carlesimo said following Sunday’s practice at the Furtado Center.

Malawi May Break Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan Switch to China
Bloomberg – Dec 23, 2007
Costa Rica was the eighthcountry to break ties with Taiwan since President. In April the Caribbeanisland of Saint Lucia broke ties with China and recognized Taiwan. Taiwan has been battling for recognition since it splitwith China at the end of a civil war in 1949. Most nations don'trecognize the administration in Taipei and instead havediplomatic relations with China which claims Taiwan as part ofits territory. To contact the reporters on this story:.