The News Review:

- An Abandoned Oasis Of American Comfort In Tiny Guinea-Bissau
- Wilson’s Ba Claims His Fourth Straight DCIAA Title
- Cal routed by Long Beach makes quick baseball exit
- Bolton’s Diouf puts off transfer talks
- Common Mining Law Proposed for West African States

An Abandoned Oasis Of American Comfort In Tiny Guinea-Bissau
Washington Post – Jun 1, 2008
mission — what little there is — from a nearby office building. All official diplomatic business with the Guinea-Bissau government is still conducted through the U. Embassy in neighboring Dakar Senegal. Greg Holliday spokesman for the U.

Wilson’s Ba Claims His Fourth Straight DCIAA Title
Washington Post – Jun 1, 2008
There was no elaborate celebration or even a visible celebration from Ba. Instead he offered a warm handshake to the opponent he had humbled 6-0 6-0 with hard serves deep forehands and a one-handed backhand. “I’m just calm I guess” said Ba who immigrated from Senegal in 2002. He learned the game from his father a former professional player and coach in Senegal and France. "It’s a load off my mind. He did it four straight years" Wilson Coach Spyke Henry said. Henry and Ba envisioned Ba’s winning four straight titles after he won his second DCIAA singles title as a sophomore.

Cal routed by Long Beach makes quick baseball exit
San Francisco Chronicle – Jun 1, 2008
Brittany Rogers had the go-ahead bloop double in a four-run sixth inning to lift Alabama over the Wildcats 5-1 and top-seeded Florida eliminated the second-seeded Bruins 2-0. The semifinals will pit Texas A&M against Florida and Arizona State against Alabama which defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 3-1. Briefly: The Cal women’s basketball team defeated Senegal 65-63 during its tour of Tunisia and Senegal. Kevin White is the new athletic director at Duke leaving the same job at Notre Dame… Kevin White is the new athletic director at Duke leaving the same job at Notre Dame. Missy Conboy a 20-year member of Notre Dame’s staff was named the school’s interim AD.

Bolton’s Diouf puts off transfer talks
Tribalfootball.com – Jun 1, 2008
“My agent is coming to see me next week and we will talk about my future then but right now I have important games with my national team. That’s why I don’t want to know which club I will be playing for next season just for the moment. But I do want to say that I’m ready for a big club in the Champions League or why not in the Uefa Cup.

Common Mining Law Proposed for West African States
highbeam.com – Jun 1, 2008
(Hide copyright information)The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Oxfam America in mid-April announced a proposal for a region-wide mining code that would introduce common social environmental and business practice standards across the 15 ECOWAS countries. Ghana and Mali are members of ECOWAS and have substantial gold-mining industries. Other gold producers in the group include Burkina Faso Nigeria Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire. In an April 18 2008 news article UN Integrated Regional Information Networks reported that the proposed mining code was launched in Dakar Senegal on April 17 and that ratification would be sought from ECOWAS parliaments during 2009. Goals of the code include.