Greg Laden is reporting that Rwanda is taxing companies that use gorillas in their advertising, in order to pay for their conservation. Unfortunately, or fortunately if you are an albino silverback in Australia, this only applies to Rwandan companies. Or maybe I would happily pay a tax to the Rwandan government for the use of my avatar if asked. It depends on whether I have enough money for beer that month.
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Ancient Lemur's Little Finger Poses Mystery:
A former Rwandan army chief of staff, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, has been shot in South Africa and taken to hospital in a critical condition.
His wife told the BBC the couple had been returning from shopping when a gunman opened fire on the car.
Evidence is increasing that foreign forces are being drawn into the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Eyewitnesses told the BBC Angolan and Zimbabwean troops were on the ground.
1994: Rwandan hate radio compares Tutsis to cockroaches.
The director of the human rights organization, African Rights, Rakiya Omaar, was following the events from northern Rwanda.
Just read this news item that Egypt is going to copyright the Pyramids:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071225/lf_afp/egyptantiquitieslaw
A clever idea. Hawass is a smart guy. But I hope they don't try to get the Sudan, Mexico or Iraq to pay dues on those copies of the pyramids they have there...
Perhaps they can get Bosnia to pay up, though.