<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/africa/westafrica/post?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[30 Years Later, Immigrants Shed Vietnam War's Burden]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12415-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12415-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thirty is now the median age of the 1.2 million people of Vietnamese heritage living in the United States. Thirty is young enough to be haunted by Vietnam, old enough to have created new lives.]]></description><author> Phuong Ly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe's Minority Politicians in Short Supply]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12396-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12396-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PARIS  --  Mariam Osman Sherifay is a Muslim woman, born in Egypt. Coskun Coruz left his native Turkey as a child. And Paul Boateng is a soft-spoken and dapper lawyer, a black man who spent most of his childhood in Ghana.]]></description><author> Keith B. Richburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7878-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7878-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sticks and Stones <br>War, statutory rape, child abuse and racism are hardly the stuff of comedy, but in    Towelhead  (Simon & Schuster, $22), Alicia Erian succeeds in blending this weird and sometimes shocking mix of elements into a funny, poignant and utterly readable first novel. (Her collection of short stories, <em>The Brutal Language of Love</em>, was published in 2001.)]]></description><author> Susan Coll</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Immigrants, Help Can Be Risky]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10363-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10363-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Mariana C. Cordier, president of the Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, has heard an increasing number of complaints over the past year from people who say their immigration applications were botched by consultants.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japanese Leader Apologizes For the Past]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8001-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8001-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 22  --  Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reiterated an apology for Japan's wartime acts in an attempt to mend fences with Beijing and persuade China's president, Hu Jintao, to meet with him on the sidelines of an Asia-Africa summit in Indonesia Friday.]]></description><author> Ellen Nakashima  and Anthony Faiola</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Pope Has Steadfast Beliefs in a Tumultuous World]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1334-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1334-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[His searing experience as a World War II Nazi conscript left Pope Benedict XVI with a distrust of nationalism and socialism, and a passionate belief in holding firmly to enduring truths.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy Tempered by a Wish for a Third World Pope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2101-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2101-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church drew mixed reaction across Latin America and Africa. Political and church leaders issued warm statements of congratulations, but many people also said they felt a tinge of disappointment that the new pontiff did not come from the Third World.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan and Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Zimbabwe, AIDS Still Means Death]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2441-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2441-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Politics and poverty are depriving Africans in rural areas of relief, even as new drugs stem the disease across the continent.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WorldSpace Sets Stock Offering]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63988-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63988-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Seeking to piggyback on the growth of satellite radio in the United States, WorldSpace, a Washington satellite radio service provider, last week registered an initial public offering of $100 million of stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B ></FONT>]]></description><author> Annys Shin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New, Old Rules to Guide Balloting for Next Pope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60683-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60683-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Roman Catholic cardinals from 52 countries today begin to choose a successor to Pope John Paul II in a secret conclave that will follow elaborate customs.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman  and Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigeria's Rainmaker Is Eyed at Vatican]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59514-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59514-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ONITSHA, Nigeria  --  The legend of Cardinal Francis Arinze, a contender to become the first pope from Africa in 1,500 years, stems from a moment of crisis in Nigeria's Catholic heartland. It was the early 1970s, and the government had ordered all European and American priests  --  most of the Catholic leadership at the time  --  out of the country.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the Conclave: Guardians of Continuity Versus Agents of Change]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59537-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59537-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ROME, April 16  --  The next pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church could be a Brazilian cardinal who gave refuge to striking workers pursued by police helicopters. It could be a Nigerian whose parents worshiped African gods, a bookish Viennese who speaks five languages, an Italian who speaks only his home tongue, or an Argentine who rides a bus to work in his diocese.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams and Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's Looking at Morocco]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56447-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56447-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Q    My fiance and I are looking for a tour package to Morocco. Any recommendations? ]]></description><author> Andrea Sachs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envoy Visits Darfur Camp To Stress U.S. Commitment]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56794-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56794-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick pressed officials in Khartoum to quickly implement a peace accord with the south and to take concrete steps to end the attacks in Darfur.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paris Fire Victims Leap to Street]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55324-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55324-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Terrified people jumped to their deaths from windows early Friday as  fire gutted a six-story budget hotel in the French capital's premier shopping district. The blaze killed at least 20 people, half of them children, and injured 59.]]></description><author> Keith B. Richburg  and Erika Lorentzsen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Official Ties Sudan Aid to Darfur]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44629-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44629-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  OSLO, April 11  --  In a new drive to resolve the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, the Bush administration plans to pledge financial support for the accord that ended Sudan's long-running civil war in January. As a condition of that aid, however, it will request evidence that the Khartoum government is responding to international pressure on Darfur, Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick said Monday.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hip-Hop's Dynamic New Stage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37403-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37403-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The line between social and concert dance has never been firm. Modern choreographer Helen Tamiris borrowed from African American culture to create her 1927 "Negro Spirituals." Russian-born George Balanchine incorporated elements of western square dancing into his 1957 ballet "Square Dance." Only late in the 20th century did the practitioners of social dance forms get frequent opportunities to bring their own art to the stage rather than having their dances interpreted by others.  Now, social and ritual dance forms share space on stages usually reserved for ballet and Shakespeare. Hip-hop has benefited tremendously from this shift. Prominent presenters such as the Kennedy Center and Washington Performing Arts Society include hip-hop artists in their programming.]]></description><author> Clare Croft</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In South Africa, 'Pro-Life' Has  Different Meaning]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38440-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38440-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Catholic AIDS workers facing an epidemic in Africa are arguing against the traditional papal ban on condoms.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistani Charged With Export Of Devices With Nuclear Uses]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38757-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38757-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A Pakistani businessman illegally exported devices from the United States that could be used to test, develop and detonate nuclear weapons, the government alleged yesterday.]]></description><author> Lara Jakes Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Evidence of Skull's Link to Humans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32376-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32376-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_world/africa/westafrica/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:11:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Scientists who three years ago discovered a nearly complete 7 million-year-old skull in central Africa have dug up additional evidence supporting the conclusion that the skull belonged to the earliest known human ancestor.]]></description><author> Rick Weiss</author></item></channel></rss>