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UFOs sighted - Ugandans for Obama! The common greeting here [In Uganda] is "Oli otya," Luganda for "How are you?" But now most American visitors are greeted with a different question: "How is Obama?" - So writes Illinois journalism professor Bill Recktenwald writes about his visit to a university there and the rallies he witnessed in support of Obama. Rechtenwald writes about Bernard Sabiti, 25, who hosts a radio show combating HIV/AIDS and recently started a Ugandans for Obama (UFO) group. Sabiti says: "We admire his honesty; that is a rare thing in a politician. I placed a few posters around the university asking if people are interested in the election, or if they simply admire him, they should send me an e-mail." He had more than a hundred responses. Mawa Haruna, 24, adds: "It is not just those in the universities, or those in business who are following the election. If you go to St. Balikuddembe, the main market in Kampala you will find

“After 54 hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end,” Obama told cheering supporters in a victory celebration in St. Paul, Minn., at the site of the convention that will nominate his Republican opponent in the fall, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. “Tonight, I can stand here before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for the president of the United States of America.” Obama, 46, of Illinois, hailed his Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, for having “made history in this campaign, not just because she is a woman who has done what no woman has done before, but because she’s a leader who inspires millions of Americans with her strength, her courage and her commitment to the causes that brought us here tonight.” “Our party and our country are better off because of her, and I am a better candidate for having had the honor to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton,” Obama said. But after splitting the last two primaries of the election

South Korea builds world's deepest immersed tunnel 06 Mar 2008 The Busan - Geoje Fixed Link Project is a major infrastructure development in South Korea. The link will provide easy access between Busan – Korea’s southernmost, second largest city – and the island of Geoje . The current journey to the island takes over three and a half hours driving time over an out of the way route of over 140km or involves using the ferry; the new link will cut the journey time to approximately one hour (60km). Construction originally started in 2004 and is well under way with the first 45,000 tonnes by 180m long element successfully placed. Of this 8.2km, four-lane fixed link, there will be 4km of immersed tunnel and two 2km cable-stayed bridges. It will be the world’s deepest immersed roadway tunnel at 48m below mean water level and the world’s second longest immersed concrete tunnel. The project consists of three construction phases: Phase 1: links Geoje Island and Jeo Island and includes a

July 27, 2004 Keynote Address 2004 Democratic National Convention Compete Text On behalf of the great state of Illinois, crossroads of a nation, land of Lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention. Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. His father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant. But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place: America, which stood as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before. While studying here, my father met my mother. She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. The day after Pearl Harbor

"The Christians know and trust their God. They placate those who oppress them and make their enemies their friends. They do good to their enemies. Their wives are absolutely pure and their daughters are modest. Their men abstain from unlawful marriages and all other impurity. "If any of them has a bondwoman or children, they persuade them to become Christians because of the love they have for them; and when they become so, they are called, 'brother' without distinction. They love one another. "They rescue the orphan from him who does violence. He who has gives ungrudgingly to him who has not. If they see a stranger, they take him into their dwellings and rejoice over him as over a real brother, for they do not call each other brother after the flesh, but after the spirit of God. If any among them is poor and needy, and they do not have food to spare, they fast two or three days that they may supply him with the necessary food. "They scrupulously obey their M

Hi friends, It is so intresting that you are always there for me. This is to congratulate you upon finishing last year 2007 and wishing u a splendid,awesome and a happy new year. May you new year resolutions, plans and endevours come true. Wish u all the best in 2008. Andrew Ambazimana.

A Civil Engineer/Construction Manager, Lover of nature, Travel enthusiast and Follower of World Politics. You can follow me on Twitter @AmbazaAndrew