Hello,

weber@... was at the UN Wire web site today and thought the article,
Discount Drugs Proving Effective In Africa, Experts Say, would be of
interest to you.

Hopeful about AIDS meds if money in fact can be available.

ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Scientists said yesterday at the 12th International Conference on AIDS and
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, that
discounted HIV drugs have been effective at combating the HIV/AIDS
pandemic in Africa, although there were originally concerns that such
medicines would be improperly administered and lead to drug-resistant
strains of HIV.

You can see the complete version of this story at:
http://www.unfoundation.org/unwire/util/display_stories.asp?objid=22546

Thank you,
UN Wire
http://www.unfoundation.org/unwire

Hello,

weber@... was at the UN Wire web site today and thought the article,
Discount Drugs Proving Effective In Africa, Experts Say, would be of
interest to you.

Hopeful about AIDS meds if money in fact can be available.

ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Scientists said yesterday at the 12th International Conference on AIDS and
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, that
discounted HIV drugs have been effective at combating the HIV/AIDS
pandemic in Africa, although there were originally concerns that such
medicines would be improperly administered and lead to drug-resistant
strains of HIV.

You can see the complete version of this story at:
http://www.unfoundation.org/unwire/util/display_stories.asp?objid=22546

Thank you,
UN Wire
http://www.unfoundation.org/unwire

Hi folks.  Rachel is coming to "Hot-lanta" for MLK weekend.  If anyone else
is interested, we have beds for two more and floor space for about 100.
(And a pac-n-play for iwes.)  We promise to have rice and beans for 9 out of
10 meals.

Deb
__________________________________________________________________________
Rand, Deb & Benjamin Wise
2784 Mt. Olive Drive
Decatur, GA  30033

Email: rwise.psy88@...
(404) 327-5765

See Benjamin at http://sites.netscape.net/randwise/benjamin
_______________________________________________________________________

"There is no situation that is not transfigurable."
						 - Desmond Tutu

Just goes to show that we are continually being ripped off by the drug
companies....I understand the circular argument about R&D and such, but if a
generic can copy it (okay, they didn't do all the research they just took
the formula), but for the first ten-fifteen years that they have the
exclusive patent gives them the opportunity to reap enough prfits...Claritn
does not cost $2 per pill to manufacture...



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Government Still Planning Free Food Distributions

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
December 12, 2001
Posted to the web December 12, 2001
The Malawian government is hoping to draw on donor and public resources to
provide free food to the most vulnerable in coming months, the country's
secretary for agriculture, Ellard Malindi, told IRIN on Wednesday.
The government said about two months ago that it would provide some 60,000 mt of
maize to the elderly and to those who could not take part in food-for-assets or
food-for-work programmes, but said at the time that it did not know where it
would get the maize from.
Suffering from a severe maize shortage this year, the impoverished country has
had to import about 150,000 mt of maize from South Africa and Tanzania for
commercial sale. However, according to an inter-agency report on a recent food
security assessment, the maize has been priced out of range of the large
majority of poor Malawians, making them vulnerable to starvation until the next
harvests in February and March.
Malindi told IRIN some programmes had already been planned, but he was waiting
for the cabinet to meet and approve the free distributions. "I am just waiting
for government approval to get the programme started," he said.
According to Malindi, while plans have not yet been finalised, the government
hoped to appeal to donors for some food and other resources, and to use existing
feeding projects to reach beneficiaries. However, he said: "I expect also that
the government would also contribute something."
Aid agencies have raised concern over food security in the densely populated
southern regions of Malawi in recent months, with indications that many families
do not have food reserves to last them through December.


*****

Police Quell Rastas' March

Daily Times (Blantyre)
December 12, 2001
Posted to the web December 12, 2001
Tamanda Matebule
Blantyre
Police in Blantyre yesterday stopped the rasta community from marching to
deliver a petition to the Office of President and Cabinet to be handed to State
President.
The rastas, who warned last Thursday that they will petition President Bakili
Muluzi over the inclusion of Lucius Banda in the Commission of inquiry into the
death of Evison Matafale convened at the Chichiri Upper Stadium as early as 8 am
for the march.
But the police, who arrived 10 minutes later, informed the rastas that the march
was illegal.
Leader of the group Sydney Chingeni said the rastas did not bother to seek from
Police permission to march because they knew they were not going to get a
go-ahead.
The group instead negotiated to hand over their petition to Blantyre District
Commissioner Charles Kumakanga who was called to come on the scene.
The rastas have since given Muluzi seven days to dissolve the commission or face
rastas' wrath.
Other marches in many districts were also stopped by the police.


*****

Convict, 70, Posing Health Threat in Jail

Daily Times (Blantyre)
December 12, 2001
Posted to the web December 12, 2001
Arnold Mboga
Blantyre
A 70-year-old convict, who cannot even visit toilet on his own due to old age
and ill-health and has been serving his four years at the maximum security
Chichiri prison since March last year for being found in possession of Indian
hemp, is posing a health threat, fellow inmates have complained.
The ill-fated man, Anafi Mili of Mgawa Village, T/A Kapeni in Blantyre, was
convicted last year of possession of chamba which he denied was not his.
"Two Zimbabwean women who were my late daughter's friends came to my home and
asked me to keep for them some parcels. Some people tipped the police who picked
me up when I did not even know what was in the parcel," alleged Mili in an
interview with Daily Times.
As first offender, he was tried and sentenced to four years by Soche Magistrate
court but he never appealed.
Expressing the fears at a panel discussin in commemoration of the World Human
Rights Day on Monday at Chichiri Prison, Steven Moyo one of the convicts said he
and his fellow inmates sharing room with Mili were worried that they may
contract diseases.
"Imagine this old man cannot even go to the toilet by himself. If inmates are
not around, he does it right in the cell. What if he has some disease, are we
not under threat?," queried Moyo.
Another remandee, John Matandika questioned the purpose of sending such old
peopel to jail.
"I used to believe that we are sent here to reform, but how does a 70-year-old
reform? What kind of reformation are we talking about here?," wondered
Matandika.
Asked to comment on the issue, Chief Resident Magistrate, Slyvester Kalembera
said there is little that he can do or say apart from referring the matter to
the prison reform committee chairman.
"I don't know when he came here and why but obviously, I will take up the matter
with the prison reform committee," Kalembera said.


*****

Peace Corps leaves
               Gabon Ebola zone

               The United States aid agency, the Peace
               Corps, has withdrawn eight of its volunteers
               from northern Gabon after an outbreak of the
               highly contagious disease, Ebola.

               The State Department said it had told all US
               government personnel to leave the affected
               area.

               At least 10 people are known to have died
               from the disease in the remote province of
               Goose Ivindo near the border with the Republic
               of Congo.

               The announcement comes two days after the
               World Health Organisation sent a team of
               experts to the province to help local
               authorities treat victims and distribute
               protective equipment such as gloves and
               masks to medical staff.

               Ebola is one of the most virulent of diseases,
               causing death in most cases. Correspondents
               say this is the first confirmed outbreak of Ebola
               since last year when 224 people were killed by
               the disease in Uganda.

*****

Mugabe seeks
               re-election

               Mugabe is confident of victory





                    By the BBC's Barnaby Phillips



               Thousands of delegates from Zimbabwe's ruling
               Zanu-PF party are gathering in the resort town
               of Victoria Falls for their annual conference,
               which starts on Thursday.

               President Robert Mugabe is expected to use
               the event to launch his campaign for the
               presidential election in March.

               With political tension mounting, Zimbabwe's
               neighbours are concerned that the situation
               there should not slip out of control.

               Zimbabwe's big
               neighbour, South
               Africa, has most to
               lose should the crisis
               deepen in the coming
               weeks.

               Already hundreds of
               jobless Zimbabweans
               are trying to cross into
               South Africa every
               day, and the dramatic
               fall in South Africa's
               currency is partially
               due to a loss of
               confidence because of
               the Zimbabwean upheavals.

               Other, smaller neighbours, have similar
               concerns.

               Both Malawi and Mozambique fear that
               thousands of migrant workers could return
               home from Zimbabwe if they lose their jobs.

               In public, African leaders are reluctant to
               criticise.

               The governments of Angola and the
               Democratic Republic of the Congo - military
               allies in the Congolese war - will not break
               ranks with President Mugabe.

               It is President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa
               who has voiced concerns about the possibility
               of an unfair and illegitimate election.

               President Mbeki is trying to build a new
               relationship between responsible African
               governments and leading Western powers.

               The political violence in Zimbabwe sits
               awkwardly with his rhetoric of an African
               renaissance.

Malawi student death
               sparks clashes

               By Raphael Tenthani in Blantyre

               Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, erupted
               in violence as students from the Polytechnic,
               ran riot following the death of a fellow student
               who was shot by police on Tuesday.

               Salin Nyakuleya, administrator of Queen
               Elizabeth Central Hospital, told BBC News
               Online the student, Fanikiso Phiri - a third-year
               Bachelor of Education student at Chancellor
               College - died early on Friday.

               He said doctors had
               failed to dislodge a
               bullet that had ruptured
               his lung.

               Students at the
               Polytechnic reacted
               violently when the news
               of Phiri's death broke. They mobilised
               themselves into gangs and started chanting
               anti-government songs and throwing stones at
               vehicles.

               Trouble begun on Tuesday when the students
               joined street protests against increases in
               maize prices, the death in police custody of
               Malawi's reggae king Evison Matafale and the
               arrest of an opposition Nelson Shaba.

               Detained

               The main highway in the city, Chipembere
               Highway, was closed as the students used
               boulders and tree branches to block it.

               Police, whose southern region headquarters
               borders the college, fired several rounds of
               teargas to disperse the students. They
               managed to secure the road but the students
               regrouped on the campus.

               Running battles between the two sides ensued
               as the students chanted anti-government
               songs and pelted police with stones and tree
               branches.

               "This is our country but
               the police and Muluzi
               have destroyed it,"
               sang the students
               using a 1915
               revolutionary song
               which natives
               composed during an
               uprising against British
               colonialists.

               "Policemen, prepare to
               pay the bill for the
               blood you spill," went
               another song.

               Two students were briefly detained.

               'Heavy hand'

               Themba Kalua, President of the University of
               Malawi Student Union, said students were
               angry with the death.

               He said they were demanding an explanation
               from the University Chancellor, President Bakili
               Muluzi, Minister of Home Affairs Monjeza
               Maluza and Inspector General of Police Joseph
               Aironi on why police had to use live bullets in
               quelling the student demonstration.

               "We want justice to be
               done," he said. "We
               want the perpetrators
               of this to be taken to
               book by whatever
               means."

               David Rubadiri, vice chancellor of the
               University of Malawi, concurred, saying the
               death of Phiri need to be investigated.

               "We are hurt by the death of Phiri; we believe
               the arm of law and order used a very heavy
               hand in quelling the demonstrations," he said.

               'No stones'

               Inspector General of Police Joseph Aironi said
               he has ordered an inquiry into events that led
               police to open fire on students at Chancellor
               College on Tuesday.

               He, however, said the students were pelting
               police with stones and attacked a lady
               superintendent.

               "Police were not excessive; we were not
               trained to respond with stones when we are
               being attacked, in fact our armoury does not
               have stones," he said.

               Mr Aironi, known for his tough approach to law
               enforcement, said the students wanted to
               rape the police officer.

               Trouble begun on Tuesday when the students
               joined street demonstrations protesting at
               increases in maize prices, the death in police
               custody of Malawi's reggae king Evison
               Matafale and the arrest of the opposition
               National Democratic Alliance leader, Nelson
               Wilfred Shaba.

*****

Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Detained

By Angus Shaw
Associated Press Writer
Friday, December 14, 2001; 8:28 AM

HARARE, Zimbabwe ** Police raided the home of Zimbabwe's main opposition leader
Friday, arresting him at
dawn then releasing him four hours later without charge.

Morgan Tsvangirai said armed police entered his home in northern Harare and took
him to the main police station
for questioning about a small two-way radio used by his security guards. Some
personal radios need to be
licensed by the state; violations carry a small fine.

Tsvangirai, 44, said he was not mistreated or charged with any offense.

The incident came a day after President Robert Mugabe threatened to crack down
on the opposition and its
backers, whom he accuses of waging a campaign of political violence and
terrorism.

Mugabe has come under intense international pressure to put an end to political
violence, guarantee that crucial
presidential elections in March are fair, and stop sanctioning a violent
campaign of seizures of white-owned farms.

Tsvangirai, who heads the Movement for Democratic Change party, is seen as
posing the biggest challenge to
Mugabe, 77, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.

Learnmore Jongwe, a spokesman for Tsvangirai's party, described the police
action as "the latest in a series of
instances of harassment and intimidation of the opposition" ordered by Mugabe's
ruling ZANU PF party ahead of
the elections in which Tsvangirai is running.

Tsvangirai's wife, Susan, said eight police, including uniformed officers with
automatic weapons raided the house
Friday.

Police demanded Friday to see a license for the radio, Jongwe said.

On Thursday, three trucks of armed police had searched Tsvangirai's home, saying
they were looking for an
opposition employee sought for questioning, Jongwe said.

"The police particularly wanted to know about the MDC security structures, their
addresses, phone numbers and
details about where they come from," he said.

Three MDC security guards were briefly detained after that search, evidently
also in connection with a personal
radio.

Last year, Tsvangirai was arrested for allegedly inciting supporters to
violently overthrow Mugabe, but those
charges were thrown out by the courts. Conviction would have disqualified him
from the presidential race.

Mugabe spoke Thursday at an annual ruling party convention ahead and charged
that the opposition was to blame
for political violence that has convulsed the nation.

"Violence is not just happening, it in fact has been deliberately hatched at the
center of the MDC and by its
patrons and principals overseas," he said. "This is a real physical fight and we
have to prepare for it."

Tsvangirai dismissed Mugabe's allegations and said the ruling party was to blame
for the violence.

"Who is building institutions of violence? It is Mugabe," he said Friday.

According to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum, composed of 10 church and rights
groups, 41 people have
been killed in political violence this year, 31 of them opposition supporters.

At least 36 people died last year in political violence that erupted after
ruling party militants began illegally
occupying white-owned farms.

*****

UN appeals for
               Zimbabwe food aid

               Farm occupations have hit grain production
               The United Nations' World Food Programme
               (WFP) has issued an urgent appeal to
               international donors for $54m to buy
               emergency food aid for more than half a million
               people in Zimbabwe.

               The WFP said President Robert Mugabe's
               government had agreed to emergency moves
               to provide food to people in the south, west
               and north of the country.

               "We need to start
               delivering food to
               thousands of hungry
               people as fast as
               possible," said the
               WFP's regional director
               for eastern and
               southern Africa, Judith
               Lewis.

               The WFP announced in
               November it was
               planning the food aid, which it said was
               needed because of drought and the violent
               occupations of white-owned farms, a
               development encouraged by President Robert
               Mugabe's government.

               Ms Lewis called for contributions to come in
               the form of cash where possible, since this
               would allow food to be transported in quickly
               from neighbouring countries like South Africa.

               The WFP said food aid would initially be given
               to 558,000 rural people in the worst affected
               areas.

               Before the next harvest began in April, food
               availability was likely to become "extremely
               tight", Ms Lewis said.

               Foreign currency shortage

               Officials estimate that Zimbabwe needs to
               import at least 600,000 tonnes of maize to
               meet domestic demand. The government has
               acknowledged a need to import 100,000
               tonnes.

               But aid agencies say Zimbabwe's economic
               crisis has left it short of foreign currency to
               pay for food imports.

               The WFP's call came as the European
               Parliament demanded that financial sanctions
               be imposed on Zimbabwe because of what it
               called the deterioration of the rule of law and
               increasing human rights abuses.

               In a strongly-worded resolution, the parliament
               called for any assets held in Europe by
               President Mugabe and his family to be frozen.

               The recommendations will now go to the
               Council of Europe.

*****

Mugabe's descent into
               dictatorship

  By BBC News Online's Joseph Winter

               Robert Mugabe will be 78 by the time he is
               expected to face Morgan Tsvangirai in
               presidential elections in March 2002.

               If he wins, and stays healthy he would rule
               Zimbabwe until the age of 84.

               The last thing most octogenarians would want
               is the onerous task of running a country in
               economic free-fall and facing international
               isolation.

               Many Zimbabweans,
               and others, are asking
               why he does not just
               put his feet up and
               enjoy his remaining
               years with his young
               family.

               But if nothing else, Mr Mugabe is an extremely
               proud man.

               He will only step down when his "revolution" is
               complete. He says this means the
               redistribution of white-owned land but he also
               wants to hand-pick his successor, who must of
               course come from within the ranks of his
               Zanu-PF party.

               This would also ensure a peaceful old age, with
               no investigation into his time in office.

               Freedom fighter

               One senior party official told me that the
               defeat of the government's proposed
               constitution in February 2000 - which showed
               the strength of the opposition - had set back
               Mr Mugabe's retirement by several years.

               That defeat stirred him into action,
               transforming him from a relatively relaxed man
               contemplating his twilight years, into someone
               desperate to remain at any cost, even willing
               to destroy the country he had fought to
               liberate.

               The key to
               understanding Mr
               Mugabe is the 1970s
               guerrilla war where he
               made his name. World
               opinion saw him as a
               revolutionary hero,
               fighting racist white
               minority rule for the
               freedom of his people.

               Since Zimbabwe's
               independence in 1980
               the world has moved
               on, but his outlook remains the same. The
               heroic socialist forces of Zanu-PF, are still
               fighting the twin evils of capitalism and
               colonialism.

               His opponents, in particular the Movement for
               Democratic Change (MDC), are labelled
               "sell-outs" to white and foreign interests and,
               as during the war, this tag has been a death
               warrant for many MDC supporters.

               Premature

               But Mr Mugabe's critics - and these days they
               are many in a country where he was once an
               untouchable figure - say that despite his
               socialist rhetoric, his rule has been one of
               state capitalism which has not materially
               benefited ordinary Zimbabweans.

               The president's political cronies have
               meanwhile been given lucrative state
               contracts irrespective of how they perform,
               and the economy as a whole has suffered.

               Harare, a hotbed of
               political opposition,
               frequently buzzes with
               rumours of Mr Mugabe's
               impending death.

               While the predictions
               have always proved
               premature, the
               increasing strain of recent years has obviously
               taken its toll and his once-impeccable
               presentation now looks a little worn.

               But at 77, he still has remarkable stamina. His
               second wife, Grace, 35, says that he wakes up
               at 0400 for his daily exercises. In 1997, she
               gave birth to their third child, Chatunga.

               Analysts

               He professes to be a staunch Catholic, and
               worshippers at Harare's Catholic Cathedral are
               occasionally swamped by security guards as he
               turns up for Sunday Mass.

               However, Mr Mugabe's beliefs did not prevent
               him from having two children by his young
               secretary, Grace, while his popular Ghanaian
               first wife, Sally, was dying from cancer.

               One of the undoubted
               achievements of the
               former teacher's 21
               years in power is the
               expansion of
               education. Zimbabwe
               has the highest literacy
               rate in Africa at 85% of
               the population.

               Political scientist
               Masipula Sithole says
               that, ironically, by
               expanding education,
               the president is "digging his own grave".

               The young beneficiaries are now able to
               analyse Zimbabwe's problems for themselves
               and most blame government corruption and
               mismanagement for the lack of jobs and rising
               prices.

               Clever

               Having realised his political mistake, Mr Mugabe
               is now trying to disenfranchise the young, who
               generally want political change - and jobs.

               As many others have found, it is far easier to
               find ways of sharing the national cake than to
               make it grow bigger. Professor Tony Hawkins of
               the University of Zimbabwe sums it up by
               saying that "whenever economics gets in the
               way of politics, politics wins every time".

               But, in his own way, Mr
               Mugabe is indeed a
               clever politician. As his
               fortunes have declined,
               he has resurrected the
               nationalist agenda of
               the 1970s - land
               redistribution and
               anti-colonialism.

               He unleashed his
               personal militia - the
               self-styled war
               veterans - who are
               using violence and murder as an electoral
               strategy.

               It may not be playing by the rules but it is
               widely believed to have ensured the Zanu-PF
               victory in the June 2000 parliamentary
               elections and may work again in 2002.

               The man who fought for one-man, one-vote
               now wants potential voters to prove their
               residence with utility bills, which the young,
               unemployed opposition core is unlikely to have.

               Archbishop Desmond Tutu said that Mr Mugabe
               is becoming a cartoon figure of the archetypal
               Africa dictator.

               One of Mr Mugabe's closest associates,
               Didymus Mutasa, told me that in Zimbabwean
               culture, kings are only replaced when they die
               "and Mugabe is our king".

               But if Zimbabweans feel they have been
               cheated at the polls, they may look for an
               alternative way to remove him.

*****

And if anyone's been following the South Africa/AIDS drugs controversy, this is
big news...

SA ordered to provide
               Aids drugs

               South Africa's High Court has ordered the
               government to make a key Aids drug available
               to pregnant women to help prevent the
               transmission of the virus to their babies.

               In a landmark ruling, the court said the
               government had to provide the drug nevirapine
               to all women giving birth in public hospitals,
               and institute a comprehensive programme to
               reduce mother-to child transmission
               nationwide.

               The case - the first
               major challenge to the
               government's policy on
               Aids medication - was
               brought by a group of
               Aids activists to force
               the government to
               provide such drugs
               under the public health
               care system.

               The government was
               not represented in court and has not yet
               commented on the verdict

               They argue that the drug's safety remains
               unproven and that there are inadequate
               resources in place to administer it.

               Some 200 babies are born HIV-positive every
               day in South Africa. A government survey last
               year showed that 25% of pregnant women
               were infected with the virus.

               Breast-fed

               The activists, known as the Treatment Action
               Campaign, had argued in court that irrational
               government policies were threatening the lives
               of mothers and children.

               They said the government was acting
               unconstitutionally by failing to provide enough
               of the drugs which reduce the transmission of
               the HIV virus from mothers to children.

               The government
               argued it was
               introducing nevirapine
               in a gradual,
               responsible way.

               It says that even if the
               drug were available,
               the virus would be
               passed on to babies,
               because their mothers
               breast-feed them.

               Although the German
               firm which manufactures nevaraprine,
               Boehringer Ingelheim, has offered to provide it
               free of charge for five years, the government
               only distributes the drug in a few research
               sites, reaching about 10% of HIV-infected
               women.

               Half-hearted

               But the government says it is concerned about
               toxicity and says nevirapine cannot be
               distributed safely. It also argued that the
               courts have no right to rule on policy
               decisions.

               Activists believe that with political will, the
               number of children born with HIV every year
               could be halved.

               They say the government is half-hearted, and
               believe this attitude has its origins in President
               Thabo Mbeki's own doubts as to the causes,
               and the extent, of the disease.

               Nearly five million people in South Africa are
               infected with HIV.

               Cheap and easy

               Although the main method of transmission is
               through sexual intercourse, the virus can also
               be passed from mother to child.

               About 30 out of every 100 HIV positive
               mothers pass the virus to their babies, most
               commonly during delivery when the baby
               comes into contact with the mother's blood.

               Nevirapine is one type of drug which prevents
               this form of HIV transmission.

               Of those available, it is the cheapest and
               easiest to use - one dose can be given to the
               mother at the onset of labour and another
               dose to the baby up to 72 hours after birth.

Not always exactly how I would word it but can absolutely relate to the
frustration.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/aids/stories/war.africa.aids/

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Hmm. Lots going on this week:

Enron bankruptcy: Interesting how the execs got big bucks ($500 million
among them) shortly before the declaration.  Many people got good Christmas
bonuses, others will get eviction notices.  What legally can we do? Not
much, since they used the law to do this...What things against the law?
Well, that is not for me to suggest, but I have lots of ideas...some minor
harassment, others bordering on legality, so here I will not print them.

It does gall me that they are able to do this.

Turns out in the President's "Stimulus Package" there is $300+ million
tucked in there to help Enron....How is that for gravy.  There are other
pork barrel projects in the bill, so maybe Sen. Dashle is right in impeding
it.

Stimulus package:  Whoa!!!!!!!! There is so much pork in this one that it is
unbelievable.  Airline bailouts, Enron bailouts, and other big companies
that get a lot, but not for the others.

I see the DC area will get $245 million for "security"...What does that
mean?  $200 million for security consultants, and about $45 million for
security?  Giving each member in the metro area an extra $1000 to spend at
Christmas, or buy eight more gifts for Hanukkah?

This is absurd as Congress telling WMATA (The Metro) to change all the names
of the signs, maps, posters, etc. so they say "Reagan" national airport,
rather than national airport.  But there is no money for fixing the
elevators (How many handicapped people have to wait hours for transport
which is guaranteed?????), and escalators?

Airport security is in the news again...BWI is rushing people through the
airport...Somehow I don't like the idea of the airlines being in charge of
security.  Do background checks on all the airport workers, whether at
Orange Julius, Mickie Dee's, or the baggage handlers....Invasion of Privacy
you say,...okay, to apply, you yourself have to provide a copy of your
police record, and fingerprints...and ability to legally work in the US...a
birth certificate along with passport, or green card will suffice.

No this is not nasty nationalism against the foreigner....it is logical.
And I believe that legal immigrants will welcome the idea since they will be
able to get jobs more easily since the pool will get smaller.  If we have to
pay more for a Big Mac, so beit....Yes, I have actually talked to some legal
immigrants who are upset about illegals taking jobs, and causing trouble.

National ID Card? Great idea if it is limited to Birthdate, birthplace, Name
address, and fingerprint.  Not an invasion of privacy.  It is an invasion,
if you are arbitrarily stopped by agents of the government.  It does help
security forces since there are 50 different types of drivers' licenses, and
three types of passports for the US.

Bioterrorism attack in the DC Metro area?  Let's face it ... we are not
equipped to handle it. So let's stop worrying.  Worry about what you will
eat for dinner tonight..that you have control over.

Mr. Walker and the Australian: Prisoners of War...no, Congress did not
declare a war...if they did I was sleeping.  If they are POWs, then one of
them is a possible traitor, and that can be dealt with according to the
Uniform Code of Military Justice, however, I had a Poli Sci teacher one time
tell me that Military Justice is to Justice what Military Music is to Music.

Local Liquor Licenser plea bargains down from possible 21 year sentence to
no jail time.  I love it when officials are able to plea bargain down some
wrongdoing, when the average Joe would get nailed to the cross.  What a
wonderful justice system we have.

Mohammed Ali: He is a great man, he was a great man, he is getting old and
he is ill.  It is time to stop dragging him out for every occasion that
comes up, especially if he has to be helped to do everything.  I love the
man, and I admire his civil disobedience, but his glory is gone, and his
memory shall live on.  This is something Michael "My knees are okay, the ice
is for a resting place" Jordan did not learn.

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 "The Directory lists over 20,000 contacts of organizations which offer    
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Here is a site which has directories of NGOs working in the field of
development:
http://www.devdir.org/index.html

The tool bar on the left allows you to choose a region. Once you've
selected Africa, for example, you can then choose a specific country.
The pdf for a region is very large so you should probably choose a
country to view/download.

Elizabeth Bell, MPH
Polio Eradication Branch
Global Immunization Division
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Hey folks,

Just wanted to let everyone know I got that job with
Save the Children in Afghanistan. I'll be in
Mazar-i-Sharif region as Nutrition Coordinator. I'll
oversee seven provinces and we'll be trying to serve a
population of 5.5 million (yikes). I leave for D.C.
the first week of January, and should be in Islamabad
shortly thereafter. It's a dream job (really) and was
exactly what I wanted. I promise I'll wear clean
underwear in case anything happens. I don't have an
address there yet, this email will be my world
contact, but I may be only able to check it every
couple of months. So if I could just ask not to be
sent huge downloads of pictures of the dog playing in
the park (Paul). My box would be full.

Hey Paul, good job on the rant club. I hope it's
fruitful as I don't want to come back and find you on
a rooftop with a high powered rifle. Or see ujeni
members on Tom Brokaw saying "he was a quiet man." The
scary thing is you might be right but nobody will
listen. You'll just have to be like that Matrix guy
and fly around enlightening people. Just remember the
truth is there is no spoon.

Happy holidays,

JP

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Wow, that totally rocks.  Congrats, John, I can't imagine anything more
interesting.  Keep us up to date.

Mark



> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Patten [mailto:jppatten98@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 6:09 PM
> To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ujeni] Goin' to the Show!
>
>
> Hey folks,
>
> Just wanted to let everyone know I got that job with
> Save the Children in Afghanistan. I'll be in
> Mazar-i-Sharif region as Nutrition Coordinator. I'll
> oversee seven provinces and we'll be trying to serve a
> population of 5.5 million (yikes). I leave for D.C.
> the first week of January, and should be in Islamabad
> shortly thereafter. It's a dream job (really) and was
> exactly what I wanted. I promise I'll wear clean
> underwear in case anything happens. I don't have an
> address there yet, this email will be my world
> contact, but I may be only able to check it every
> couple of months. So if I could just ask not to be
> sent huge downloads of pictures of the dog playing in
> the park (Paul). My box would be full.
>
> Hey Paul, good job on the rant club. I hope it's
> fruitful as I don't want to come back and find you on
> a rooftop with a high powered rifle. Or see ujeni
> members on Tom Brokaw saying "he was a quiet man." The
> scary thing is you might be right but nobody will
> listen. You'll just have to be like that Matrix guy
> and fly around enlightening people. Just remember the
> truth is there is no spoon.
>
> Happy holidays,
>
> JP
>
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This is a real article from bbc.com today.  Only on my favorite continent
would they need pee inspectors!


The city council at Swaziland's eastern town of Siteki, has set up a posse
of "pee inspectors" to roam the streets and fine anyone found urinating in
public.

The initiative, unveiled during the Christmas season when drunkards roam the
streets has outraged residents.

Pedestrians said that although public toilets are cheap to use, they are
usually too filthy to use. The town council has appointed 10 roaming public
health inspectors to impose on-the-spot fines and anyone who cannot or will
not pay, is charged with public indecency causing malicious damage to
property.

Cost to business Siteki town clerk, Thulane Mkhaliphi, says the "pee
inspectors" are meant to make the streets safe for what he described as
"decent folk" and rid Siteki of the lavatorial stench that hangs over many
Swazi town centres. At the government's office complex in the town, the
toilets are just as dirty as those in the market place, which also serves as
a bus rank.

But Mr Mkhaliphi insists: "We've built scores of public toilets, but men
still insist on just whipping it out and urinating on our pavements - even
in the centre of town. The place is beginning to smell like a urinal, and
it's costing us business."
"It's so bad at weekends and at the end of the month when all these
layabouts blow their money at taverns that decent folk don't come to town at
all," he added.

Clocking up
Dumisane Dlamini, one of the new "pee inspectors", dismissed complaints
about the peeing ban as "sour grapes" and described the initiative as a
"breath of fresh air". "I'm having great fun", he said. "I catch about 30
people a day on average and sometimes double that at weekends or payday.
That's a fair amount of money for the council."

The new health inspectors are also authorised to fine pedestrians for
jay-walking and hitch-hiking in the city centre or breaking any other
by-laws. The town clerk has promised that the toilet crisis would be solved
as soon as there is sufficient water in the town.

'Sangomas'
Currently the town gets water from a river about 230km away at Simunye, a
sugarcane-growing plantation company utilising the Black Umbuluzi River that
links Swaziland and Mozambique.
The Siteki initiative follows a similar one in the capital, Mbabane, where
city fathers recently threatened to hire "sangomas" or witchdoctors to
bewitch human faeces - a common sight on the city's pavements.
The authorities there have warned that the sangoma's spells would cause the
culprits' backsides to swell so police and neighbours could identify them.
Using "muti" or magic charms is strongly believed in Swaziland to act as a
check on anti-social behaviour.


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Tell you what (Congrats of course)....

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week, so your box will not get that full...



----Original Message Follows----
From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ujeni] Goin' to the Show!
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:09:01 -0800 (PST)

Hey folks,

Just wanted to let everyone know I got that job with
Save the Children in Afghanistan. I'll be in
Mazar-i-Sharif region as Nutrition Coordinator. I'll
oversee seven provinces and we'll be trying to serve a
population of 5.5 million (yikes). I leave for D.C.
the first week of January, and should be in Islamabad
shortly thereafter. It's a dream job (really) and was
exactly what I wanted. I promise I'll wear clean
underwear in case anything happens. I don't have an
address there yet, this email will be my world
contact, but I may be only able to check it every
couple of months. So if I could just ask not to be
sent huge downloads of pictures of the dog playing in
the park (Paul). My box would be full.

Hey Paul, good job on the rant club. I hope it's
fruitful as I don't want to come back and find you on
a rooftop with a high powered rifle. Or see ujeni
members on Tom Brokaw saying "he was a quiet man." The
scary thing is you might be right but nobody will
listen. You'll just have to be like that Matrix guy
and fly around enlightening people. Just remember the
truth is there is no spoon.

Happy holidays,

JP

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Neighbours back Mugabe

               Violence associated with Zimbabwe's land
               reform programme is declining and the
               government is committed to holding free and
               fair elections, according to Southern African
               ministers.

               The ministers also repeated their opposition to
               sanctions at the Southern African Development
               Community meeting in Angola's capital city,
               Luanda.

               Both the United States
               Congress and the
               European Union
               parliament have urged
               their governments to
               impose targeted
               sanctions on
               Zimbabwe's leaders.

               As the ministers were
               signing their
               statement, a farm
               manager was
               recovering in a Harare
               clinic after being
               slashed with a machete.

               Duncan Cooke, 25, was attacked by a
               pro-government militant in northern Zimbabwe,
               says the Commercial Farmers' Union.

               Peaceful

               President Robert Mugabe slammed the US
               move as "repugnant, provocative, and indeed a
               gross violation of international law" in his state
               of the nation address to parliament on
               Tuesday.

               He also called for presidential elections planned
               for next March to be free of the violence which
               has hit the country in the past two years.

               "I wish to urge all
               Zimbabweans to
               maintain peace and
               calm as a norm of our
               society, and proceed to
               vote in the self-same
               atmosphere during the
               forthcoming presidential elections," he said.
               Also on Tuesday, South Africa's ruling party
               says it will send a delegation to Harare later
               this week to discuss land reform and the
               elections.

               "We will make it known what we think of what
               is happening in Zimbabwe and what we think is
               out of tune," ANC spokeswoman Nomfanelo
               Kota told Reuters news agency. She would not
               elaborate.

               'Smart sanctions'

               The delegation will be led by ANC chairman
               Mosiuoa Lekota, who is also South Africa's
               defence minister, and secretary general
               Kgalema Motlanthe.

               Recently, President Thabo Mbeki is reported to
               have lost patience with Zimbabwe and
               threatened to withdraw his support.

               Earlier this year, SADC broke ranks with
               Zimbabwe and expressed concern that the
               economic crisis there would affect the whole
               region.

               But last week, a
               delegation of foreign
               ministers in Harare said
               they opposed the
               sanctions being mooted
               by the US and the EU.

               "Smart sanctions,"
               such as a travel ban on
               Mr Mugabe and his
               closest associates and
               a freeze on any foreign
               assets they have, are
               being envisaged rather than a more general
               trade ban.

               A draft statement from SADC noted that
               "violence on the farms had reduced
               significantly and that the few reported
               incidents were being dealt with under the
               criminal justice system."

               The ministers also said that Zimbabwe was
               putting in place "mechanisms to guard against
               violence" in the presidential poll.

               The opposition Movement for Democratic
               Change is also sceptical that the presidential
               elections will be free and fair, saying that its
               leader, Morgan Tsvangirai is being harassed for
               political motives.

               The man expected to pose the strongest-ever
               challenge to Mr Mugabe in next year's poll was
               detained twice last week for not possessing a
               licence for a walkie-talkie radio.

*****

Mwanawasa: Zambia's
               Mr 'Integrity'

               The BBC's former reporter in Lusaka,
               Anthony Kunda, who died on 14 December,
               profiles one of Zambia's leading
               presidential candidates.

               From the moment Levy Mwanawasa, the
               burly-looking Lusaka lawyer, was anointed
               successor to President Frederick, very few
               have commented on the choice without
               mouthing the word "integrity".

               Even his critics in opposition parties agree that
               it is difficult to find any dirt on him.

               Dr Nevers Mumba,
               leader of the opposition
               National Citizen
               Coalition (NCC), said
               Mwanawasa is "highly
               respected for the
               integrity he has
               displayed in his public
               life".

               When he quit as President Chiluba's number
               two in July 1994, he said his integrity had been
               "put in doubt," following a row with minister
               without portfolio Michael Sata.

               Outclassing

               Now on his second coming, again it is his
               integrity that has pushed him to the fore in the
               presidential race, outclassing other Movement
               for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) executive
               members.

               It was much like in
               1991, at the formation
               of the MMD, when
               Mwanawasa, with little
               political experience,
               influence or wealth,
               scooped the position of
               vice president.

               Mr Mwanawasa has
               already warned that
               people who expect
               ministerial
               appointments in his
               government "should know that the honeymoon
               is already over".

               Some people say that Mr Mwanawasa, due to
               his strong Christian beliefs, always insists on
               being on the straight-and-narrow.

               Fair minded

               For this reason, some serving ministers, who
               have got away with all kinds of scams, are
               already on alert.

               Many people who have
               worked with him like
               George Kunda, the
               former chairman of the
               lawyers association,
               say he does not
               tolerate injustice in any
               form.

               Although Mr
               Mwanawasa belongs to
               a small ethnic group
               called the Lenje, in
               central Zambia, he was
               born and brought up in the Copperbelt
               province.

               In 1970, he entered the law school at the
               University of Zambia, from where he graduated
               with a Bachelor of Law degree in 1973.

               He has been practising as a lawyer ever since.

               Treason case

               He has had numerous professional distinctions,
               among them becoming the first Zambian lawyer
               to be appointed advocate and solicitor of the
               Supreme Court of England and Wales.

               In Zambia, he is famous for taking up cases
               that few lawyers would even contemplate. But
               the one case that pushed him into prominence
               was a treason case in 1989.

               He had to defend former vice president Lt Gen
               Christon Tembo and others who were charged
               with plotting to overthrow the government of
               the then president Kenneth Kaunda.

               Some people say Mr Mwanawasa will have a
               tough time working with the MMD, a party
               tainted by allegations of corruption and
               mismanagement.

               But he takes it in his stride with a smile: "It's a
               challenge I have accepted with humility. I love
               challenges."

               At 53, Mwanawasa is married to a fellow
               lawyer Maureen with whom he has five
               children. Although he lives in an exclusive
               residential area, Mwanawasa is said to be a
               man of modest habits.

               Honesty

               People who are critical of the current
               government's extravagance hope Mr
               Mwanawasa, if he wins this year's election,
               can bring some modesty and honesty to public
               life.

               But that would seem an uphill battle, what
               with Chiluba, still as MMD chairman, seen to be
               calling the shots from behind the curtains - an
               unseen puppet master.

               There also might be problems, if Mwanawasa
               tries to be his own man, too soon and drop all,
               or most, of the current crop of ministers.

               Mr Chiluba might not be too pleased.

               Health

               But even before the elections take place, if
               there is something that his opponents might
               use against him. It is his health.

               In 1992, he was involved in a near fatal road
               accident and was hospitalised in South Africa
               for almost a year. From then on his health has
               not been very good.

               In fact, Sakwiba Sikota, a fellow lawyer and
               vice president of the opposition United Party
               for National Development, pointed to incidents
               when court cases had been adjourned to
               enable Mr Mwanawasa to seek medical
               attention abroad.

               As if to emphasise his point Mr Sikota added:
               "And this is factual."

               But Mwanawasa insists he is as fit as a fiddle,
               otherwise "they would not have chosen me".

               But he may have a harder time convincing the
               electorate of this.

*****

Chiluba's legacy to
               Zambia

By the BBC's Ishbel Matheson

               Soon after President Frederick JT Chiluba
               swept to power in a landslide election win in
               1991, he was heard to remark to close aides:
               "Power is sweet".

               After 10 years in charge, the former bus
               conductor and trade union leader, continues to
               enjoy the taste of power.

               So much so that earlier this year, he mounted
               a campaign to change the country's
               constitution to allow him to run for the
               presidency a third time.

               He was forced to
               abandon this plan,
               after massive
               opposition from within
               his own ruling
               Movement for
               Multi-party Democracy
               and from the Zambian
               public.

               But the move did much
               to damage the
               president's personal
               prestige.

               Many Zambians saw it as an attempt to turn
               the clock back - as well as a betrayal of the
               democratic principles which he had preached
               since the beginning of his presidency.

               "We don't hate you, Mr President," said one
               shop assistant, earlier this year, "But please
               just do the right thing, and leave."

               Heady times

               When Chiluba was elected, it was amid a
               atmosphere of elation and euphoria.

               His fledgling MMD had trounced the incumbent
               Kenneth Kaunda and his ruling Unip at the
               polls.

               It was an audacious victory, which sent
               shockwaves across Africa.

               The charismatic Mr
               Kaunda had held the
               reins of power since
               independence in 1964 -
               much of it under
               one-party rule.

               Although he had been
               forced by popular
               discontent to hold
               elections, when beaten
               at the polls, he ceded
               power peacefully.

               His successor Frederick
               Chiluba was hailed as one of a new breed of
               democratically-elected leaders, in a continent
               where rulers clung on for decades.

               Zambians looked forward to a bright, new
               future.

               The new government set about unshackling
               the country's collapsing economy from stifling
               state controls. Guided by the International
               Monetary Fund and World Bank, it embraced
               the free-market market with one of the most
               ambitious liberalisation programmes in Africa.

               With its large copper reserves - some of the
               biggest in the world - and rich agricultural
               potential, foreign investors started to eye this
               poor Southern Africa nation with interest.

               Reality

               But 10 years on, that optimism has all-but
               evaporated. Many regard Chiluba's rule as a
               disappointment. The promise of the MMD
               revolution remains unfulfilled.

               So what went wrong? For one, despite being
               promoted as an new-style African leader, Mr
               Chiluba began to show some decidedly
               old-fashioned traits.

               Within a year-and-a-half, he had sacked
               independent-minded colleagues from his
               cabinet, and began to surround himself by
               "yes" men and women.

               Corruption flourished. Some of Chiluba's
               cronies, it seemed, were more interested with
               lining their own pockets, than serving their
               country.

               Within a decade, graft seeped into Zambia's
               way of life.

               "Kaunda's men were pickpockets," commented
               one Zambian journalist, "But Chiluba's lot are
               thieves."

               The government's sell-off of the copper mines
               - the country's biggest asset - was botched
               and scandal-ridden.

               A parliamentary probe earlier this year,
               revealed that some of the assets of ZCCM, the
               mines' company, simply vanished into thin air,
               while other valuable properties were sold for a
               song.

               In the meantime, the free-market economy has
               failed to deliver.

               Despite billions of dollars of international aid
               since 1991, three-quarters of Zambia's
               population still live below the World Bank
               poverty threshold of $1 a day. The
               much-needed foreign investment to kickstart
               the economy has not transpired.

               Kaunda

               A large part of the blame must rest with Mr
               Chiluba himself. He has often seemed more
               interested in securing his own position, than
               improving the lot of his people.

               His attempts to hound his rival and former
               president, Kenneth Kaunda, out of politics in
               the mid-90s, tarnished his reputation badly
               with the international community.

               In 1997, Mr Kaunda
               was accused of
               conspiring in failed
               coup plot and
               imprisoned.

               It took protests from
               Africa's elder
               statesmen, Nelson
               Mandela and Julius
               Nyerere, to persuade
               Mr Chiluba to release
               him.

               Then there was the
               long-running, politically-inspired court case,
               which attempted to strip Zambia's
               independence leader of his citizenship.

               Many saw the hounding of Mr Kaunda, as
               spiteful and malicious, by a leader who felt
               jealous of the older man's popularity, both with
               the Zambian people and among fellow African
               leaders.

               Mr Chiluba, himself, cuts a curious figure in
               public life.

               He is a "natty" dresser, with a fondness for
               expensive, monogrammed clothes, and built-up
               shoes to improve his diminutive height.

               A fervent born-again Christian, his private life
               has been the subject of much gossip recently.
               In September, he divorced his wife Vera, to
               whom he had been married for 33 years.

               Positive change

               But although Mr Chiluba may not leave office a
               popular leader, Zambia has changed greatly
               under his tenure, and a lot of it, for the good.

               The public opposition to his third term bid,
               shows that Zambians treasure their young
               democracy, so much so that even in this
               famously, laid-back country, they are prepared
               to mobilise to protect it.

               Moreover, the freedom of speech allowed
               under Mr Chiluba, would have been unthinkable
               for much of Kaunda's rule.

               There is a lively, free printed media, which
               relentlessly - and cruelly - lampoons the
               country's political leadership including Mr
               Chiluba. Such public mockery of the presidency
               is unknown in many other parts of Africa.

               Although the free-market has not delivered
               prosperity, the consensus among the country's
               political class - opposition and government - is
               that it is the only way forward.

               The goal is to make Zambia's economy work
               better, not to return to the days of price
               controls, and the over-weaning state.

               Finally, although Mr Chiluba wanted to stay in
               power, it is to his credit that he did not use
               widespread, state-sponsored violence to do
               so.

               Zambians only have to look south to
               neighbouring Zimbabwe, where President
               Mugabe is trying to blugeon his way back to
               power, to see what the alternative might have
               been.

               Mr Chiluba - Zambia's second leader since
               independence - has opted to go the other
               route, leaving office peacefully. For this,
               Zambians can be thankful.

*****

Mozambique police
               chiefs fired

               The Mozambican President, Joaquim Chissano,
               has sacked two police chiefs amid criticism
               over their failure to curb violent crime.

               Both the police commander, Pascoal Ronda,
               and the chief of staff, Benedito Zinocacassa,
               have been dismissed, according to a
               government statement.

               The move comes two
               weeks after Mr
               Chissano said that
               violent crime in
               Mozambique had
               reached alarming
               proportions.

               In his state of the
               nation address, he said
               that citizens had lost
               confidence and "felt abandoned" by both the
               police and the courts.

               Earlier this month, the attorney general
               announced that a new anti-corruption unit
               would be set up and would target corruption in
               the judiciary.

               High-profile

               In his national address, Mr Chissano said: "The
               current crime wave is an extraordinary
               situation that demands extraordinary
               measures."

               In November last year, prominent journalist
               Carlos Cardoso was brutally murdered after
               writing about corruption.

               A prominent
               businessman and a
               popular journalist have
               been high-profile
               murder victims this
               year.

               Thirty-five police
               officers were sacked
               for corruption earlier
               this year.

               President Chissano also
               announced the new
               police chiefs as the
               former director of public order, Miguel dos
               Santos, and the riot police commander, Jorge
               Khalu.

Hey all,

I have emailed you recently and received this message
from someone that emailed me. I actually found this
virus on the hardrive here, so it might be worth a
minute to check. It's easy to delete. JP


Subject: virus
>Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:26:23 -0800
>X-MSMail-Priority: High
>X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE
V5.00.2615.200
>
>Dear Email Recipients
>
>I was just notified from one of my email senders that
they had a virus
that
>attached itself to their address book and went out to
all those they
sent
>email to. I checked my computer and yes I did have
it, which means
that
>you may have it also.
>
>This virus is a "sleeping virus".  Apparently it
comes from Germany
and now
>is in the US.  It is programmed to activate itself at
a later date and
>therefore is not detected by virus scanners.  Mine
did not detect it.
Nobody
>knows how long it has been going around.  When it
activates itself it
>deletes all files and directories on your hard drive.
  It spreads
through
>email.
>
>It hides itself in C:\Windows\Command
>
>Here's what to do. Click START, then FIND, then FILES
OR FOLDERS; type
in
>SULFNBK and search in "C".
>
>This is an EXE folder.  If your computer has the vir!
us the program
will
>appear in the search result area.  DO NOT OPEN IT!
Go to EDIT;
SELECT ALL,
>then hit your DELETE key on your keyboard.
Immediately delete it from
your
>RECYCLE BIN.
>
>That's it.  It takes very little time and effort to
do.  Your computer
will
>now be free from the virus.
>
>If you had the virus you need to email everyone in
your address book
and
>tell them about it.


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Check the hoaxes on this one.  If I am not mistaken, and it is similar to
one of the "viruses" that I heard about on one of my other listservs, this
file allows windows files to have long names and should not be deleted.
Anyone else have experience with this?

Dan Dudley


>From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
>Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>To: kym walther <kymwalther@...>, Ania Tryc
><anya@...>,  Anya Tryc <ania_tryc@...>,  shari
>pedersen <shari_pedersen@...>,  Carol <carol_h@...>,
>Deepa Ramesh <deeparamesh@...>,  Marlys Dunphy <marlyskd@...>,
>Peter Salama <pqs0@...>,  annalies Borrel <aborrel@...>, Helen
>Young <h.young@...>,  "Gloria B. Gamba" <gloria.gamba@...>,
>Diane Brow Gifford <gifforddi@...>,  John Hammock
><john.hammock@...>, John Hammock <jhammo01@...>,  Nhi Nguyen
><nhi.nguyen@...>,  Dismas howyadoin Nkunda <dnkunda@...>,
>David Karp <david.karp@...>, Rebecca Lunt <luntr@...>,  Malawi
>RPCVS <ujeni@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [ujeni] found a virus
>Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:55:19 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hey all,
>
>I have emailed you recently and received this message
>from someone that emailed me. I actually found this
>virus on the hardrive here, so it might be worth a
>minute to check. It's easy to delete. JP
>
>
>Subject: virus
> >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:26:23 -0800
> >X-MSMail-Priority: High
> >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE
>V5.00.2615.200
> >
> >Dear Email Recipients
> >
> >I was just notified from one of my email senders that
>they had a virus
>that
> >attached itself to their address book and went out to
>all those they
>sent
> >email to. I checked my computer and yes I did have
>it, which means
>that
> >you may have it also.
> >
> >This virus is a "sleeping virus".  Apparently it
>comes from Germany
>and now
> >is in the US.  It is programmed to activate itself at
>a later date and
> >therefore is not detected by virus scanners.  Mine
>did not detect it.
>Nobody
> >knows how long it has been going around.  When it
>activates itself it
> >deletes all files and directories on your hard drive.
>  It spreads
>through
> >email.
> >
> >It hides itself in C:\Windows\Command
> >
> >Here's what to do. Click START, then FIND, then FILES
>OR FOLDERS; type
>in
> >SULFNBK and search in "C".
> >
> >This is an EXE folder.  If your computer has the vir!
>us the program
>will
> >appear in the search result area.  DO NOT OPEN IT!
>Go to EDIT;
>SELECT ALL,
> >then hit your DELETE key on your keyboard.
>Immediately delete it from
>your
> >RECYCLE BIN.
> >
> >That's it.  It takes very little time and effort to
>do.  Your computer
>will
> >now be free from the virus.
> >
> >If you had the virus you need to email everyone in
>your address book
>and
> >tell them about it.
>
>
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Thereby promptly enabling you to delete your directory yourself....

Uh, wait till you get to Afghanistan to do this, boy.


----Original Message Follows----
From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
To: kym walther <kymwalther@...>, Ania Tryc <anya@...>,
   Anya Tryc <ania_tryc@...>,  shari pedersen
<shari_pedersen@...>,  Carol <carol_h@...>, Deepa Ramesh
<deeparamesh@...>,  Marlys Dunphy <marlyskd@...>, Peter Salama
<pqs0@...>,  annalies Borrel <aborrel@...>, Helen Young
<h.young@...>,  "Gloria B. Gamba" <gloria.gamba@...>,  Diane
Brow Gifford <gifforddi@...>,  John Hammock
<john.hammock@...>, John Hammock <jhammo01@...>,  Nhi Nguyen
<nhi.nguyen@...>,  Dismas howyadoin Nkunda <dnkunda@...>,
David Karp <david.karp@...>, Rebecca Lunt <luntr@...>,  Malawi
RPCVS <ujeni@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [ujeni] found a virus
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:55:19 -0800 (PST)

Hey all,

I have emailed you recently and received this message
from someone that emailed me. I actually found this
virus on the hardrive here, so it might be worth a
minute to check. It's easy to delete. JP


Subject: virus
  >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:26:23 -0800
  >X-MSMail-Priority: High
  >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE
V5.00.2615.200
  >
  >Dear Email Recipients
  >
  >I was just notified from one of my email senders that
they had a virus
that
  >attached itself to their address book and went out to
all those they
sent
  >email to. I checked my computer and yes I did have
it, which means
that
  >you may have it also.
  >
  >This virus is a "sleeping virus".  Apparently it
comes from Germany
and now
  >is in the US.  It is programmed to activate itself at
a later date and
  >therefore is not detected by virus scanners.  Mine
did not detect it.
Nobody
  >knows how long it has been going around.  When it
activates itself it
  >deletes all files and directories on your hard drive.
   It spreads
through
  >email.
  >
  >It hides itself in C:\Windows\Command
  >
  >Here's what to do. Click START, then FIND, then FILES
OR FOLDERS; type
in
  >SULFNBK and search in "C".
  >
  >This is an EXE folder.  If your computer has the vir!
us the program
will
  >appear in the search result area.  DO NOT OPEN IT!
Go to EDIT;
SELECT ALL,
  >then hit your DELETE key on your keyboard.
Immediately delete it from
your
  >RECYCLE BIN.
  >
  >That's it.  It takes very little time and effort to
do.  Your computer
will
  >now be free from the virus.
  >
  >If you had the virus you need to email everyone in
your address book
and
  >tell them about it.


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No dude, read ahead further. You don't open it, just
select all, delete, and empty the recycle bin. It's
gone now from here and the files are fine. A friend
sent the directions. JP


--- Paul DEVER <pcpaul@...> wrote:
> Thereby promptly enabling you to delete your
> directory yourself....
>
> Uh, wait till you get to Afghanistan to do this,
> boy.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
> Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> To: kym walther <kymwalther@...>, Ania Tryc
> <anya@...>,
>   Anya Tryc <ania_tryc@...>,  shari pedersen
>
> <shari_pedersen@...>,  Carol
> <carol_h@...>, Deepa Ramesh
> <deeparamesh@...>,  Marlys Dunphy
> <marlyskd@...>, Peter Salama
> <pqs0@...>,  annalies Borrel
> <aborrel@...>, Helen Young
> <h.young@...>,  "Gloria B. Gamba"
> <gloria.gamba@...>,  Diane
> Brow Gifford <gifforddi@...>,  John Hammock
>
> <john.hammock@...>, John Hammock
> <jhammo01@...>,  Nhi Nguyen
> <nhi.nguyen@...>,  Dismas howyadoin Nkunda
> <dnkunda@...>,
> David Karp <david.karp@...>, Rebecca Lunt
> <luntr@...>,  Malawi
> RPCVS <ujeni@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [ujeni] found a virus
> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:55:19 -0800 (PST)
>
> Hey all,
>
> I have emailed you recently and received this
> message
> from someone that emailed me. I actually found this
> virus on the hardrive here, so it might be worth a
> minute to check. It's easy to delete. JP
>
>
> Subject: virus
>  >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:26:23 -0800
>  >X-MSMail-Priority: High
>  >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE
> V5.00.2615.200
>  >
>  >Dear Email Recipients
>  >
>  >I was just notified from one of my email senders
> that
> they had a virus
> that
>  >attached itself to their address book and went out
> to
> all those they
> sent
>  >email to. I checked my computer and yes I did have
> it, which means
> that
>  >you may have it also.
>  >
>  >This virus is a "sleeping virus".  Apparently it
> comes from Germany
> and now
>  >is in the US.  It is programmed to activate itself
> at
> a later date and
>  >therefore is not detected by virus scanners.  Mine
> did not detect it.
> Nobody
>  >knows how long it has been going around.  When it
> activates itself it
>  >deletes all files and directories on your hard
> drive.
>   It spreads
> through
>  >email.
>  >
>  >It hides itself in C:\Windows\Command
>  >
>  >Here's what to do. Click START, then FIND, then
> FILES
> OR FOLDERS; type
> in
>  >SULFNBK and search in "C".
>  >
>  >This is an EXE folder.  If your computer has the
> vir!
> us the program
> will
>  >appear in the search result area.  DO NOT OPEN IT!
> Go to EDIT;
> SELECT ALL,
>  >then hit your DELETE key on your keyboard.
> Immediately delete it from
> your
>  >RECYCLE BIN.
>  >
>  >That's it.  It takes very little time and effort
> to
> do.  Your computer
> will
>  >now be free from the virus.
>  >
>  >If you had the virus you need to email everyone in
> your address book
> and
>  >tell them about it.
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for
> all of
> your unique holiday gifts! Buy at
> http://shopping.yahoo.com
> or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
>
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Check out this link from symantec.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
Clearly says that it is a hoax.


>From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
>Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [ujeni] found a virus
>Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:36:27 -0800 (PST)
>
>No dude, read ahead further. You don't open it, just
>select all, delete, and empty the recycle bin. It's
>gone now from here and the files are fine. A friend
>sent the directions. JP
>
>
>--- Paul DEVER <pcpaul@...> wrote:
> > Thereby promptly enabling you to delete your
> > directory yourself....
> >
> > Uh, wait till you get to Afghanistan to do this,
> > boy.
> >
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
> > Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> > To: kym walther <kymwalther@...>, Ania Tryc
> > <anya@...>,
> >   Anya Tryc <ania_tryc@...>,  shari pedersen
> >
> > <shari_pedersen@...>,  Carol
> > <carol_h@...>, Deepa Ramesh
> > <deeparamesh@...>,  Marlys Dunphy
> > <marlyskd@...>, Peter Salama
> > <pqs0@...>,  annalies Borrel
> > <aborrel@...>, Helen Young
> > <h.young@...>,  "Gloria B. Gamba"
> > <gloria.gamba@...>,  Diane
> > Brow Gifford <gifforddi@...>,  John Hammock
> >
> > <john.hammock@...>, John Hammock
> > <jhammo01@...>,  Nhi Nguyen
> > <nhi.nguyen@...>,  Dismas howyadoin Nkunda
> > <dnkunda@...>,
> > David Karp <david.karp@...>, Rebecca Lunt
> > <luntr@...>,  Malawi
> > RPCVS <ujeni@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [ujeni] found a virus
> > Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:55:19 -0800 (PST)
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I have emailed you recently and received this
> > message
> > from someone that emailed me. I actually found this
> > virus on the hardrive here, so it might be worth a
> > minute to check. It's easy to delete. JP
> >
> >
> > Subject: virus
> >  >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:26:23 -0800
> >  >X-MSMail-Priority: High
> >  >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE
> > V5.00.2615.200
> >  >
> >  >Dear Email Recipients
> >  >
> >  >I was just notified from one of my email senders
> > that
> > they had a virus
> > that
> >  >attached itself to their address book and went out
> > to
> > all those they
> > sent
> >  >email to. I checked my computer and yes I did have
> > it, which means
> > that
> >  >you may have it also.
> >  >
> >  >This virus is a "sleeping virus".  Apparently it
> > comes from Germany
> > and now
> >  >is in the US.  It is programmed to activate itself
> > at
> > a later date and
> >  >therefore is not detected by virus scanners.  Mine
> > did not detect it.
> > Nobody
> >  >knows how long it has been going around.  When it
> > activates itself it
> >  >deletes all files and directories on your hard
> > drive.
> >   It spreads
> > through
> >  >email.
> >  >
> >  >It hides itself in C:\Windows\Command
> >  >
> >  >Here's what to do. Click START, then FIND, then
> > FILES
> > OR FOLDERS; type
> > in
> >  >SULFNBK and search in "C".
> >  >
> >  >This is an EXE folder.  If your computer has the
> > vir!
> > us the program
> > will
> >  >appear in the search result area.  DO NOT OPEN IT!
> > Go to EDIT;
> > SELECT ALL,
> >  >then hit your DELETE key on your keyboard.
> > Immediately delete it from
> > your
> >  >RECYCLE BIN.
> >  >
> >  >That's it.  It takes very little time and effort
> > to
> > do.  Your computer
> > will
> >  >now be free from the virus.
> >  >
> >  >If you had the virus you need to email everyone in
> > your address book
> > and
> >  >tell them about it.
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for
> > all of
> > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at
> > http://shopping.yahoo.com
> > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>_________________________________________________________________
> > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print
> > your photos:
> > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
> >
> >
>
>
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I was afraid that it was Likoma witchcraft...


----Original Message Follows----
From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ujeni] found a virus
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:36:27 -0800 (PST)

No dude, read ahead further. You don't open it, just
select all, delete, and empty the recycle bin. It's
gone now from here and the files are fine. A friend
sent the directions. JP


--- Paul DEVER <pcpaul@...> wrote:
  > Thereby promptly enabling you to delete your
  > directory yourself....
  >
  > Uh, wait till you get to Afghanistan to do this,
  > boy.
  >
  >
  > ----Original Message Follows----
  > From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
  > Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
  > To: kym walther <kymwalther@...>, Ania Tryc
  > <anya@...>,
  >   Anya Tryc <ania_tryc@...>,  shari pedersen
  >
  > <shari_pedersen@...>,  Carol
  > <carol_h@...>, Deepa Ramesh
  > <deeparamesh@...>,  Marlys Dunphy
  > <marlyskd@...>, Peter Salama
  > <pqs0@...>,  annalies Borrel
  > <aborrel@...>, Helen Young
  > <h.young@...>,  "Gloria B. Gamba"
  > <gloria.gamba@...>,  Diane
  > Brow Gifford <gifforddi@...>,  John Hammock
  >
  > <john.hammock@...>, John Hammock
  > <jhammo01@...>,  Nhi Nguyen
  > <nhi.nguyen@...>,  Dismas howyadoin Nkunda
  > <dnkunda@...>,
  > David Karp <david.karp@...>, Rebecca Lunt
  > <luntr@...>,  Malawi
  > RPCVS <ujeni@yahoogroups.com>
  > Subject: [ujeni] found a virus
  > Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:55:19 -0800 (PST)
  >
  > Hey all,
  >
  > I have emailed you recently and received this
  > message
  > from someone that emailed me. I actually found this
  > virus on the hardrive here, so it might be worth a
  > minute to check. It's easy to delete. JP
  >
  >
  > Subject: virus
  >  >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:26:23 -0800
  >  >X-MSMail-Priority: High
  >  >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE
  > V5.00.2615.200
  >  >
  >  >Dear Email Recipients
  >  >
  >  >I was just notified from one of my email senders
  > that
  > they had a virus
  > that
  >  >attached itself to their address book and went out
  > to
  > all those they
  > sent
  >  >email to. I checked my computer and yes I did have
  > it, which means
  > that
  >  >you may have it also.
  >  >
  >  >This virus is a "sleeping virus".  Apparently it
  > comes from Germany
  > and now
  >  >is in the US.  It is programmed to activate itself
  > at
  > a later date and
  >  >therefore is not detected by virus scanners.  Mine
  > did not detect it.
  > Nobody
  >  >knows how long it has been going around.  When it
  > activates itself it
  >  >deletes all files and directories on your hard
  > drive.
  >   It spreads
  > through
  >  >email.
  >  >
  >  >It hides itself in C:\Windows\Command
  >  >
  >  >Here's what to do. Click START, then FIND, then
  > FILES
  > OR FOLDERS; type
  > in
  >  >SULFNBK and search in "C".
  >  >
  >  >This is an EXE folder.  If your computer has the
  > vir!
  > us the program
  > will
  >  >appear in the search result area.  DO NOT OPEN IT!
  > Go to EDIT;
  > SELECT ALL,
  >  >then hit your DELETE key on your keyboard.
  > Immediately delete it from
  > your
  >  >RECYCLE BIN.
  >  >
  >  >That's it.  It takes very little time and effort
  > to
  > do.  Your computer
  > will
  >  >now be free from the virus.
  >  >
  >  >If you had the virus you need to email everyone in
  > your address book
  > and
  >  >tell them about it.
  >
  >
  > __________________________________________________
  > Do You Yahoo!?
  > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for
  > all of
  > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at
  > http://shopping.yahoo.com
  > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
_________________________________________________________________
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  > your photos:
  > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
  >
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I'm really sorry I forwarded this to. The message was
from a professor of mine. she didn't know the virus
thing was a hoax and I actually deleted a necessary
file. I'm sorry if you did too. Paul, do you know what
that file does or how to fix it, because I took it off
the hardrive here. JP

--- "Audrey A. Spindler" <spindler@...> .com
> From: "Audrey A. Spindler" <spindler@...>
> Subject: Re: virus
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I received this message from Deb Canter and other
> that the virus message I
> sent was a hoax. I am very sorry I sent it on.  I
> actually did delete the
> file. Audrey
>
> >Return-Path: <canter@...>
> >From: "Canter" <canter@...>
> >To: "Audrey A. Spindler" <spindler@...>
> >Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:52:50 -0800
> >Subject: Re: virus
> >Priority: normal
> >
> >Audrey.  This whole virus thing is a hoax.  The
> exe. file they
> >mention is one you SHOULD have so getting you to
> delete it is the
> >hoax!  Don't do it.  DEB
> >
> >
> [Settings]
> SavePasswordText=
> SaveDialupPasswordText=
> LastSettingsCategory=0
> RealName=Audrey A. Spindler
> POPAccount=spindler@...
>


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Symantec.com has a link.  Do an internet search for the file name described
in the deletion process and it will lead you to Symentec's site.  They
describe how to get it back.

Dan


>From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
>Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [ujeni] Fwd: Re: virus
>Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:16:59 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>I'm really sorry I forwarded this to. The message was
>from a professor of mine. she didn't know the virus
>thing was a hoax and I actually deleted a necessary
>file. I'm sorry if you did too. Paul, do you know what
>that file does or how to fix it, because I took it off
>the hardrive here. JP
>
>--- "Audrey A. Spindler" <spindler@...> .com
> > From: "Audrey A. Spindler" <spindler@...>
> > Subject: Re: virus
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I received this message from Deb Canter and other
> > that the virus message I
> > sent was a hoax. I am very sorry I sent it on.  I
> > actually did delete the
> > file. Audrey
> >
> > >Return-Path: <canter@...>
> > >From: "Canter" <canter@...>
> > >To: "Audrey A. Spindler" <spindler@...>
> > >Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:52:50 -0800
> > >Subject: Re: virus
> > >Priority: normal
> > >
> > >Audrey.  This whole virus thing is a hoax.  The
> > exe. file they
> > >mention is one you SHOULD have so getting you to
> > delete it is the
> > >hoax!  Don't do it.  DEB
> > >
> > >
> > [Settings]
> > SavePasswordText=
> > SaveDialupPasswordText=
> > LastSettingsCategory=0
> > RealName=Audrey A. Spindler
> > POPAccount=spindler@...
> >
>
>
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----Original Message Follows----
From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ujeni] Fwd: Re: virus
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:16:59 -0800 (PST)


I'm really sorry I forwarded this to. The message was
from a professor of mine. she didn't know the virus
thing was a hoax and I actually deleted a necessary
file. I'm sorry if you did too. Paul, do you know what
that file does or how to fix it, because I took it off
the hardrive here. JP

--- "Audrey A. Spindler" <spindler@...> .com
  > From: "Audrey A. Spindler" <spindler@...>
  > Subject: Re: virus
  >
  > Hi Everyone,
  >
  > I received this message from Deb Canter and other
  > that the virus message I
  > sent was a hoax. I am very sorry I sent it on.  I
  > actually did delete the
  > file. Audrey
  >
  > >Return-Path: <canter@...>
  > >From: "Canter" <canter@...>
  > >To: "Audrey A. Spindler" <spindler@...>
  > >Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:52:50 -0800
  > >Subject: Re: virus
  > >Priority: normal
  > >
  > >Audrey.  This whole virus thing is a hoax.  The
  > exe. file they
  > >mention is one you SHOULD have so getting you to
  > delete it is the
  > >hoax!  Don't do it.  DEB
  > >
  > >
  > [Settings]
  > SavePasswordText=
  > SaveDialupPasswordText=
  > LastSettingsCategory=0
  > RealName=Audrey A. Spindler
  > POPAccount=spindler@...
  >


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-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse C Freese [mailto:jfreese@...]
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 12:02 PM
To: Emaillist
Subject: OFDA is recruiting a Regional Coordinator for Asia


Happy Holidays!

You are receiving this email because you have, in the past, shown an
interest in working for the U.S. Agency for International Development and,
specifically, the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.

OFDA currently is seeking to fill the position of Regional Coordinator for
Asia. This position is based in Washington, DC. This is initially a 2-YEAR
contract and it at the GS-13 equivalent level ($63,211 - $82,180 Per Year).
The solicitation closes January 23, 2002. Applicants are encouraged to
ensure that are all materials are received in this office prior to the
closing date of the solicitation.

If you are interested in this position and consider yourself suitable to the
tasks and qualifications of the position please contact OFDA Recruiting by
replying to this email or calling Ms. Heather Cameron at 202) 661-9369 or
Mr. Jesse C. Freese at (202) 661-9366. The full solicitation can be seen
below. You can view the solicitation and get more information on how to
apply at http://www.globalcorps.com

Please send the following materials:

- A signed OF612 (required by the solicitation - downloadable from our web
page at http://www.globalcorps.com/of612.html)
- Resume (possibly tailored to the position)
- Cover letter (stating why you are the best candidate and discussing each
of the qualifications in the solicitation)
- References (we ask for 5, we check references during the interview stage
of the process and seek your permission first)

Referrals of qualified candidates are welcome and encouraged.

Regards,

Jesse, Heather, and Bob
GlobalCorps - OFDA Recruiting and Training
202-661-9366

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Regional Coordinator for Asia

SOLICITATION NO: M/OP-02-336
ISSUANCE DATE: December 21, 2001
CLOSING DATE: January 23, 2002 - 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Gentlemen/Ladies:

SUBJECT: Solicitation for Personal Services Contractor (PSC): Regional
Coordinator for Asia

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID), Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and
Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
(OFDA) is seeking applications (Standard Form 171 or Optional Form 612) from
persons interested in providing the PSC services described in the attached.
Submissions shall be in accordance with the attached information at the
place and time specified.
Questions may be directed to Heather Cameron (202) 661-9369 or Jesse C.
Freese (202) 661-9366, or Fax at (240) 465-0244 or via e-mail at
ofda@.... Applicants should retain copies of all enclosures that
accompany their proposals.
Sincerely,

Jean Horton
Contracting Officer

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER: M/OP-02-336
2. ISSUANCE DATE: December 21, 2001
3. CLOSING DATE/TIME SPECIFIED FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: January 23,
2002 - 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
4. POSITION TITLE: Regional Coordinator for Asia
5. MARKET VALUE: $63,211 - $82,180
6. INITIAL PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:  February 4, 2002 - February 3, 2004
7. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Washington, D.C.
8. JOB DESCRIPTION (TO INCLUDE EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
FOR POSITION):

Introduction

	 The Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign
Disaster
Assistance, within the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian
Assistance (DCHA/OFDA) is charged with the responsibility for coordinating
the U.S. Government's international disaster preparedness, relief and
rehabilitation programs.  The functions of DCHA/OFDA are outlined in USAID
handbook 17, Chapter 8.  The purpose of this position is to serve as a
Regional Coordinator within DCHA/OFDA's Disaster Response and Mitigation
division (DRM).

Duties and Responsibilities

Disaster Response and Mitigation Program Coordination:
* Monitors threatening and incipient disasters, setting priorities for
disaster response and mitigation program development in consultation with
members of an Enhanced Regional Team and Regional Advisors (RAs).

* Manages DCHA/OFDA response to declared disasters by:
1. assuring the timely and appropriate funding of Ambassadors' disaster
declarations;
2. considering Mission/Embassy proposed programs for assistance beyond
the
initial request;
3. preparing/ facilitating clearance of appropriate guidance to field
posts;
4. assuring the timely coordination of response actions agreed to by
DCHA/OFDA's Enhanced Regional Team and Senior Management Team (SMT),
including funding, technical assistance, commodity delivery, etc.

* Monitors and evaluates the disaster related programs of other donors
and
international organizations, and then initiates or coordinates bilateral or
multilateral relief,  soliciting the input and technical expertise of
Enhanced Regional Team members.  Coordinates USG efforts to achieve maximum
effectiveness and solicits outside resources to accomplish USG program
objectives.

* Advises the U.S. Mission on resources and strategies to respond to
each
disaster situation, participating in field assessments with RAs, as
appropriate.

* Coordinates USAID's emergency responses in other countries in
support
Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) and Assessment Teams in the field
during DCHA/OFDA field deployments.  Serves as the head of DCHA/OFDA
emergency task force mobilizations in the DCHA/OFDA Operations Center, as
necessary.  In consultation with Enhanced Regional Team Members and the SMT,
coordinates the development of US humanitarian policy with the State
Department, USAID Regional Bureaus, the National Security Council, the
United nations, host countries and the PVO community.

* Reviews or coordinates the review of national disaster relief plans
with
local and regional government disaster coordinators, and advises on the USG
assistance available before, during and after disaster events.  Assures that
the Chief of Mission or his/her representatives receives appropriate
guidance from DCHA/OFDA specialists to facilitate efforts to revise U.S.
mission disaster plans to be compatible and supportive of local government
plans and capabilities.

* Coordinates the development and revision of DCHA/OFDA Regional
Strategies
in cooperation with RAs, Enhanced Regional team members, TAG members and
DCHA/OFDA Assistant Directors.  Recommends policies and activities to:
1. Improve local and regional disaster response capabilities;
2. Improve DCHA/OFDA's internal capacity to meet demands related to
rapid-onset disaster events; and
3. Mitigate the potential impacts of future disasters, and reduce
disaster
vulnerability in assigned regions.

* Coordinates the efforts of TAG team members and other USG technical
specialists to develop and maintain a program of disaster preparedness,
mitigation and prevention activities within assigned regions.  These
programs will seek to build the capacity of local partners to manage
disasters effectively at the local and regional level, and to reduce the
impacts of future disasters on vulnerable populations.

* In coordination with technical specialists from DCHA/OFDA's
Technical
Assistance Group (TAG), coordinates technical inputs from other USG Agencies
and/or the U.S. private sector for disaster mitigation and relief activities
in disaster stricken countries.  Maximizes windows of opportunity that may
exist following disaster events to implement programs that may have
long-term disaster mitigation benefits for vulnerable populations.

* Serves as the Action Officer on emergencies, presenting policies,
procedures and programs that are recommended by the Enhanced Regional Team
to the Assistant Director for the Disaster Response and Mitigation Division
for review and concurrence.  Works closely with USAID regional bureaus, the
Office of Food for Peace (DCHA/FFP), the State Department, the U.S.
Department of Defense (DOD) and other donor governments and international
organizations to develop USG responses to disasters and to coordinate these
responses with other donors.

* Facilitates the review and negotiation of grants for disaster relief
and
mitigation in close consultation with members of the Enhanced Regional Team.
Prepares or coordinates the preparation of requests in the New Management
System (NMS) for transmittal to the USAID contracts office for action.
Works with grantees, or coordinates the efforts of other Enhanced Regional
Team members, to ensure compliance.  Reviews/facilitates changes to grant
agreements, as appropriate.

* Participates on DCHA/OFDA Disaster Assistance Response Teams
(DARTs),
which are designed to respond on short-notice to rapid onset disasters
around the world.  Serves on Disaster Assessment teams, as assigned by the
Assistant Director for Disaster Response and Mitigation and the SMT, and
recommends emergency relief initiatives for DCHA/OFDA/Washington
consideration.

* Facilitates the preparation and coordination of information
concerning
disaster mitigation and response activities that are undertaken by
DCHA/OFDA, seeking to maximize coordination between USG Agencies, NGOs and
private sector groups during disaster response.  Assigns tasks to Enhanced
Regional Team members, including Information Specialists, to prepare press
releases, Fact Sheets, Situations reports, weekly reports, daily reports,
reporting cables, Congressional correspondence and the like.

* Serves as the DCHA/OFDA Duty Officer on a rotating basis after
normal duty
hours, weekend and holidays.  In this capacity, receives telephone calls and
notification of cable traffic received by the State Department Operations
Center dealing with emergency situations.  Takes appropriate action, as
necessary.

Team Building
* Works with OFDA Regional Advisors (RAs) at field posts in Asia, the
Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and Enhanced Regional team members
in Washington, DC to plan for major disaster contingencies.  Coordinates
cross training for RAs to build a multi-faceted worldwide response
capability.  Participates in the recruitment/ selection of new RAs.
Operates within the context of the RA system when on temporary field
assignments.

* Coordinates team building efforts for assigned Enhanced Regional
Team,
including
1. Organizing team meetings, and assigning responsibility to
appropriate
staff members to facilitate meetings, prepare agendas, and provide follow-on
notes and minutes;
2. Ensuring that Enhanced Regional Team receive appropriate training,
and
are enrolled in DCHA/OFDA's core training programs, including Disaster
Assessment Training, DART Training, cable training, etc.  Serve as a
facilitator or instructor at training sessions, as appropriate;
3. Ensuring that DCHA/OFDA programs, policies and strategies benefit
from
the input of all Enhanced Regional Team members and RAs;

* Assuring the successful staff development of all core team members
assigned to the Enhanced Regional Team, including:
1. Mentoring the Deputy Regional Coordinator for assigned regions;
2.   Ensuring that an appropriate staff development plan is in place
for
Disaster Operations Specialists assigned to the Enhanced Regional Team;
3.   Providing substantial input as part of regularly scheduled
evaluations
for all core team members assigned to the Enhanced Regional Team;
coordinating this input with the Assistant Director for the Disaster
Response and Mitigation Division.
4.   Arranging cross training for Enhanced Regional Team members to
maintain
the organizational depth of critical team functions.

* Ensure an equitable distribution of work and responsibility among
Enhanced
Regional Team members and core team members by:
1. Coordinating the preparation of Scopes of Work for new and temporary
DCHA/OFDA personnel, including staff members detailed from other USG
Agencies; participating in the recruitment and selection of Enhanced
Regional Team members;
2. Directly supervising the work of staff members detailed from other
USG
Agencies, including staff seconded to DCHA/OFDA through the U.S. Forest
Service Disaster Assistance Support Program (DASP);

* Participates in After Action reviews of critical DCHA/OFDA disaster
response interventions and mitigation programs.  Collaborates closely with
coordinating staff from the U.S. Forest Service Disaster Assistance Support
Program (DASP) to ensure that the concerns and experiences of all Enhanced
Regional team members receive consideration and discussion as part of this
process.

BASIS OF RATING:  Applicants who meet the basic qualifications and selective
factor(s) will be further evaluated based on the quality ranking factors
listed below.  Applicants are strongly encouraged to address each of the
factors on a separate sheet describing specifically and accurately what
experience, training, education, and/or awards you have received that are
relevant to each factor.  Be sure to include your name, social security
number, and the announcement number at the top of each additional page.
Failure to address the selective and/or quality ranking factors may result
in your not receiving credit for all of your pertinent experience,
education, training and/or awards.
Basic Qualifications and Selective Factors: (Determines basic eligibility
for the position, candidates not meeting the basic qualifications and
selective factors are considered NOT qualified for the position)

A. Bachelor's degree and graduate degree with significant study in or
pertinent to the specialized field (including but not limited to
International Relations and Political Science) OR five years of
progressively responsible experience in humanitarian relief within the
context of a natural disaster OR some combination thereof.

B. Not less than three years of programmatic and disaster relief experience
in the Asia region.

C. US Citizenship


Quality Ranking Factors: (Determines the ranking of qualified candidates in
comparison to other applicants). The factors are listed in order of
importance from the highest to the least.

1. Additional relevant experience and/or education surpassing the minimums
described in the basic qualifications and selective factors.

2. Knowledge of and experience in dealing with foreign governments, State
Department, Department of Defense, USAID Regional Offices, USAID/Washington,
other USG organizations and international organizations to develop U.S.
responses to disasters and disaster preparedness activities and coordinate
the responses with donors in the regional area.

3. Experience in reviewing and negotiating proposals from private voluntary
organizations wishing to work in the disaster-stricken countries in the
regional area and to prepare the necessary documentation to ensure emergency
relief is provided.

4. Experience in developing strategies for the disaster planning and
disaster relief of affected countries in the regional area.

5. Knowledge and experience of USG policy and regulations for responses to
natural disasters and complex emergencies.

6. Demonstrated ability to work in teams.

7. Demonstrated experience developing mitigation programs.

WHERE TO APPLY:
Via mail: GlobalCorps, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC
20004
Via facsimile: 240-465-0244
Via email: ofda@...
FOR INFORMATION ON OTHER VACANCIES OR FOR INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF THIS
VACANCY, CALL (202) 661-9366
PLEASE READ ATTACHED SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, COLOR,
SEX, CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN, LAWFUL POLITICAL AFFILIATION, NON-DISQUALIFYING
HANDICAP, MARITAL STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AFFILIATION WITH AN EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER NON-MERIT FACTOR.
A Voluntary Background Survey can be obtained from the above listed contacts
or on-line at http://www.usaid.gov/about/employment/idi79-2.pdf . The
information from this survey is used to help insure that agency personnel
practices meet the requirements of Federal law. Your responses are voluntary
and not required.
I. How To Apply
A. Submit an OF-612, Optional Application for Federal Employment, or SF-171,
Application for Federal Employment. You include a resume as an annex to
either of these forms. You must include the following information regardless
of which application form/format you choose:
1) The announcement number, title and grade and/or pay band of the position
for which you are applying.
2) Personal Information
a) Full name, mailing address (including ZIP Code), home and work telephone
numbers (including area code)
b) Social security number AND country of citizenship
c) Veterans' preference.
d) Competitive status.
e) Highest Federal civilian grade held, including job series and dates held.
3) Education
a) High school - name, city, state and ZIP Code (if known) and date you
received diploma or GED.
b) Colleges and universities - name, city, state and ZIP Code (if known),
major(s), type(s) of degree(s) received and date(s) received. If you did not
receive a degree, show total credits earned and indicate whether semester or
quarter hours.
4) Job-Related Work Experience (Paid and Nonpaid)
a) Job title (include series and grade if Federal) AND salary
b) Starting and ending dates (month and year) AND hours per week
c) Employer's name, address, and telephone number (including area code)
d) Supervisor's name and telephone number (indicate if we may contact your
current supervisor)
e) Duties and accomplishments
5) Other Qualifications
a) Job-related training courses (title and year)
b) Job-related skills (i.e., other languages, computer hardware/software,
communications equipment, etc.) c) Job-related certificates and licenses
(current only).
d) Job-related honors, awards and special accomplishments (i.e.,
publications, Memberships in professional or honor societies, leadership
activities, public speaking, performance awards, etc.). Give dates but do
not send documents unless requested.

General Information
A. A separate application must be submitted for each announcement.
B. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that applications are mailed in
time to get them to the destination by the closing date of the announcement.
Applications received after the closing date and time will be considered
late, unless there is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received
at the Government installation prior to the time and date specified in the
solicitation.
C. Applicants must be citizens of the United States.

AS A MATTER OF POLICY, AND AS APPROPRIATE, A PSC IS NORMALLY AUTHORIZED THE
FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

1. BENEFITS
Employer's FICA Contribution
Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance
Pay Comparability Adjustment
Annual Increase
Eligibility for Worker's Compensation
Annual & Sick Leave
Eligibility for 401(k)

2. ALLOWANCES (if Applicable).
(A) Temporary Lodging Allowance (Section 120).
(B) Living Quarters Allowance (Section 130).
(C) Post Allowance (Section 220).
(D) Supplemental Post Allowance (Section 230).
(E) Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260).
(F) Education Allowance (Section 270).
(G) Education Travel (Section 280).
(H) Post Differential (Chapter 500).
(I) Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure (Section 600), and
(J) Danger Pay (Section 650).

3. CONTRACT INFORMATION BULLETINS (CIBs) PERTAINING TO PSCs
01-09 Competitive Process - Personal Service Contracts ("PSCs") with U.S.
Citizens for Support of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Initiatives
01-07 Clarification of the Extension/Renewal Policy Regarding Personal
Service Contracts (PSCs)
00-08S Revision of Competitive Process - Personal Service Contracts ("PSCs")
with U.S. Citizens
00-08 Revision of Competitive Process - Personal Service Contracts ("PSCs")
with U.S. Citizens
00-05 Personal Service Contracts (PSCs) Annual Health Insurance Costs
00-03 2000 FICA and Medicare Tax Rates for Personal Services Contracts
(PSCs)
99-7 Contractual Coverage for Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) Services
98-25 Defense Base Act (DBA) Coverage and DBA Waiver List
98-24 Use of Compensatory (Comp) Time by PSCs
98-23 Guidance Regarding Classified Contract Security and Contractor
Personnel Security Requirements
98-16 Annual Salary Increase for USPSCs
98-14 Change in Required Application Form for USPSCs
98-12 Advertisement of and Requirements for Evaluating Applications for PSCs
98-11 Determining a Market Value for PSCs
98-3 Class Deviation to 31.205-6(g)(3), Foreign National Severance Pay Under
Professional Services Contracts
97-17 PSCs with U.S. Citizens or U.S. Resident Aliens Recruited from the
U.S.
97-16 Class Justification for Use of Other Than Full & Open Competition for
Personal Services Contracts with U.S. Citizens Contracted locally with CCNs
and TCNs Subject to the Local Compensation Plan, and for Overseas Contracts
of $250,000 or Less
97-3 New USAID Contractor Employee Physical Examination
96-23 Unauthorized Provision in Personal Services Contract
96-19 U. S. Personal Services Contract (USPSC) - Leave
94-9 Sunday Pay for U.S. Personal Services Contractors (PSCs)
93-17 Financial Disclosure Requirements Under a Personal Services Contractor
(PSC)
LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS FOR PSCs
1. Standard Form 171 or Optional Form 612.
**2. Contractor Physical Examination (AID Form 1420-62).
**3. Questionnaire for Sensitive Positions (for National Security) (SF-86),
or
**4. Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF-85).
**5. Finger Print Card (FD-258).

NOTE: Form 5 is available from the requirements office.

* Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians Foreign Areas).
** The forms listed 2 through 5 shall only be completed upon the advice of
the Contracting Officer that an applicant is the successful candidate for
the job.




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Hey guys (and gals and others)...Could y'all have a look at these questions
and asnwer the rising PCT???????

Her email is: adriennerathert@...

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Adrienne Rathert" <adriennerathert@...>
To: pcpaul@...
Subject: Malawi Info
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:56:10 -0500

Hi Paul,
My name is Adrienne Rathert and I was referred to you by David Leege.  I am
joining the Peace Corps and will be stationed in Malawi at the end of
February.  I have been reading all I can about Malawi, but David said I
should direct any further questions to you.  Most of my questions right now
concern housing.  From what I've read in the PC country info packet and
various travel books and children's books, it sounds like I will be living
in a small village in a hut.  Do most PC volunteers in Malawi live alone or
with other families or with other PC volunteers?  Are there markets in most
villages or do villagers primarily trade with other communities?  I guess
the picture I have in my mind is my hut being close to others in the
community with a public well in the center where most of the village
activities take place.
I am looking forward to getting over there and finding out what it is really
like, but any bits of information are always helpful.
Thanks for your help and have a great new year!
Take care,
-Adrienne Rathert-





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Hello Adrienne

I was a PCV/Malawi from '95 to '97.  Living conditions varied widely amongst the
volunteers in my group.  Pulling some numbers completely off the top of my head
(I could be way wrong here), I'd say about 20% of us lived in some semi-urban
environment and had some combination of electricity and/or water for some
fraction of the day.  Perhaps  50% of us lived in more rural environments,
without facilities, typically about an hour by minibus from the nearest
population center.  The remaing 30% lived in very rural environments, quite some
distance from any "city"  (John Patten, any comments on this? :-).  I knew only
a few people who actually lived in mud-walled thatch-roofed dwellings.  Again I
could be wrong, but most people I knew had brick houses with tin roofs, often
extremely tiny and without any facilities.  At the time I was leaving Malawi
(middle of '99), PC seemed to be moving toward placing more volunteers is more
settings, so I'd guess that the proportion of people living in
mud/thatch/village/remote conditions has gone up somewhat.

I found it very difficult to adjust to being there but in retrospect it was a
wonderful life and I miss it greatly as I sit here at my boring computer,
working away on a national holiday, in standard American fashion.  Have a
wonderful two years.

The best bit of advice anyone ever gave me: the low points are REALLY LOW, and
the high points are very high.  Low points along the road aren't the end of the
world.  Recognize them and don't let it get to you.

Mark Holland



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul DEVER [mailto:pcpaul@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 2:13 AM
> To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ujeni] Fwd: Malawi Info
>
>
>
> Hey guys (and gals and others)...Could y'all have a look at
> these questions
> and asnwer the rising PCT???????
>
> Her email is: adriennerathert@...
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Adrienne Rathert" <adriennerathert@...>
> To: pcpaul@...
> Subject: Malawi Info
> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:56:10 -0500
>
> Hi Paul,
> My name is Adrienne Rathert and I was referred to you by
> David Leege.  I am
> joining the Peace Corps and will be stationed in Malawi at the end of
> February.  I have been reading all I can about Malawi, but
> David said I
> should direct any further questions to you.  Most of my
> questions right now
> concern housing.  From what I've read in the PC country info
> packet and
> various travel books and children's books, it sounds like I
> will be living
> in a small village in a hut.  Do most PC volunteers in Malawi
> live alone or
> with other families or with other PC volunteers?  Are there
> markets in most
> villages or do villagers primarily trade with other
> communities?  I guess
> the picture I have in my mind is my hut being close to others in the
> community with a public well in the center where most of the village
> activities take place.
> I am looking forward to getting over there and finding out
> what it is really
> like, but any bits of information are always helpful.
> Thanks for your help and have a great new year!
> Take care,
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Back from vacation.  A lot has happened, particularly around the Zambian
elections.  So much so that I'll be sending a news pt 2 message with stories
from countries other than Malawi...

Row over Malawi marital
               rape bill

               By Raphael Tenthani in Blantyre

               A proposal to criminalise marital rape in Malawi
               have sparked a fierce debate between
               women's groups and conservatives.

               The controversial plan, drafted by a southern
               African women's organisation, would make
               forced sex within marriage a criminal offence
               punishable by up to seven years hard labour in
               jail.

               Many Malawian men dismiss the campaign, and
               say the activists have nothing better to do
               with the thousands of dollars they get from
               donors.

               Malawian law currently defines rape as forcing
               a member of the opposite sex who is not one's
               spouse into having sex without consent.

               Cultural beliefs

               Seodi White, whose Malawi chapter of Women
               in Law in Southern Africa drafted the bill, says
               the proposed law would cut down domestic
               violence that affects so many women in the
               country.

               According to Ms White,
               research carried out by
               her organisation found
               that 75% of Malawian
               wives had been forced
               by to have sex with
               their husbands who
               come home either drunk
               or drugged.

               Most of these women,
               the study says, will not
               speak out because they
               fear being divorced by their husbands.

               Ms White attributes the high incidence of
               marital rape to weak laws on rape and cultural
               beliefs.

               "Courts have generally viewed rape, as created
               under the penal code, as not applying to
               married couples," she says.

               "And, based on our cultural beliefs, the
               consent to marriage has been recognised as
               automatic consent to sex even when the
               woman does not feel like it.

               "The exemption of husbands from prosecution
               under the offences of rape therefore totally
               fails to provide equal protection for all women,"
               she says.

               Male opposition

               But many Malawian men view the matter
               differently.

               Supreme Court judge
               Duncan Tambala told a
               gathering of activists
               that he would have
               problems accepting
               that an offence like
               marital rape should be
               created.

               The judge said
               criminalising forced sex
               among married couples
               would be inconsistent
               with the continued
               existence of marriage.

               "By entering into marriage each spouse is
               taken to have consented to sexual intercourse
               with the other spouse during the existence of
               his or her marriage," he said.

               Church members have also frowned upon the
               moves to criminalise forced sex among married
               couples.

               Pastor Simion Ngana, a cleric from central
               district of Ntcheu, says the Bible states that
               men and women should be submissive to each
               other in marriage.

               "What does it mean when it says the body of
               the man belongs to the woman and so is the
               woman's?" he says.

               Sex elsewhere

               Most men on the streets of Malawi dismiss the
               issue, saying it defeats the government's fight
               against the spread of Aids.

               Many argue that if a man is faced with revolt
               in his own bedroom he might seek solace
               outside, thus increasing chances of
               contracting the disease which currently
               affects more than 10% of the country's
               population.

               "If my wife says 'no', what do I do?" says one
               man. "I will be forced to pay for sex
               elsewhere."

               But Seodi White says her organisation will
               continue to push for legislation against marital
               rape.

               "Women... are often raped by their bedfellows
               as a form of punishment," she says.

               Whether the women's rights activists will win
               their battle or not in this male-dominated
               society one thing is certain: this debate is sure
               to rage well into the year 2002

*****

Malawi hippo wreaks
               havoc

               By Raphael Tenthani in Blantyre

               A bereaved hippopotamus has gone on the
               rampage in southern Malawi after wildlife
               officials shot and killed its partner at the
               weekend.

               The hippo has
               destroyed several crop
               fields in Zomba district
               around Lake Chilwa.

               Local Chief Mkumbira
               said the area could
               experience severe food
               shortages next year if
               the hippo is not killed.

               The chief said the animal ran away when
               wildlife officers killed its partner, but ran amok
               when it returned and could not find its mate.

               'Out of control'

               Wildlife officers said in a statement they killed
               the first hippopotamus because it was
               threatening the lives of people and their crops.

               "The beast ran out of control," Chief Mkumbira
               said.

               He said several hectares of crops, especially
               maize, had been decimated.

               "At the rate it is destroying our fields, most of
               us won't harvest anything," he said.

               Zomba was one of 14 of the country's 27
               districts that were devastated by flash floods
               during the last rainy season.

*****

Muluzi to Launch Billion Kwacha Housing Scheme

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 3, 2002
Posted to the web January 2, 2002
Frank Namangale
Blantyre
President Bakili Muluzi has announced that government is going to launch a K3.2
billion housing scheme targeting very poor people in the villages throughout the
country.
Addressing a new years' day rally in Mangochi yesterday, the President said the
housing scheme will be launched under MASAF three soon.
"Government will be providing building materials like cement, iron sheets,
nails, doors, among others. Committees will be formed in villages and will
include builders. Our plan however, is that we will start with pilot projects in
the Southern, Central and Northern regions," Muluzi said.
The president preached unity to Malawians in the new year to bring harmony in
the country.
Muluzi, who was on holiday for the festive season, condemned women who encourage
school girls to drop-out and get married.
"While at home in my village, a headmaster of a certain school came and reported
that at his school, 21 girl-students out of 41 have dropped out due to
pregnancies. This is very worrying, especially when UDF government had
introduced free primary education in 1994 when it took power.
"Sometimes the problem is with you women. You should be the first people to
encourage these girls to work hard in class. Government would not even allow
initiations ceremonies to disturb school. I'm not saying these ceremonies are
bad, no, bat they should not disturb girls," he said.


*****

Floods Displace 250 Villagers

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 3, 2002
Posted to the web January 2, 2002
Frank Phiri
Chikwawa
ABOUT 250 villagers have been displaced by floods which hit Chikwawa district in
the Lower Shire valley in the past week.
Chikwawa District Commissioner (DC) Kiswell Dakamawu said on Monday in Chikwawa
that the floods have rendered at least 75 families from both Namatchuwa and
Biyasi villages homeless. The floods have partially affected 11 other villages.
Villagers in Namatchuwa and Biyasi villages in Paramount Chief Lundu and
Traditional Authority Maseya found on the precincts of Mwanza river, have taken
refuge at Bereu Baptist Church, he said.
Dakamawu said some of the victims' houses have collapsed, while others were
covered by water which went on to sweep away planted maize seeds in gardens.
"The figures of displaced households could be higher since we're still assessing
the impact of the floods in the areas affected. The problem is serious in the
two villages only, although the situation was still worrying in the 11 others,"
said Dakamawu, who could not immediately establish the number of displaced or
missing livestock.
The DC described the situation following the flooding, which he attributed to
high rainfall in the Shire highlands as 'not very desperate', saying unlike last
year when officials were taken unawares by the recurring floods, contingency
plans are in force this year to avert the problem.
"As of now, the situation is not very desperate. We have alerted government
through the department of Relief and Disaster Preparedness and hope that it will
assist us by providing funds for implementing our contingency proposals," he
said.
He disclosed that the assembly has proposed a budget of K200 000 for
implementing its contingency plan, which includes a component of civic education
to the people on the need to relocate to higher grounds.
Chikwawa is a traditional flood-prone area and was one of the hardest hit last
year when one of the worst floods in living memory left at least 14 districts
lying under water, forcing the government to declare a national disaster and
launch local and international relief assistance appeals.
At least 31,500 households were last year affected by the floods in Chikwawa
alone, according to Dakamawu.


*****

'More Demarcations in 2004 Elections'

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 3, 2002
Posted to the web January 2, 2002
Frank Namangale
Blantyre
ELECTORAL Commission (EC) said yesterday it will demarcate more parliamentary
constituencies and amend some electoral laws for the 2004 Presidential and
Parliamentary general elections.
Chief Elections Officer George Chimwaza told a news conference in Blantyre that
a demarcation law is being drafted and will be tabled in Parliament in June this
year.
He said the law intends to set up a permanent legal basis for guiding the
process of demarcation of constituencies.
"This should help the Commission in establishing a detailed legal framework to
support and mitigate any possible challenges to the demarcation process,"
Chimwaza explained, adding that a Canadian consultant will assist in this part.
In 1999, opposition political parties accused the EC of demarcating more
contituencies in the ruling UDF's southern region stronghold.
Chimwaza said this time around, the demarcation would be based on clear
criteria.
"We would want to have equal voters in each constituency. There could be a
constituency in the Northern Region with a population of 3,000 and another in
the Southern with 5,000 people. This is what we are looking at when we talk of
demarcation," he explained.
Chimwaza said the strategic plan that was drawn last year is already under
implementation while the other part awaits funding.
He said the Commission also plans to amend the electoral laws, prepare rules and
regulations and that draft amendments are being discussed at the committee stage
of the Commission in consultation with the Ministry of Justice.
"On amending electoral laws, we are considering period of registration,
disqualifications of candidates, powers and operation of the Commission,
election offences, among others," Chimwaza said.
He added that laws guiding the Commission in the Parliamentary Elections Act
were different from those in the Constitution. That is why there are these
ammendments, he said.
The Chief Elections Officer said the Commission computerised the records of
voters who registered in 1999 and subsequent elections. He added that so far the
Commission has done all necessary preparations for the production of voter
identities (IDs).
"The computerised voters data has been tested by a competent ID production firm
and proved to be of high quality for production of IDs. We are only looking for
funds to produce these IDs, " he said. New voters would be included in this
exercise expected to be finished by 2003, he said.
The Commission, said Chimwaza, would also intesify civic and voter education and
work with various partners to achieve meaningful results.


*****

Government Defends Land Policy On Foreigners

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 2, 2002
Posted to the web January 2, 2002
Times Reporter
Blantyre
GOVERNMENT has defended its proposal to prohibit foreign ownership of land in
its land reform proposals saying that foreigners would be able to own land in
the country if they engaged local shareholders.
Minister of Lands Thengo Maloya told a United Nations news agency recently that
the government would place no limits on expatriate shareholders if foreign
companies had local shareholders to own land in the country.
"If foreign companies had local shareholders they would be able to own land in
the country and we would not like to undervalue a company because it will depend
on the company and the Malawian," said Maloya.
The policy, passed by a cabinet committee and is yet to go through parliament
later this year, covers a wide range of issues from ownership to inheritance
laws, and from land use to the development of customary land.
The policy says non-citizens currently in possession of freehold estates in
Malawi will, in seven years following the coming into effect of this policy,
obtain Malawian citizenship in order to retain their free ownership.
The majority of Malawi's tea, coffee, sugar and tobacco estates are foreign
-owned and there are fears that if ownership is changed from freehold to
leasehold, banks could withdraw loans.
Since September, when government released the draft policy for debate, a cross
section of civil society, including the donors have focused on the prohibition
of foreign ownwership with some saying that it is an infringement of a
constitutional right.
Rafiq Hajat director of Policy Interaction, an NGO formed soon after the draft
land policy was released, said that under section 28 of the Constitution that
every person will be able to acquire property alone or in association with
others.
"Section 2 of the same section says no person shall be arbitraly deprived of
property," he said.
Also commenting on the draft policy, the British government's Department for
International Development (DFID) summed up the common view when it told a United
Nations news agency that "the devil will be in the detail."
"There have been concerns but as long as the discussion is going on in an open
way, and it has been encouraging how discussions have taken place so far, then
it should be fine," said Harry Potter, a DFID senior official.
Some years ago, squateers encrouched some estates in Thyolo
Malawi has one of the highest densities in Africa at 170 inhabitants per square
kilometer.


*****

Japan to Support Rural Electrification Project

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 3, 2002
Posted to the web January 2, 2002
Frank Phiri
Blantyre
The government has said that it will implement the Fifth phase of its rural
electrification project with financial support from the Japanese government.
Harry Thomson, Environmental Affairs minister disclosed to Daily Times at
Kapichira power station in Chikwawa this week that the government hopes to speed
up the electricity penetration rate in rural areas and reduce the 10 year period
frame set to achieve this target through the implementation of the Fifth phase.
Thomson who could not say how much the Japanese government would provide for the
new phase, said there are indications that the government will achieve the
projected 10 per cent electricity access to households in the country much
earlier than in the projected 10 years.
"We've made fantastic progress with Phase Four of the project as evidenced by
the fact that most focal points in remote parts of the country have been
connected. Japan
"What remains is to connect the electricity to households from the focal points
and this is where the problem is because it seems that most of the households
are not ready with their connections," Thomson said.
He said that the Phase Four of the rural electrification project has cost the
government up to K430 million, but pointed out that the electricity penetration
in the country was still drastically low.
"Electricity access in the country is currently standing at 4 per cent, and out
of this rural penetration is still below one per cent and we want to improve the
situation to give access to everyone," the minister said.
He disclosed that government was also seriously considering exploiting other
sources of electricity generation such as coal and solar in the wake of
continued environmental degradation along the country's key hydro electricity
generation source, Shire river which is leading to perrennial black outs in the
country.
"Deforastation and environmental degradation along the Shire and other rivers is
continuing in general continue at an alarming and endangering our hydro
electricity. We're therefore seriosly considering other available generation
sources such as coal and the sun, despite their high cost to acquire," he said.

*****

DPP to Prosecute Dedza Cops

Daily Times (Blantyre)
December 27, 2001
Posted to the web December 27, 2001
Mc Donald Chapalapata
Blantre
POLICE have finally handed over the file of three policemen from Dedza Police
Station for prosecution for assaulting and causing bodily harm to a young woman,
six months after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ordered for their
prosecution.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Anaclet Kandodo said at a meeting between
senior police officers and the Ombudsman in Mangochi recently that the file has
now been handed over to the DPP chambers for prosecution.
"Everything has been sorted out and I can now confirm that the file is now with
the DPP for prosecution," said Kandodo.
He, however, could not say whether the policeman, Francis Chikaonda and two
others were arrested and charged as per DPP instructions.
Chikaonda and the other two policemen beat up and injured 20-year-old Ruth
Msiska when she had gone to the police station to record a statement after her
neighbour complained to them that Msiska had poured water in his yard early last
year.
Msiska complained to the Ombudsman Enock Chibwana who recommended to the DPP
that the three cops be prosecuted.
Police spokesperson Oliver Soko could not say whether, as a result of the
prosecution, the three cops have been interdicted or suspended pending the
outcome of the case.
"I can confirm that the matter is with the DPP and I cannot comment further than
that," said Soko.
The DPP, Fahad Assani said he was not aware whether the file has been handed
over to his office since he assigned the case to one of the lawyers in his
chambers.
Senior State Advocate Mary Phikiso, who is the lawyer handling the case, could
not be reached for comment.
Police were reluctant to effect orders from the DPP to arrest and charge the
three cops for almost five months.
Soko told Daily Times in October, this year that the case was 'isolated' and was
quick to 'disassociate the police service from acts potrayed by the three
policemen'
He also said the police were not taking action fast enough because the Inspector
General, who was supposed to direct the Commissioner of Police for Central
region to look into the matter, is a very busy man who looks at national issues
concerning the security of the country'.


*****

Prisoners Fight for Christmas

Daily Times (Blantyre)
December 27, 2001
Posted to the web December 27, 2001
Times Reporter
Zomba
Prisoners at Zomba Maximum Security Prison assaulted cooks and threatened to
bolt demanding better food for Christmas when they were served with nsima (pulp)
and pigeon peas (khobwe) for lunch on Christmas eve, Daily Times has learnt.
An inside source disclosed Tuesday that about five cooks were assaulted during
the incident.
However, Prisons Public Relations Officer Assistant Commissioner Tobias Nowa
yesterday only confirmed that the prisoners were served with khobwe but they
violently demanded beans.
"Prisoners are just like that. The issue was sorted out amicably by giving them
beans, and they were served with fish on Christmas Day. Every Christmas,
prisoners across the country are given special food.
Nowa denied that cooks were assaulted saying the situation was contained and
that the prisoners never threatened to bolt.
"They queried with cooks while shouting on top of their voices but the situation
is normal now," Nowa said.
An inside source told Daily Times that the prisoners assaulted cooks and
threatened to fight warders to make their way out.
"It was a serious threat which was not treated lightly, they were not armed but
they were so determined to do anything. They even insulted armed warders,
advancing towards them making the situation more tense," he said
The source, however, said that officials managed to contain the situation by
convincing the angry prisoners, adding they were given fresh fish on Christmas.


*****

Primary School Exams Out

Daily Times (Blantyre)
December 27, 2001
Posted to the web December 27, 2001
Frank Namangale
Zomba
Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) yesterday released results of the
2001 Primary School Leaving Certificate Examinations (PSLCE) in which 97, 842
candidates have passed representing 71.8 percent passing rate, a drop however of
seven percent as compared to last year.
Maneb Executive Director Matthews Matemba said 5,668 candidates have been
disqualified out of the 136,182 candidates who sat for the examinations.
"The disqualifications are as a result of cheating. Some of them were caught
red-handed with examination materials and some were being assisted by
invigilators," said Matemba, adding that some cheating was detected during
marking of the papers.
He said this year's pass rate is lower than last year's 78.4 percent.
5,106 candidates were disqualified during last year's examinations, according to
Matemba.
The Maneb boss hailed the general public for being aggressive in controlling
cheating.
Matemba said some members of the general public provided information of cheating
by some invigilators to Maneb and Police.
"It's unfortunate that there were some candidates who were caught cheating
despite the tight security," said Matemba.
Maneb is yet to release Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) and the
Malawi Junior Certificate Examinations.


*****

Lecturers Demand for Meeting With Police

Daily Times (Blantyre)
December 20, 2001
Posted to the web December 21, 2001
Mabvuto Banda
Blantyre
THE Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (CCASU) has asked for an urgent
investigation into the killing of a student in Zomba, demanded for an urgent
meeting with police to halt the tensions condemning students who acted violently
during the clashes with police.
Fanikiso Phiri died in hospital after he was shot together with another by armed
police Friday following a confrontation between students and members of
parliament attending training at Chancellor College campus.
Dr Nadine Patel secretary general for the union yesterday told Daily Times that
dialogue is essential and that the real issue has not been covered on how the
whole fight started and that's what the lecturers are attempting to address.
Asked if that will work because police are already preparing to go to court with
the 19 students arrested over the weekend, Patel said the court issue is only
temporarily, "but dialogue is the only long term alternative to the problem."
Reports indicate that students joined in the demonstration by Zomba residents
against the arbitrary arrests and the exorbitant prices of maize before
intimidating the MPs at their campus.
In a press release signed by Patel the lecturers at the Zomba campus are asking
for a meeting to be convened to discuss rules governing public demonstrations.
"An urgent meeting involving representatives of students, academic and
administrative staff, the college administration, the police and district
commissioner to discuss...principles and protocol for police intervention into
potential and actual public disorder," Patel said.
The Union, acting after the college administration decided to close the
University indefinitely to restore calm in the constituent colleges, also
condemned the excessive use of force by police.
"The use of live ammunition by police in the circumstances could in no way be
justified. CCASU also condemns those students who perpetrated acts of violence
and intimidation during those clashes," the press release said.
Phiri was shot in the neck and Lovemore Luhanga was escaped death when a bullet
missed his spine which could have been fatal.
Students in both Zomba and Blantyre went on rampage when news of the death of
their colleague spread.
In Zomba police houses, offices and cars were stoned while in Blantyre the
students demostrated nearly colliding with police again.


*****

International Commission of Jurists Probes Blantyre

Daily Times (Blantyre)
December 21, 2001
Posted to the web December 21, 2001
Mabvuto Banda
Blantyre
The Geneva based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is in the country on
a fact finding mission for possible interventions to stop the harrasment of
judges and assess the rule of law which has sparked unrest in the country since
parliament recommended the removal of three high court judges last month.
ICJ Legal Adviser Linda Besharaty-Movaed said in an exclusive interview on
Wednesday the mission team comprising Commissioner Dr Rajeer Dhavan and South
African Constitutional Judge Justice Johann Kriegler are in the country to
follow up the protest letter they wrote last month to President Bakili Muluzi
concerning the treatment of judges and acess the situation.
"The action to dismiss the judges flies in the face of the 1994 Constitution of
Malawi, the African Charter on Human and People's Rights and the United Nations
basic principles on the independence of the judiciary which recongnise the value
of an independent judiciary as necessary to uphold the rule of law,"
Besharaty-Movaed said.
The Constitution requires that the President consult with the Judicial Service
Commission for the removal of a judge on the grounds of incompetence or
misbehaviour.
The more than 50 year old international NGO for the protection of the rule of
law, has already met a cross section of civil society and the diplomatic
community the two days it has been around.
"We have met a cross section of people to get views among them the donor
community who are very concerned with the situation," Commissioner Dhavan said.
The jurists protested the removal of three Judges by Parliament last month in
writing to the president expressing grave concern about Parliament's
recommendation to remove Justices George Chimasula Phiri, Dunstain Mwaungulu and
Ancaclet Chipeta for alleged misconduct.
"Removing judges for their unfavourable rulings and on unfounded charges of
misconduct leads down a slippery slope to further erosion of human rights and
the rule of law thats why we are here," the ICJ spokesperson said.
Justice Mwaugulu is accused of misconduct because of his opinions on the
internet about the election case while Chipeta and Chimasula Phiri are accused
of favouring opposition in their rulings.
President Muluzi has since acquitted one judge and handed over the other two to
the Judicial Service Commission which adjourned hearing to January next year.
The two university towns of Blantyre and Zomba dissolved into chaos immediately
ruling party MPs moved a motion to impeach the judges. Law students together
with the some members of Malawi Law Society members clashed with police after
parliament ignored a court ruling stopping the House from going ahead with the
recommendation.
The latest clashes left one student dead and another seroulsy injured after
police used live ammunition to quell the protest.


*****

BJ, Chupa Face Murder Charges

Daily Times (Blantyre)
December 20, 2001
Posted to the web December 21, 2001
McDonald Chapalapata
Blantyre
NATIONAL Democratic Alliance (NDA) leader Brown Mpinganjira and his right hand
man Peter Chupa have been summoned to appear before the Ombudsman Enock Chibwana
to answer on the killing of one Charles Waya in 1998 when the two were cabinet
ministers in the ruling party.
The inquiry comes after Elizabeth Waya, sister to the late Charles told a public
inquiry instituted by the Ombudsman last week in Blantyre that a friend to her
late brother said that Waya was murdered by seven boys at Sunnyside in Blantyre
on instructions from Mpinganjira and Chupa.
"Kennedy Kango who was working at Sanjika Palace as a bodyguard told me that he
was present when Waya was killed. My brother was stabbed on the chest and beaten
severly until he died," said Elizabeth.
She said Kango saw five boys carrying a dead body and put it on the back seat of
Mpinganjira's car and dumped it at Manyowe in Blantyre where it is believed to
have been buried.
Mpinganjira and Chupa were powerful cabinet ministers in the UDF government
then.
Elizabeth said Kango revealed that Waya might have been killed because he
divulged a secret about the burnt car belonging to the Malawi Congress Party
(MCP) in Chiradzulu in 1997.
"I was also told that before my brother died, Honourable Chupa told him (Waya)
to coax an MCP member of parliament in Nsanje to join the UDF and that if the
move was successful, he was going to be paid K500,000," said Elizabeth.
She said Kango told her that Waya, who is believed to have been working for
Mpinganjira and Chupa, was pushing for his payment and that is why he was
killed.
Elizabeth also told the inquiry how Waya missed.
"A red car came to our village and a young man who I don't know by name asked
where my brother was and I told him he was at Tayali village where he was
married and he went there to fetch him. We never saw him ever since," narrated a
visibly confused Elizabeth.
She said the following day, Waya's wife told her that her husband went away with
a young man in a red car and he has not returned since. That was the time
Elizabeth started looking for him.
"It was rumoured that he was jailed and was at Chichiri Prison but when I went
there I was told that he was not there. I even cross checked with Impetu Driving
School where he was working and they confirmed to me that he was at large," said
Elizabeth.
She went to complain at Bvumbwe Police where she was referred to Southern Region
Police Headquarters at Chichiri in Blantyre where she met a Mr Kachiwanda.
Kachiwanda is said to have called her at Bvumbwe police to record a statement
and she kept frequenting Bvumbwe police for an update on the whereabouts of Waya
but to no avail.
She said on November 7, 1998, a journalist asked for Waya's photograph and an
article on waya's death appeared in the Malawi News edition of November 14,
1998.
Elizabeth was told by a Police Officer Rice Mafosha that Waya was alive only
that he was out of the country and she insisted that she should go whereever her
brother was to believe that he was alive.
But the authorities could not allow her to travel to the country where Waya was
believed to be residing until the then Director of Public prosecution (DPP)
Kamudoni Nyasulu confirmed to her that Waya was killed.
She contacted Civil Liberties Committee (Cilic) who advised her to contact
Bvumbwe Police Station again where another statement was recorded.
Elizabeth also said a Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Officer Kalua
went to Bvumbwe Police where he recorded her another statement in February this
year.
"I want to know the truth about what happened to my brother because I have
suffered for quite a long time," said Elizabeth.
Chibwana adjourned the inquiry to February 1, 2002 where Mpinganjira, Chupa,
Kango and others are expected to testify.
Ironically, on the same day Mpinganjira will also be testifying in another
matter before the Ombudsman where a niece to the former Official Hostess Cecilia
Tamanda Kadzamira, Beatrice is complaining that she was fired from Polytechnic
as a Lecturer on instructions from Presidential Affairs Minister Dumbo Lemani.
Mpinganjira was Minister of Education then and is said to have fired Kadzamira
on instructions from Lemani.