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THOUSANDS IN ZAMBIA TO VIEW TOTAL ECLIPSE.(NEWS)
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The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
| Date:
June 21, 2001
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Byline: Associated Press
LUSAKA, Zambia -- Thousands of tourists, scientists and new age mystics gathered in Zambia on Thursday to watch the first total solar eclipse of the new millennium sweep across southern Africa.
Eclipse day was declared a national holiday. Hotels were fully booked in Lusaka, the only capital within the eclipse band. Farmers in the eclipse path rented out land for makeshift campsites.
''This is a big event for Zambia,'' said A...
