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Bushmen forced out of Kalahari
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THE United Nations yesterday condemned the forced removal of the
last Bushmen from the Central Kalahari game reserve, the only
remaining place where they were able to practise their original way
of life.
The UN's condemnation of the Botswana government's "discriminatory
practices" against the minority Bushmen - southern Africa's original
inhabitants - and the "dispossession of their traditional lands" came
on the same day as the country's wildlife minister accused
researchers and tour...
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Bushmen forced out of Kalahari
The Scotsman
; THE United Nations yesterday condemned the forced removal of the last Bushmen from the Central Kalahari game reserve, the only remaining place where they were able to practise their original way of life. The UN's condemnation of the Botswana government's "discriminatory practices" against the
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BUSHMEN'S PLEA Don't send us to the Place of Death
The Sunday Telegraph London
; Our Government continues to play its bizarre role in one of the world's most poignant and symbolic tragedies, as revealed last week in the House of Lords. The Botswanan government is forcibly evicting around 700 bushmen, the last who remain in the wild, from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Since
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Iman forced into fracas.(De Beers LV spokeswoman investigates Survival International claims of Botswana bushmen resettlement)
WWD
; PARIS -- Iman has become the focal point in a disagreement between De Beers and Survival International, a London-based charity. The businesswoman, former supermodel and recently appointed spokeswoman for De Beers LV, has been approached by Survival International to champion the cause of the Bushmen
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Bushmen give cause to celebrate Sir Laurens's birthday
The Sunday Telegraph London
; ... return to their homeland, after the longest court case in the country's history (made possible by Survival International). Last Wednesday, December 13, when the news came through, would have been van der Post's 100th birthday. What a birthday present.
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 "The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Bushmen pushed from tribal reserve to assimilation in Botswana.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
; Byline: Andrew Maykuth METSIAMANONG, Botswana _ Thousands of Bushmen once called the Central Kalahari Game Reserve their home, residing in remote villages far from the curious eyes of the modern world but close to the wild game upon which they and their ancestors survived. Now fewer than three
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NGO attacks industry over Bushmen. (Diamond Notes).
Jewelers Circular Keystone
; Another human rights group is taking swipes at the diamond industry, this time charging that diamond reserves are uprooting the Bushmen of Botswana. Survival International, which describes itself as a worldwide organization supporting tribal people, has run ads about the forced removal of the
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Bushmen pushed out of Kalahari, into modern society
Sunday Gazette-Mail
; METSIAMANONG, Botswana - Thousands of Bushmen once called the Central Kalahari Game Reserve their home, residing in remote villages far from the curious eyes of the modern world but close to the wild game upon which they and their ancestors survived. Now fewer than three dozen Kalahari Bushmen
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Mr Darcy is backing the Bushmen; LONDONER'S DIARY.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; COLIN FIRTH was among celebrities at Grosvenor House on Saturday to raise money for Survival International at the Bushmen Aren't Forever Dinner. Although something of a party pooper as Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, and a bit of a stick in the mud as Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones's boyfriend, he was
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 "The Mercury (South Africa)")
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Activists welcome ruling on Bushmen land.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa)
; BYLINE: Hans Pienaar The stronger than elsewhere resistance in Africa to granting the right to self-determination to indigenous people will be |undermined by a Botswana court decision to reverse the|expulsion of 3 000 Bushmen from their ancestral land. This view was expressed by activists for the
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Bushmen pushed from tribal reserve to assimilation in Botswana.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; METSIAMANONG, Botswana _ Thousands of Bushmen once called the Central Kalahari Game Reserve their home, residing in remote villages far from the curious eyes of the modern world but close to the wild game upon which they and their ancestors survived. Now fewer than three dozen Kalahari Bushmen
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