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MAYOR BLOOMBERG DELIVERS EULOGY AT FUNERAL SERVICE FOR TERENCE D. TOLBERT
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The office of the New York City Mayor issued the following press release:
The following is Mayor Bloomberg's eulogy as delivered:
"Freida, Carolyn, and all the family, thank you for the opportunity to say a few words. You know, Terence could always fill a room anywhere, anytime and he's done it again here, one last time. This is a crowd that he would have loved: his family, his friends, co-workers, a distinguished group of elected officials, dignitaries a mile long from the City, State, and Federal government. What some of you may not know is that you really do have a lot in common: Terence ...
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BURUNDI-POLITICS: PREPARING FOR A NEW ROUND OF PEACE TALKS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...1997 NAIROBI, Aug. 19 (IPS) -- Burundi's government says it is looking forward...Tanzania is orchestrating against it. Burundi's Ambassador in Kenya, Nakaha Stanislas...hosting the Aug. 25 talks to reconcile Burundi's belligerents. "We are aware of the...
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BURUNDI-POLITICS: PRESIDENT HOPEFUL OF NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...1996 NAIROBI, Mar. 20 (IPS) -- Burundi's President Slyvestre Ntibantunganya...rejected claims by opponents that the army in Burundi was blocking efforts by the government...Hutu extremist rebels. "The army in Burundi is not the government," said Ntibantunganya...
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BURUNDI-POLITICS: NEW MEDIATOR IN THE OFFING?
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...Nyerere should stay on as mediator in the Burundi conflict. Media reports here speculate...after the latest round of talks between Burundi's belligerents failed to take off in...Aug. 25. The talks were boycotted by Burundi's strongman, Major Pierre Buyoya...
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BURUNDI-POLITICS: EUROPEAN UNION KEEPS UP THE PRESSURE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...EU) will continue to put pressure on Burundi's feuding politicians to prevent the...head of the European Union Troika to Burundi. "If we relax the pressure, the politicians in Burundi will relax and forget about the process...
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Burundi: IMF and World Bank support US$1.5 billion in debt service relief for Burundi.
M2 Presswire
; ...PRESSWIRE-5 August 2005-WORLD BANK: Burundi: IMF and World Bank support US$1.5 billion in debt service relief for Burundi(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Association (IDA) have agreed that Burundi has taken the steps necessary to reach...
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BURUNDI-POLITICS: MEDIATION UNDER FIRE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...negotiation process aimed at returning Burundi to constitutional rule has been having...various international bodies. But in Burundi, opinions are divided on the suitability...The former ruling Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU), which was toppled by the...
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Burundi Could Experience Rwandan-Style Ethnic Slaughter
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...violence in Rwanda could spread to neighboring Burundi. The ethnic makeup of Burundi is nearly identical to that of Rwanda, and...United Nations and other foreign powers intervene, Burundi could experience the same ethnic slaughter as...
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BURUNDI-POLITICS: EX-TANZANIAN HEAD SEEKS TO REVIVE TALKS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...SALAAM/NAIROBI, Apr. 6 (IPS) -- Burundi's belligerents will meet sometime soon...recognized mediator in the conflict between Burundi's government and rebels from the country...The talks collapsed in August 1997 after Burundi's strongman Major Pierre Buyoya, a...
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BURUNDI: U.N. MOVES SLOWLY ON STANDBY PEACEKEEPERS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...international troops on alert in case Burundi's political and ethnic crisis worsens...more forceful international action in Burundi, but the draft document does not mention...on contingency planning" in case Burundi's tense political truce deteriorates...
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BURUNDI-POLITICS: REBELS ECHO CALL FOR ARMS EMBARGO
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...organization Africa Watch for an arms embargo on Burundi has been echoed here by a Burundian rebel...community should ban weapons sales to Burundi and take similar action against Uganda...here and was minister of transport in Burundi before resigning in 1994, alleged that...
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