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Kamina

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kamina , city (1984 pop. 171,008), Katanga province, S Congo (Kinshasa). It is an administrative and transportation center. A major military airfield is located there. Kamina was used by the Belgians as a center for interventionist actions in the early months of the Congo's independence (1960). It later served as a center for UN operations during the crisis caused by the secession (1960-63) of Katanga. Author not available, KAMINA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Democratic Republic of the Congo
...Mweru (situated on the border with Zambia). In addition to Kinshasa, the major urban areas include Boma , Bukavu , Kalemie , Kamina , Kananga , Kisangani , Kolwezi , Likasi , Lubumbashi , Matadi , Mbandaka , and Mbuji-Mayi . The population of Congo comprises... Read more

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	With Talks Looming, Zaire Rebels Advance ; ...Congo-Zaire, claimed to have moved into Kamina, a rail hub in the southern province of...agencies reported. About 270 miles south of Kamina, Lubumbashi is at the heart of Zaire's...Lubumbashi is proceeding on two fronts: from Kamina, due north, and from Kasenga, about 125... Read more
	Zairian rebels seize strategic rail hub Force within reach of 2nd-largest city as military puts up lttle fight ; ...Congo-Zaire, claimed to have moved into Kamina, a rail hub in the southern province of...agencies reported. About 270 miles south of Kamina, Lubumbashi is at the heart of Zaire's...Lubumbashi is proceeding on two fronts: from Kamina, due north, and from Kasenga, about 125... Read more
	Defense Dept. Seeks to Renovate Base in Zaire;Formal Access Pact Needed for Planned Major U.S. Facility for Central, Southern Africa ; ...military has used the sprawling base at Kamina in conducting unpublicized joint exercises...large U.S. financial commitment to the Kamina base. His attitude about a formal access...known. One Pentagon official called the Kamina facility "a very formidable base" and... Read more
	Library Program to Strengthen Community ; Newsome-Young, Kamina Washington Informer 05-15-2002 The Greater Washington College Information Center has opened a satellite site at the Washington... Read more
	The axeman cometh. (S.G. Warburg layoffs) ; ...missive was faxed on August 24th by Yoichi Kamina, then head of Japanese domestic equity...his regular weekly market commentary, Mr Kamina stunned Japan's biggest life insurers...including Japanese working under him. Mr Kamina, a respected veteran of the securities... Read more
	Gym teachers changing the grade ; Dundee Crown High School sophomore Kamina Jamison builds her arm muscles in the excel gym class to help her swim team performance. The class is geared toward improving students... Read more
	U.S. Joining Zaire Exercise; Pentagon Eyes Use Of Isolated Air Base ; ...the Zairian air base. The air base is at Kamina in Shaba Province. It is the installation...and having two 10,000-foot runways, the Kamina base is being eyed by the Pentagon as...region. Another possible U.S. need for Kamina, these sources said, would be in case... Read more
	French author claims something fishy about Disney's 'Nemo' ; ...plagiarized from his 1995 creation Pierrot Le Poisson Clown. Pascal Kamina, a copyrights lawyer representing the author, Franck Le Calvez...even if the scenarios then become different," Le Calvez said. Kamina, who admitted that the film was finished by the time Le Calvez... Read more
	Upset French author says 'Nemo' is in hot water ; ...creation "Pierrot Le Poisson Clown." Pascal Kamina, a copyright lawyer representing Franck...swallowed up by Liona, the scorpion fish. Kamina, who acknowledged the film was finished...unleashed a storm at the worldwide box office. Kamina speculated that the "Nemo" idea probably... Read more
	On this day in . . .(Sports) ; 1983 Apprentice Lee Jones brings Ra Nova home three lengths clear of Nicky Dawe on Lady Kamina in Lingfield's mile-and-a-quarter handicap. But it was as a hurdler that Ra Nova put the name of Nan Kennedy, his trainer, on the... Read more

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