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From: Frank A. Coluccio	10/22/2006 3:48:27 AM
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Seeing Red in Product Red By DAN MITCHELL October 21, 2006 NOT since the days of khaki colonialism has buying Africa been so sexy, so fashionable,” wrote Richard Kim this week on The Notion, the blog run by The Nation magazine. (thenation.com) nytimes.com ------ Extracted from the article above: Africa's Poor Had The Best Week Ever Richard Kim 10/15/2006 Africa's poor had, like, the best week ever. Not since the days of khaki colonialism has buying Africa been so sexy, so fashionable. Early last week, Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie swooped into the village of Mphandula in Malawi and adopted 13-month old David Banda. Price tag for this celebrity accessory du jour: $3 million to anti-poverty programs and $1 million to produce a documentary on the plight of Malawi's children, one million of whom are AIDS orphans (though little David is not, his father is very much alive and planned to reclaim the child until the Material Girl made an offer). Continued at: thenation.com ------

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