Beggar thy neighbourBY BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009 8:25AM2009 will be the Year of Africa if Pope Benedict the XVI has his way. Chances are, given the way the global community is now suffering from its greed-infected wounds, he may not have long to wait. |
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