ah, here they are:
Scientists: Fissure Could Become New Ocean (Ethiopia)
news.yahoo.com | Sat Dec 10,12:45 AM ET | By ANTHONY MITCHELL
Posted on 12/10/2005 6:36:33 PM EST by Esther Ruth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537997/posts
Africa's New Ocean: A Continent Splits Apart
Spiegel | 03/15/2006 | Axel Bojanowski
Posted on 03/15/2006 10:15:27 AM EST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1596734/posts
Evidence of Plate Tectonics - East African Rift Spreading
www.livescience.com | 19 July 2006 | Sara Goudarzi
Posted on 07/19/2006 3:39:07 PM EDT by 2nsdammit
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668655/posts
Geez, I thought I had a first here.....oh well.