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Gabon's President Bongo said dead
AFP ^
| June 7, 2009
Posted on 06/07/2009 7:12:24 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Gabon President Omar Bongo Ondimba, whose reign as Africa's longest-serving leader was overshadowed by allegations of massive corruption, has died aged 73, a source close to the French government said.
Also announced on the Internet site of French weekly newspaper Le Point, Bongo's death was not officially confirmed by either Gabon or France's foreign ministry.
"I was very surprised, like many of my compatriots, to learn of the death of of the Gabonese president via French television," Gabon Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong said in Libreville. "There are procedures: to begin with, the president has a family."
Bongo, who led the former French colony in west Africa since 1967, had officially been in a clinic in Barcelona, Spain for a medical check-up but several sources said he was being treated for advanced cancer.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; bongo; gabon; obituary; ondimba
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I have to study more Geography.
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:14:09 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: netmilsmom
A small country on the West Coast of Africa that has (had?)
lots of oil. A country with a great deal of potential.
To: Free ThinkerNY
In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:20:09 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Free ThinkerNY
President Bongo said dead Is that "Right Said Fred"?
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:21:09 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("Join me or die. Can you do any less?" -Mr. Sparkle)
To: Free ThinkerNY
So...was he one of the”good guys,” or just another one of those lifelong, monkey-man tyrants? Does this event now unleash a bloodgasm of tire-burning, looting and senseless inter-tribal genocide all over Gabon...until the next monkey man climbs to the top of the heap??
To: Free ThinkerNY
Bingo bango bongo I’m so happy in the Congo...
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:23:32 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Aw man. He was great on the Munsters in that one episode:
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:26:18 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:28:26 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Free ThinkerNY
“Omar Bongo Ondimba”
What’s it called when you can re-arrange letters in one phrase to spell another?
All that’s missing is an “h” and an “e” and it spells “Barrack Hussein 0bama!” ;)
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:34:30 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Ok, I am ignorant here, where is Gabon?
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:35:27 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: Free ThinkerNY
Since I don’t know anything about him he was obviously doing a good job. RIP
To: Free ThinkerNY
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06/07/2009 7:37:52 PM PDT
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Vendome
To: Army Air Corps
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06/07/2009 7:39:04 PM PDT
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Vendome
To: Richard Kimball
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06/07/2009 7:39:47 PM PDT
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Vendome
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:40:57 PM PDT
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Redcloak
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
"We closed the restaurant since the announcement," said one employee, adding on condition of anonymity, "People are scared."I spoke to soon, as is usually the case
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:53:06 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("I've conquered my goddam willpower." Don Marquis)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:55:03 PM PDT
by
FastCoyote
(I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
“Massive corruption” in Africa??
Whould’a thunk it?
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posted on
06/07/2009 7:57:55 PM PDT
by
Boiling Pots
(Barack Obama: The final turd George W. Bush laid on America)
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