“Bolivia’s new left-wing government has put a coca grower in charge of the fight against drug trafficking (BBC News). Felipe Caceres was appointed deputy minister for social defence by President Evo Morales – who was once a coca grower himself. Mr Caceres is a former mayor of a town in the coca-growing region of Chapare, and owns a small coca farm there. Coca is used to make cocaine, but also has widespread ceremonial and medical uses in Bolivia.” This all may sound ‘odd’ to some people but take a look at an article from the Catholic Institute for International Research based in London, who know a bit about the reality. Nice profiling of weblogs on their website too.
Experts from Egypt are coming to Bosnia’s Valley of Pyramids..
** News Flash** …the Bosnian Pyramid team have taken down the news about archaeologists from Egypt is taken down from their site pending full confirmation at a meeting with Egyptian archaeologists next week…
The Economic Chamber in the Bosnian Government has just received an offer of help from experienced archaeologists in Egypt. They will be part of the advisory team which will comprise international experts involved with the pyramid.
The archaologists will give practical advice in how to improve the existing programme of exploration, excavation, restoration, and the long term protection of the pyramid complex
The project is developing a growing international standing.
Once excavation activities resume at the Visoko site in April 2006, it will represent the largest geological-archaeological project in Europe in 2006.
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