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Daily News… CHINA PILLAGES AFRICA LIKE OLD COLONIALISTS: JANE GOODALL China is exploiting Africa’s resources just like European colonisers did, with disastrous effects for the environment, acclaimed primatologist Jane Goodall has told AFP. On the eve of her 80th birthday, the fiery British wildlife crusader is whizzing across the world giving a series of lectures on the threats to our planet. And the rising world power’s involvement on the continent especially raises alarms when it comes to her beloved chimpanzees and wildlife habitats. During the last decade China has been investing heavily in African natural resources, developing mines, oil wells and running related construction companies. Activists accuse Chinese firms of paying little attention to the environmental impact of their race for resources. «In Africa, China is merely doing what the colonialist did. They want raw materials for their economic growth, just as the colonialists were going into Africa and taking the natural resources, leaving people poorer,» she told AFP in an interview in Johannesburg. The stakes for the environment may even be larger this time round, she warns. «China is bigger, and the technology has improved... It is a disaster.» Other than massive investment in Africa’s mines, China is also a big market for elephant tusks and rhino horn, which has driven poaching of these animals to alarming heights. But Goodall, who rose to fame through her ground-breaking research on chimpanzees in Tanzania, is optimistic. «I do believe China is changing,» she said, citing as one example Beijing’s recent destruction of illegal ivory stockpiles. «I think 10 years ago, even with international pressure, we would never have had an ivory crush. But they have,» she added. «I think 10 years ago the government would never have banned shark fin soup on official occasions. But they have.»
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International News… BARBADOS-QUAKE A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Tuesday in the Caribbean near the island of Barbados, the US Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 0927 GMT about 170 kilometers (106 miles) north-northeast of the town of Bathsheba on Barbados. It struck at a depth of 16.9 kilometers (10.5 miles). There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Daily Nation newspaper said people called radio stations to report the quake. According to Barbados Today, residents in parts of the island were «literally shaken out of their sleep.» The quake was also felt in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
TOM FORD PAYS TRIBUTE TO JAY-Z US designer Tom Ford paid tribute to Jay-Z at his London Fashion Week show on Monday by including a sequinned version of the rapper’s Tom Ford 61 football jersey in his collection of evening wear. Amid an elegant, luxurious range of fur coats and velvet and cashmere dresses, Ford included two glittering shift dresses, one in black and the other in a rusty orange. Worn with stiletto boots and a leather trim, they both bore the words Tom Ford 61 and Molly, crossed out, on the front and back in white sequins. It was a knock-off of the jersey Jay-Z has worn while performing his tribute song «Tom Ford».
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