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17th February 2001	The world turns By Jim McCoin There was an interesting program on C Span yesterday the Anerican Conservative Forum gave Chief Butelezi an award for his efforts to keep peace in South Africa and end appartide (spelling?). Also for keeping the Zulu people part of South Africa , he gave a speach refering to himself as Inkosi Butelezi ,he's a direct decendent of Shaka . He briefly talked about his grandfathers ,Cetshwayo,war with the British. Charlton Heston gave him a very nice looking flintlock rifle as part of the award.
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17th February 2001	Peter Critchley Jim, was that actually dated from yesterday or even recently or was it referring back some time? It's interesting that this happened, were there any other notable figures there? Peter
17th February 2001	Jim McCoin Peter It was being broadcast live , the only other person I recognized was Wayne La Pierre, president of the N R A . C Span broadcasts things happening in the Senate or Congress, it's hard to know what you will find when you turn it on. Jim
17th February 2001	Peter Critchley Thanks Jim, they don't tell us these things in the UK! Peter