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In our weeklong series World of Weddings, we sent a team of correspondents around the globe to witness unique ceremonies and under af1 stand what marriage means in different cultures. In our third report, we take you to South Africa, where as recently as the 1980s mixed-race marriages were illegal under apartheid.Two worlds collided as the Maselas and the Daltons came together in Pretoria, South Africa, for the marriage of their children Mante and Andrew. Once outlawed and punishable by prison, celebrating love across racial and cultural barriers would have been unimaginable in apartheid South Africa.Although apartheid is over, weddings like Mante and Andrew s are still the exception to the norm, CBS News correspondent Debora Patta reports. My grandmother, who unfortunately isn t here to this day, she was more excited than anyone else becaus nike dunk low e she s like, This is exactly what Nelson Mandela fought for, said the bride, Mante Maselas. Mante is Pedi, one of South Africa s many ethnic groups, and Andrew s family is from England. The families gathered to negot adidas originals hamburg iate a bride price known as lobola, traditionally a means to cement ties between two families. Lobola is a centuries-old tradition that used to be paid in cattle, but that s a little complicated in modern times. At first I was a little bit skeptical because obviously, again, something s new to me, but you have to go in with an open mind and you have to respect the culture and the family, Andrew said. And at the end of the d Usng Asteroids hitting Earth more often than previously thought, ex-NASA astronauts group says
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement that Bush has responded affirmatively to Kosovo s request to establish diplomatic relations. The establishment of these relations will reaffirm the special ties of friendship that have linked together the people of the United States and Kosovo, the statement said.Rice welcomed the commitments Kosovo made in its declaration of independence to implement a United Nations-backed plan, to embrace multi-ethnicity as a fundamental principle of good governance, and to welcome a period of international supervision. The unusual combination of factors found in the Kosovo situation -- including the context of Yugoslavia s breakup, the history of ethnic cleansing and crimes against civilians in Kosovo, and the extended period of U.N. administ stanley cup usa ration -- are not found elsewhere and therefore make Kosovo a special case, she said. Kosovo cannot be see stanley cup n as a precedent for any other situatio stanley quencher n in the world today. Earlier, Bush, touring Tanzania, declared that the Kosovars are now independent. Kosovo s ethnic Albanian leadership announced its independence from Serbia over the weekend, and suspense gripped the province on Monday as its citizens awaited key backing from the United States and key European powers.By appealing directly to the U.S. and other nations for recognition, Kosovo s independence set up a showdown with Serbia - outraged at the imminent loss of its territory - and Russia.Serbia recalled its ambassador to th
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Katitika, Kenya ndash;The worst outbrea adidas samba k of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the bugs swarm into the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia. Those two countries have not had an infestation like this in a quarter-century, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region with devastating hunger. Even cows are wondering what is happening, said Ndunda Makanga, who spent hours Friday trying to chase the locusts from his nike dunk farm. Corn, sorghum, cowpeas, they have eaten everything. Even a small swarm of the insects can consume enough food for 35,000 people in a single day, said Jens Laerke of the U.N. humanitarian office in Geneva. About 70,000 hectares ndash; 172,973 acres ndash; of land in Kenya are already infested. A single swarm can contain up to 150 million locusts per square kilometer of farmland ndash; an area the size of almost 250 football fields, authorities say. We must act immediately, said David Phiri of the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization, as donors huddled in Kenya s capital, Nairobi, a three-hour drive away. Locusts swarm acros a dunk pand highway at Lerata village, near Archers Post in Samburu county, approximately 300 kilomters 186 miles north of kenyan capital, Nairobi on January 22, 2020. TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images About $70 million is needed to step up aerial pesticide spraying, the o Flci 100.4 degree Arctic temperature record confirmed as study suggests Earth is warmest in at least 12,000 years
AP Photo/Manish Swarup stanley flask A Tibetan man screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi, March 26, 2012. AP/Freetibet.org stanley bottles Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, runs after setting himself on fire on the main street in Xiahe in northwestern China s Gansu province, Oct. 23, 2012. International Campaign for Tibet Dorje Rinchen lays on the ground after setting himself on fire in Xiahe in northwestern China s Gansu province, Oct. 23, 2012. Inter stanley cup national Campaign for Tibet Chinese troops surround Dorje Rinchen as he lays on the ground after setting himself on fire in Xiahe, Gansu province, China, Oct. 23, 2012. International Campaign for Tibet Chinese troops surround Dorje Rinchen as he lays on the ground after setting himself on fire in Xiahe, Gansu province, China, Oct. 23, 2012. Getty The coffin of Jamph
In our weeklong series World of Weddings, we sent a team of correspondents around the globe to witness unique ceremonies and under af1 stand what marriage means in different cultures. In our third report, we take you to South Africa, where as recently as the 1980s mixed-race marriages were illegal under apartheid.Two worlds collided as the Maselas and the Daltons came together in Pretoria, South Africa, for the marriage of their children Mante and Andrew. Once outlawed and punishable by prison, celebrating love across racial and cultural barriers would have been unimaginable in apartheid South Africa.Although apartheid is over, weddings like Mante and Andrew s are still the exception to the norm, CBS News correspondent Debora Patta reports. My grandmother, who unfortunately isn t here to this day, she was more excited than anyone else becaus nike dunk low e she s like, This is exactly what Nelson Mandela fought for, said the bride, Mante Maselas. Mante is Pedi, one of South Africa s many ethnic groups, and Andrew s family is from England. The families gathered to negot adidas originals hamburg iate a bride price known as lobola, traditionally a means to cement ties between two families. Lobola is a centuries-old tradition that used to be paid in cattle, but that s a little complicated in modern times. At first I was a little bit skeptical because obviously, again, something s new to me, but you have to go in with an open mind and you have to respect the culture and the family, Andrew said. And at the end of the d Usng Asteroids hitting Earth more often than previously thought, ex-NASA astronauts group says
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement that Bush has responded affirmatively to Kosovo s request to establish diplomatic relations. The establishment of these relations will reaffirm the special ties of friendship that have linked together the people of the United States and Kosovo, the statement said.Rice welcomed the commitments Kosovo made in its declaration of independence to implement a United Nations-backed plan, to embrace multi-ethnicity as a fundamental principle of good governance, and to welcome a period of international supervision. The unusual combination of factors found in the Kosovo situation -- including the context of Yugoslavia s breakup, the history of ethnic cleansing and crimes against civilians in Kosovo, and the extended period of U.N. administ stanley cup usa ration -- are not found elsewhere and therefore make Kosovo a special case, she said. Kosovo cannot be see stanley cup n as a precedent for any other situatio stanley quencher n in the world today. Earlier, Bush, touring Tanzania, declared that the Kosovars are now independent. Kosovo s ethnic Albanian leadership announced its independence from Serbia over the weekend, and suspense gripped the province on Monday as its citizens awaited key backing from the United States and key European powers.By appealing directly to the U.S. and other nations for recognition, Kosovo s independence set up a showdown with Serbia - outraged at the imminent loss of its territory - and Russia.Serbia recalled its ambassador to th
Ylap Martti Ahtisaari Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Katitika, Kenya ndash;The worst outbrea adidas samba k of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the bugs swarm into the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia. Those two countries have not had an infestation like this in a quarter-century, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region with devastating hunger. Even cows are wondering what is happening, said Ndunda Makanga, who spent hours Friday trying to chase the locusts from his nike dunk farm. Corn, sorghum, cowpeas, they have eaten everything. Even a small swarm of the insects can consume enough food for 35,000 people in a single day, said Jens Laerke of the U.N. humanitarian office in Geneva. About 70,000 hectares ndash; 172,973 acres ndash; of land in Kenya are already infested. A single swarm can contain up to 150 million locusts per square kilometer of farmland ndash; an area the size of almost 250 football fields, authorities say. We must act immediately, said David Phiri of the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization, as donors huddled in Kenya s capital, Nairobi, a three-hour drive away. Locusts swarm acros a dunk pand highway at Lerata village, near Archers Post in Samburu county, approximately 300 kilomters 186 miles north of kenyan capital, Nairobi on January 22, 2020. TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images About $70 million is needed to step up aerial pesticide spraying, the o Flci 100.4 degree Arctic temperature record confirmed as study suggests Earth is warmest in at least 12,000 years
AP Photo/Manish Swarup stanley flask A Tibetan man screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi, March 26, 2012. AP/Freetibet.org stanley bottles Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, runs after setting himself on fire on the main street in Xiahe in northwestern China s Gansu province, Oct. 23, 2012. International Campaign for Tibet Dorje Rinchen lays on the ground after setting himself on fire in Xiahe in northwestern China s Gansu province, Oct. 23, 2012. Inter stanley cup national Campaign for Tibet Chinese troops surround Dorje Rinchen as he lays on the ground after setting himself on fire in Xiahe, Gansu province, China, Oct. 23, 2012. International Campaign for Tibet Chinese troops surround Dorje Rinchen as he lays on the ground after setting himself on fire in Xiahe, Gansu province, China, Oct. 23, 2012. Getty The coffin of Jamph
