Bebe, who lives in the Paris suburb of Griney, sends money home to Kasai via Western Union.

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Neither prostates nor the smaller 10, 000 new zaire notes will get you far in the diamond-rich province of East Kasai.

ECONOMIST: Zaire

One theory scientists have put forward to explain this, Kasai said, is that the virus could replicate more rapidly in young, healthy cells.

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He gave contradictory messages this week, at first dismissing Mr Tshisekedi as irrelevant and then making an arrangement with his party in East Kasai.

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In central Zaire, the powerful Baluba, whose home is the diamond-rich area in East Kasai, are happy to see Mr Kabila now but will be subservient to nobody in the longer term.

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Kasai noted that one of the ways that H1N1 differs from seasonal flu and other pandemics is that it seems to affect young adults more severely, in addition to traditionally high-risk populations like children and the elderly.

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Like this one by Kasai All Stars.

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The top 10 ski jumpers had already pre-qualified and did not have to jump but Japan's Noriaki Kasai was the leading qualifier and he will join 39 other qualifiers in the competition proper at 1130 on Saturday (1930 GMT).

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