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Article: Mwanawasa's body arrives in Lusaka
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 23, 2008
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Mwanawasa's body arrives in Lusaka
LUSAKA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The body of Zambian late President
Levy Mwanawasa who died in Paris last week arrived in Lusaka on
Saturday, one day earlier than scheduled.
Gross-roots Zambians flooded the Mulungushi International
Conference Center (MICC) in the capital to pay their last respects.
"He instilled disciplines in his ministers and because of this
the country has taken a new direction in terms of development. He
tirelessly fought corruption and brought sanity in the running of
government affairs," said a Zambian worker named Chris Sinkamba.
Advertising agent Grey Simbwende regarded Mwanawasa as "the most
hard-working" of the three presidents in ...