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Article: Omar Bongo.(Omar Bongo, president of ...
The Economist (US);  June 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Omar Bongo Ondimba, president of Gabon, died on ... tourists leave their footprints, was Omar Bongo's. Elephants and buffalo stroll down ... about Gabonese funding of his rival, Jacques Chirac, Mr Bongo once again failed to grasp ...

Article: Gabon leader's death revives debate over France's cozy ties with ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  June 17, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Marquand Staff writer Paris -- The death of Gabonese President Omar Bongo, and the booing of French president Nicolas Sarkozy at his ... to the colonial era contrition policy of his predecessor, Jacques Chirac. Mr. Chirac, who also attended Bongo's funeral, as ...

Article: Omar Bongo's dream for Gabon's capital; Gabon's ...
International Herald Tribune;  September 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... International Herald Tribune 09-15-2009 Omar Bongo's dream for Gabon's capital; Gabon ... The futuristic government palaces on Omar Bongo Triumphal Boulevard, with their flying ... in Nice, and the slums close behind. Omar Bongo, who died in June, envisioned his capital ...

Article: Omar Bongo, 73, led Gabon for 41 years Obituary
International Herald Tribune;  June 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... International Herald Tribune 06-10-2009 Omar Bongo, 73, led Gabon for 41 years Obituary ... NEWS DAKAR, Senegal: -- President Omar Bongo, Africa's longest-entrenched autocrat ... reporting from Madrid. ** CAPTION: Omar Bongo grew wealthy in an oil boom. Photo Credit ...

Article: Omar Bongo and his worldly possessions
New African;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Africa is like a car without petrol" - Omar Bongo, president of Gabon, who died on 8 ... country's long-reigning president, Omar Bongo, died on 8 June after 42 years in power ... Yamous- soukro. And then, there was Omar Bongo. He didn't have any Pope to worry ...

Article: Gabon President Omar Bongo Re-Elected
AP Online;  November 30, 2005 ;     589 words ... ... LIBREVILLE, Gabon Gabon's President Omar Bongo and his wife leave a polling station ... scheduled in Gabon, where 37-year ruler Omar Bongo, facing a splintered opposition, was ... longest-serving ruler, Gabon President Omar Bongo, has been re-elected to another seven ...

Article: Backgrounder: Gabonese President Omar Bongo
Xinhua News Agency;  June 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Backgrounder: Gabonese President Omar Bongo NAIROBI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Gabonese President Omar Bongo has been at the helm of the country for ... Bongo converted to Islam, taking the name Omar Bongo. In the early 1990s, Bongo ended the ...