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Zimbabwe issues $500 mil. note; U.S. dollar key to survival

news.bbc.co.uk — Last week the reserve bank issued a new Zimbabwean banknote - a $500m bill. Its value changes by the day, but a rough estimate of its worth now is about US $50 (£33).

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  • HenkC, on 12/19/2008, -0/+9Mad Mugabe. Flushing Zimbabwe down the drain once he's crapped in his gold toilet.
  • inactive, on 12/20/2008, -0/+1"Africa needs to be responsible for its own problems," says Elliot boldly. "It's about our own mismanagement… we can't blame former colonies like Britain."

    Mad Mugabe is only one of the many reasons Africa has so many troubles. Elliot is one of the few who understand the problem. But Africa is not alone, America, Britain, most of the West, all share the problem of declining personal responsibility. There is always someone else to blame. So many willing to elect a savior who promises a free lunch denied them by others, others whose fault all the problems are.

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