Whether it is Montebello for the Three Amigos summit, Brussels for a NATO heads of state meeting, or, this week, Kampala for the Commonwealth Heads of Government, a large multinational meeting can be a big headache for the local population. Roads and facilities here are shut down for security purposes ... more »
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Thursday, November 22
Nice to Entebbe to Kampala
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DavidAkin
on Thu 22 Nov 2007 02:21 PM EST
Hello from Nice, France
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DavidAkin
on Thu 22 Nov 2007 12:25 AM EST
Nice, I'm told, is a wonderful place to visit. Sadly, I won't get to see
much of it. It's 5 a.m. here and raining. We are in a holding room at the
airport while the Prime Minister's plane gets gassed up for the final 7-hour
ride to Uganda and the ... more »
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The Canadian Forces Polaris carrying the Prime Minister, his aides, and reporters to the Commonwealth Summit left Nice, France after refueling just before 7 a.m. local time and we landed at Entebbe, Uganda around 4 pm local time. (left)We’d left the first snowfall of the year 18 hours earlier ... 
