Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said Thursday the costs of celebrations to mark the Democratic Republic of Congo's 50 years of independence may have been better spent on its needy citizens. The war-torn African nation on Wednesday put on an impressive military parade attended by several kings and heads of state, and UN chief Ban Ki-moon, to mark its June 30, 1960 independence from colonial ruler Belgium. Asked about the display, Leterme told journalists that "seeing the means (used), we...
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