Sherry: By now I suspect you already know that Guinea-Bissau IS actually its own country,...small as it is..... Just recently read in an on-line article that the country is so poor that they didn't even have firetrucks &/or ambulances to tackle emergencies. - A Portuguese speaking group in MA donated a couple of used/surplus firetrucks & an ambulance upon hearin of their dire needs. - BTW: ...also read tha Whoopie Goldberg has had here DNA read-out as being from the _Papels_ of Guinea-Bissau. -- Would be nice if she could go over there on some sort of promotional/humanitarian mission for those various diverse ethnic citizens;...bu alast I've heard that she "doesn't fly". --- West Side of SFBay: M.J. ivory