| BBC News | AFRICA | The story eclipsing all others in Angola (819 words) |
 | Sumbe's tiny airport had been painted pink for the occasion. |
| Sumbe's dusty suburbs gave way to a beachfront that looked like something out of a jetsetter cigarette advert, with new hotels, bars and restaurants along the palm-lined beach, and a cruise ship out in the bay. |
| And there's another eclipse heading this way in December 2002, but whether Sumbe will be able even to half-fill all its new hotels between now and then is much less certain. |
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