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Mali force only option if talks fail, says Nigeria
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Mali force only option if talks fail, says Nigeria
Thu 23 Aug 2012
Military intervention in northern Mali is inevitable if talks with militant Islamists controlling the area fail, Nigeria's leader has warned. President Goodluck Jonathan said a West African force... (photo: UN / UN)
An oil installation belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company in Odidi, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006. Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported a 4 percent drop in fourth-quarter net profit and a 2 percent decline in sales Thursday, as lower production and the impact from hurricanes Katrina and Rita outweighed the high price of oil.
Attacks   Fuel   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Nigeria		  Sun Sentinel 
Fuel shortages in Nigeria as union attacks subsidy halt
Wed 22 Aug 2012
Nigeria's finance ministry said on Friday it will not pay fuel subsidies to importers currently being investigated for fraud by a presidential committee.... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Hotel Ukraina Moscow  The Daily Telegraph  Thu 16 Aug 2012
Moscow hotels 'world's most expensive'
Moscow’s hotels have been named the world’s most expensive for the eighth year running. Moscow was almost 20 per cent more expensive than anywhere else considered in the... (photo: GFDL / Asguskov)
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Central bank of nigeria  All Africa  Sat 11 Aug 2012
Nigerian Equity Shed N90.43 Billion On Profit Taking
[Daily Trust]Lagos -Pessimistic trading... (photo: Creative Commons / Salam)
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A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack. Reuters Thu 9 Aug 2012
Clinton aide: Nigeria military alone can't beat Islamists
ABUJA (Reuters) - The United States wants to help Nigeria fight Islamists it sees as a growing regional menace, but the country cannot rely on military might alone, an... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Military   Nigeria   Photos   US   Wikipedia: December 2011 Nigeria bombings
Skateboard. Huffington Post Thu 9 Aug 2012
Skateboarding Goat, 'Happie,' Sets Guinness World Record (VIDEO)
Happie, a Nigerian dwarf cross goat named "Happie" has reason to be just that after earning a Guinness World Record for skateboarding.... (photo: Public Domain / Ncapamaggio)
Guinness World Record   Nigeria   Photos   Skateboarding   Wikipedia: Guinness World Records
Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard during the handover of a Swiss female hostage for transport by helicopter to neighboring Burkina Faso, at a designated rendezvous point in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Al Jazeera Thu 9 Aug 2012
UN chief urges sanctions on Mali rebels
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has called for sanctions against fighters who have taken over northern Mali. The UN chief asked the security council on... (photo: AP)
Africa   Mali   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état
File - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nelson Perkins, with the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 137th Infantry Regiment, draws lines in the dirt to show a Djibouti National Army (DNA) soldier his sector of fire during infantry skills training in Alioune, Djibouti, Feb. 1, 2011. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wed 8 Aug 2012
Beware intervention in Africa
It is arguable whether Africa's problems have become more or less severe over the past four years. It is also arguable whether the increasing militarization of U.S.... (photo: USAF / Master Sgt. Dawn M. Price)
Africa   Defence   Photos   US   Wikipedia: United States Africa Command
Jerry John Rawlings Joy Online Tue 7 Aug 2012
A President Mills in J J Rawlings’ Ghana!
When news of Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills’ unexpected demise hit my ears, shock and disbelief boomeranged through my body from hair to toe. My reaction was so... (photo: Creative Commons / Pruneau)
Ghana   Photos   Politics   President   Wikipedia: Jerry Rawlings
Japan's Keisuke Honda waits for the start of the World Cup group E soccer match between Denmark and Japan at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 24, 2010. The Guardian Mon 6 Aug 2012
Will London 2012 be the moment that Asian football overhauls Africa?
While several different African nations have had occasional success since Nigeria's Olympic triumph in 1996, the rise of Japan and South Korea has an inexorable feel to... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarv)
2012 Olympic Games   Africa   Asia   Football   Photos   Wikipedia: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics


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