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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nigeria Sun.com http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:47 -0500 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:47 -0500 30 JERUSALEM - Israel has slammed the peace accord between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to form a new unity government in the West Bank and Gaza, saying that peace and Hamas "do not go hand http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305970/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:04:18 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305970/cs/1/ BEIRUT - At least 21 civilians and four soldiers were reported killed Tuesday in an escalated violence across Syria with government forces renewing their assault on Homs, while visiting Russian foreig http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305966/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:41:52 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305966/cs/1/ A municipal official in Russia's Siberia region got the boot after a video popped up on YouTube of his subordinates racing tractors in the streets. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314911/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314911/cs/1/ Maldives - President Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives' first democratically elected head of state, resigned Tuesday after weeks of public protests over his order to arrest a senior judge Abdulla Mohamed, who http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305969/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:44 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305969/cs/1/ Sustainable social development is impossible without a competent state, while genuine democracy is a fundamental condition for developing a state designed to serve public interests. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320992/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:42:47 -0500 (Op-ed) Vladimir Putin http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320992/cs/1/ WASHINGTON - The US has partially waived off sanctions against Myanmar following a series of political reforms in the formerly military ruled South East Asian nation. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305968/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:11 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305968/cs/1/ MANILA - At least 48 people have been killed and scores are missing in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu in the central Philippines Mon http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305967/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:45:55 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305967/cs/1/ LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday unveiled plans to club apprenticeships with higher education to remove the poor class tag often attached to the vocational training programme. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203306350/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:47:00 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203306350/cs/1/ India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Wednesday heaved a sigh of relief after the World Champions won their first One-day International since June last year. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329187/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:04 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329187/cs/1/ Australia's ODI and Twenty20 specialist David Hussey said he is still not giving up the hope of bagging his maiden baggy green. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329177/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329177/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday cleared bowling action of Indian women's team fast bowler Snehal Pradhan. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328984/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328984/cs/1/ Smriti Mehra had a difficult time on the second nine as she finished with a two-over 74 in the opening round of the Thailand Ladies Open golf here Wednesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328284/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:23 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328284/cs/1/ The Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 telecom licences claimed its first casualty as Bahrain-based Batelco Wednesday announced its exit from India, selling its stake in mobile firm STel. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328282/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:21 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328282/cs/1/ A newly-wed couple in a rural area of Pakistan's Islamabad city died of suffocation caused by gas leakage from a room heater, said police. They were married last Sunday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328274/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:13 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328274/cs/1/ A top Chinese policeman, who shot to national fame for leading a popular crackdown on organised crime, has gone on leave under mysterious circumstances amid rumours that he is being investigated for c http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327551/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327551/cs/1/ Two Dutch TV presenters, who had pieces of their flesh surgically removed, cooked and ate them too during a programme, have been told that they will not be prosecuted for cannibalism. For, such an act http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327393/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:11:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327393/cs/1/ China's auto exports hit 849,000 units last year, the highest level seen since the onset of the global financial crisis, data showed Wednesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327391/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:53 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327391/cs/1/ FIFA has ruled that the Iraq national team fielded an ineligible player in an Olympic qualifying match last November, and thus awarded a 3-0 victory to rival United Arab Emirates. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327386/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:44 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327386/cs/1/ Bird hits can be particularly nasty for an airplane, forcing it to land or send it crashing to the ground, often with devastating consequences. Now, fresh research has developed a digitized system wit http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327384/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:34 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327384/cs/1/ German anthropologists have decoded the entire genome sequence of a Denisovan, representative of the extinct Asian group related to Neanderthals, from a finger bone fossil, a study reveals. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327379/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:24 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327379/cs/1/ An undercover policeman chased himself through a British town for over 20 minutes after a CCTV operator reported him as a suspect. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327376/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:18 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327376/cs/1/ Maldives' new President Mohamed Waheed said he would form an all-party national unity government Wednesday, the day calm returned to the capital after weeks of protests that culminated in Mohamed Nash http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326430/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:10 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326430/cs/1/ A new smart phone senses your depression and nudges you to go out with friends, a study reveals. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326428/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:07 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326428/cs/1/ Those with a weakness for sweets can now include cookies and cake in a 600 calorie breakfast menu with some proteins and carbs to shed weight in a pleasurable way and also stay slim. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326423/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326423/cs/1/ Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund advanced to the German Cup semifinals after a confident 4-0 win over fourth division team Holstein Kiel. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203324092/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203324092/cs/1/ Newly-appointed Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed Wednesday announced he would form a coalition government with the participation of all political parties, including former president Mohamed Nasheed' http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323131/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323131/cs/1/ A Pakistani Air Force (PAF) pilot was killed when his trainer jet crashed in Balochistan Wednesday, the authorities said. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323125/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323125/cs/1/ China Wednesday put forth a plan to boost employment during the 2011-15 period, which aims to create 45 million jobs and keep the registered urban unemployment rate within 5 percent. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323101/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:11 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323101/cs/1/ World No.13 Gael Monfils has confirmed he will be in the line-up for France's Davis Cup tie against Canada starting Friday after injuring his knee at a domestic tournament last week. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323097/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323097/cs/1/ The 2013 NBA All-Star game is expected to be held in the fourth largest US city of Houston. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323095/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323095/cs/1/ Actress Jennifer Aniston says she feels sexy when she when she mixes and matches boyfriend Justin Theoux's clothes with her own. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323089/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:13 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323089/cs/1/ A knife-wielding man broke into a school in China, stabbed two students and fled, authorities said Wednesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323088/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:12 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323088/cs/1/ Japan's current account surplus in 2011 fell 43.9 percent, a record drop since 1985, said the government Wednesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323086/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:09 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323086/cs/1/ The Russian Navy will receive at least 10 new Borey class strategic nuclear submarines in line with a revised state armament procurement programme until 2020, Kommersant daily said. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323085/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:08 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323085/cs/1/ South Korea's money supply growth stayed unchanged in December 2011 year due to a base effect, the central bank said Wednesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323084/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:07 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323084/cs/1/ Respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, are the biggest killers of children under five years old. But standard antibiotic therapy, given to children with zinc, improved their chances of sur http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323082/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323082/cs/1/ Magnetic pulses could stamp out neurological disorders such as Parkinson's, depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy and stroke after researchers unravelled how they work to stimulate the brain. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323081/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323081/cs/1/ Some of the world's smallest creatures like snails are in danger of becoming extinct unless climate change models are reworked to save them. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323080/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323080/cs/1/ Russia may spend 346.5 billion rubles (almost $12 billion) on its Glonass satellite navigation system in 2012-20, the Kommersant daily said Wednesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323079/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323079/cs/1/ Singer-actress Christina Aguilera thinks it may be time to meet her estranged father, whom she has not seen for the last 12 years. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323078/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323078/cs/1/ A court in Russia's Far Eastern Amur region convicted two workers of a military plant who covertly manufactured pen guns, a spokesperson for the region's military authority said Wednesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323069/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:07 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323069/cs/1/ German industrial output fell steeper than expected in December, posting the largest drop in three years, official data showed. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323065/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:04 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323065/cs/1/ US job openings increased in December 2011, a positive sign of improving job market, the Labor Department reported. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323062/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323062/cs/1/ A woman was killed when large icicles fell on her head from the roof of a building in this Serbian capital. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323054/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:20:07 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323054/cs/1/ Pippa Middleton, Duchess Catherine's younger sister, is not dating ex-boyfriend George Percy, heir to the Duke of Northumberland, says a source. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322911/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:28 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322911/cs/1/ Naomi Campbell does not consider herself a "supermodel". http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322906/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:10 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322906/cs/1/ French Open champion Li Na of China was forced to quit her first-round match at the WTA Paris Indoor Open. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322905/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322905/cs/1/ Former Dutch footballer Ruud Gullit hopes for a Holland and Germany final at the Euro 2012 Championships in June-July. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322709/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:50:06 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322709/cs/1/ Athletic Club Bilbao coach Marcelo Bielsa admitted his delight shortly after seeing his club qualify for the final of the Copa del Rey football competition. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322707/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322707/cs/1/ Actor Robert Downey Jr and his wife Susan have become proud parents of a son. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322349/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:28 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322349/cs/1/ Four stadiums and several motorway stretches in Poland have been completed for the Euro 2012 football championship in June-July. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322347/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:23 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322347/cs/1/ Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani saw his ancestor Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani's handwritten manuscripts, sitting mat and robe at a museum in Qatar. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322341/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:16 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322341/cs/1/ A man was Wednesday pulled out alive from the rubble of a three-storied building that had collapsed in Lahore two days ago. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322333/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:06 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322333/cs/1/ The key to shedding pounds is cutting down on calories, not carbohydrates or proteins, especially among the overweight with type 2 diabetes, a study reveals. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322330/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322330/cs/1/ Even though the most common language spoken at home by South Africans is Zulu, over 60 percent of pupils have said they would like to study English in schools. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203321182/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50:22 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203321182/cs/1/ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the order to summon him in a contempt of court case, a media report said. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203321179/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50:13 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203321179/cs/1/ The wife of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has confessed in her memoirs about an attempt to commit suicide when she knew she would be arrested for corruption, . http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203321172/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203321172/cs/1/ "When our dear minister tells us there won't be any loadshedding from tomorrow, we're very, very suspicious," said a Pakistani daily after Water and Power Minister Naveed Qamar said outages would stop http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320464/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:20:28 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320464/cs/1/ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed "strong hope" that a shift in power in the Maldives will help quell the violence and tensions the island country has experienced of late, said a UN statement http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320463/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320463/cs/1/ That's a scratch that will cost her dear, and she feared much more. But a woman in China is "relieved" she would have to pay only 188,000 yuan ($29,800) for a tiny-winy scratch her car caused to a Rol http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320214/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320214/cs/1/ Puerto Rico-born Luis Guzman, one of Hollywood's favourite character actors, stars in "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island", which makes its debut Friday, a family adventure that is his first 3D film. He http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319574/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319574/cs/1/ US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tuesday designated Andrew Lorenzen-Strait to be the agency's first public advocate as part of "ongoing detention reform and other enforcement-related initi http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319572/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319572/cs/1/ State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, will "require annual investment and acquisitions" for its operations "exceeding 320 billion pesos (nearly $25.2 billion)" over the next few years, http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319339/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:50:06 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319339/cs/1/ President Barack Obama announced Tuesday an $80 million plan to improve mathematics and science instruction in US public schools as one of his initiatives to revive the economy. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319334/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319334/cs/1/ The number of Spanish firms and individuals declaring bankruptcy rose 13.3 percent last year to 6,755, the highest total since the country's bankruptcy law took effect in 2004, officials said Tuesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319328/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203319328/cs/1/ Many teachers in Britain are fretting and frowning to notice how parents are sending their kids to schools even without toilet-training. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203318061/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:30:05 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203318061/cs/1/ Men wishing to acquire a higher sex drive can benefit by exposing their body to the sun's rays, as a study by Austrian scientists has found sunshine increases level of male sex hormone testosterone. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203316242/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203316242/cs/1/ All 29 Chinese nationals abducted by rebels in Sudan last month have been released after 11 days in captivity, Xinhua reported. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314872/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314872/cs/1/ Pop superstar Lady Gaga has promised to pick fans from the crowd and meet them backstage at her upcoming shows. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314871/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314871/cs/1/ Denzel Washington has revealed how boxing helps him fight off the stress of being an actor. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314863/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314863/cs/1/ At least two people were killed and six others injured in a hand grenade attack in Pakistan's port city of Karachi Tuesday night, police said. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314601/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314601/cs/1/ Actress Anne Hathaway and actor Adam Shulman threw an engagement party for family and friends in New York. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203313752/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:08 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203313752/cs/1/ The foreign ministry of the Netherlands Tuesday recalled its ambassador from Syria, following similar steps by several nations to ramp up pressure against Damascus, Xinhua reported. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203313751/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:06 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203313751/cs/1/ Actress Jennifer Garner says she uses her fame to do as much charity work as possible and make a positive difference in the world. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203313747/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203313747/cs/1/ US Vice President Joe Biden discussed bilateral ties with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a telephone conversation Tuesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203308532/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203308532/cs/1/ Actor Daniel Radcliffe hopes to prove himself with his new movie where he plays a widowed father. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203306474/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203306474/cs/1/ London - Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group Tuesday announced plans to cut 900 jobs as part of wider plans unveiled last year to cull 15,000 posts across the company. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305972/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:13:38 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305972/cs/1/ The Iranian parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to answer questions about his alleged mismanagement of the country's economy, Iranian media reported. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305971/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305971/cs/1/ Actor-director Clint Eastwood has donated the fee he received for his controversial Super Bowl commercial to charity. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305962/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305962/cs/1/ TOKYO - Japan Airlines (JAL) said Tuesday that delivery of first Dreamliner aircraft originally expected by February end would be delayed as Boeing was removing a technical glitch in some of the fue http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305961/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:38 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305961/cs/1/ A court in Abu Dhabi will deliver its verdict March 6 on 10 pirates charged with hijacking MV Arrilah-I ship last April. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305956/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305956/cs/1/ A set of surgical tools once used by a Nazi war criminal will be auctioned in Britain this Saturday and is expected to fetch around 2,000 pounds. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305955/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:10:13 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305955/cs/1/ Britain was bracing itself for another weekend full of snow disruptions Tuesday after forecasters warned of a further wintry blast bringing fresh snowfalls. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305954/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:10:09 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203305954/cs/1/ Tens of thousands of pounds may be spent by the House of Commons to give every British parliamentarian a free iPad tablet computer, as part of a modernisation plan. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203304132/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203304132/cs/1/ In a bid to provide food and clothing for people in extremely cold regions, the Chinese government has distributed over 6 billion yuans (over $950 million) as winter relief funds. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203300998/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203300998/cs/1/ The Chinese government has decided to toughen the tests conducted before issuing driving licenses in a bid to curb road accidents, http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299752/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299752/cs/1/ A man in China's Shanghai city has been arrested for dozing off while driving and killing two people after ramming his trailor into two other vehicles, said prosecutors Tuesday. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299746/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299746/cs/1/ Backing the US proposal for an India-China-US trilateral dialogue, India has said there are a host of global and regional challenges on which the three countries can work together. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299742/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:40:11 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299742/cs/1/ Underlining its commitment to implementing their landmark nuclear deal, India has assured "a level playing field to US companies" and said it was prepared to address their concerns within the framewor http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299737/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299737/cs/1/ India opener Virender Sehwag said Tuesday the team will be rotating opening batsmen and in Wednesday's second ODI against Sri Lanka he would be replacing Sachin Tendulkar or Gautam Gambhir. Sehwag sai http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299717/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299717/cs/1/ Amid mounting pressure from the US to reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, New Delhi has said its ties with Tehran do not contradict its relationship with Washington and stressed that it was opposed http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299716/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299716/cs/1/ Voicing concern over protectionism, India has asked the US to address issues faced by Indian IT professionals, who pay $15 billion in taxes, and reminded Washington that this "success story" should no http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299712/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299712/cs/1/ India vice-captain Virender Sehwag Tuesday said the whole team is praying for a speedy recovery of Yuvraj Singh, who is undergoing chemotherapy in the US for a malignant tumour between his lungs. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299711/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299711/cs/1/ Mohammad Waheed Hassan, who was sworn in president Tuesday after Mohamed Nasheed quit following street protests, is an educationist who has served in the UN and is the country's first TV anchor. He is http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299698/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:13 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299698/cs/1/ Maldives is located in the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean, 400 km southwest of India's southern coast. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299485/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:50:06 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299485/cs/1/ British aerospace major BAE Systems is mulling to lower its Eurofighter Typhoon price in a bid to win back a 7 billion pound ($11 billion) Indian defence contract from the French aircraft manufacturer http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299481/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203299481/cs/1/ Girls born to mothers over 39 years and women who were taller and thinner than the average girl prior to puberty faced higher chances of developing breast cancer. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203298198/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203298198/cs/1/ Under Secretary of State Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake are visiting South Asia to meet government leaders, rights activists and civil society representativs. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203297705/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:30:20 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203297705/cs/1/ Maldives 44-year-old President Mohamed Nasheed, who quit Tuesday, hit the global headlines three years ago when he held a cabinet meeting under water to highlight global warming and the threat to his http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295584/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295584/cs/1/