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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/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/ en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:47 -0500 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:47 -0500 30 Former Australian captain Steve Waugh believes South African Test captain Graeme Smith should hand over the job to someone else ad follow Ricky Ponting's example. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323119/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:50:05 -0500 ANI http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323119/cs/1/ The Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed that 29 Chinese workers abducted last month by Sudanese anti-government forces have been released and have arrived in Nairobi. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323071/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:11 -0500 ANI http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323071/cs/1/ The United Nations refugee agency reported today that it has embarked on the implementation of a set of strategies to conclude three of Africa's long-standing refugee crises that involved helping peop http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203314866/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:53 -0500 U.N. - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203314866/cs/1/ The United Nations refugee agency reports more than 20,000 people who have fled violence in Mali over the past three weeks are in urgent need of help. The UNHCR says it has sent emergency teams to cou http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203312753/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:15:16 -0500 VoA - News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203312753/cs/1/ Mermaids have been hounding workers away from the two planned new reservoirs in Zimbabwe, according to the country's Water Resources Minister. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203298513/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:12:15 -0500 ANI http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203298513/cs/1/ Mauritius Prime Minister, Navinchandra Ramgoolam, who is in India on a six-day visit to ramp up bilateral economic and security ties, began the official leg of his tour with a ceremonial welcome at th http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203298471/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:10:13 -0500 ANI http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203298471/cs/1/ New Delhi, Feb 7 : As a long-standing partner of Mauritius in its development, India Tuesday announced a new economic package of a USD 250 million line of credit and a USD 20 million grant for the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324468/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:02:44 -0500 New Kerala http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324468/ About 25 people gathered beside the headquarters of the Sudan Armed Forces and faced the adjacent home of President Omar al-Bashir. ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324490/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:01:54 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324490/ The country's mines minister has announced plans to audit all mining companies in a bid to dig for back taxes of up to $1 billion it believes it is ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323359/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:59:41 -0500 Mine Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323359/ A trio of leading US senators on Tuesday warned Egypt that the risk of a "disastrous" rupture in ties had "rarely been greater" amid an escalating row over the planned trial of ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324466/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:58:14 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324466/ Another major South African retailer Woolworths pays full tariffs to transport food and clothing to its franchise stores within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional trade bloc ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324496/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:51:47 -0500 IOL http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324496/ KANO, Nigeria, Feb 8, 2012 (IPS) - "I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us Kano is no longer safe," said pregnant Funke Nweke of her decision to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324469/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:51:41 -0500 IPS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324469/ MBABANE , Feb 8, 2012 (IPS) - Nomsa Tsabedze is one of the many people at the Bunye Betfu, Buhle Betfu Credit and Savings Cooperatives waiting to apply for a loan to pay for her ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323643/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:51:41 -0500 IPS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323643/ AFP Photo The Ugandan parliamentarian who first introduced an anti-gay bill that carried the death penalty for some homosexual acts reintroduced the bill on Tuesday, raising concerns among ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324467/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:50:05 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324467/ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed Tuesday his country's determination to cooperate with " any effort that supports Syria's stability," state-run SANA news agency ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324497/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:47:44 -0500 Global Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324497/ Tunisia, Feb. 8 (BNA) -- Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef El Merzouki will pay a working visit to Morocco on February 8-10, the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery said in a ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324473/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:34:53 -0500 Bahrain News Agency http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324473/ Libya may look to the UAE to train its police and security forces as it look to rebuild its country after decades of rule under former leader Colonel Muammer Gaddafi, a leading UAE minister has ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323723/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:32:53 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323723/ RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed promised on Tuesday to improve conditions for serving and retired military personnel following veterans' protests and recent cases of soldiers ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324493/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:01:39 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324493/ CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian lawmakers blamed the interior minister on Tuesday for the deaths of protesters in five days of street clashes with riot police in Cairo and said it showed his ministry ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324494/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:01:37 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324494/ ACCRA, Ghana (MarketWatch) -- In a light blue, three-story concrete house in the suburbs of Ghana's capital, young entrepreneurs are developing online applications they hope will make them into ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324471/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:58:06 -0500 Market Watch http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324471/ Africa , but do we know what that means in practice, or how things are changing? Much has been said about this phenomenon, but often based on little research and/or tainted with a hardly disguised ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324386/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:57:17 -0500 The Guardian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324386/ Two months after taking power, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki faces multiple challenges. His top priorities are to restore security and to solve economic and social problems in Tunisia. ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324441/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:56 -0500 Euro News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324441/ The government faces "difficult decisions" on deploying its military resources if it wants to launch another mission on the same scale as the operation in Libya, MPs have warned. The ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324461/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:09 -0500 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324461/ South African police have charged a man with fraud after he claimed to be a famous dead musician. Zulu folk singer Khulekani Khumalo died in 2009. However, when a man claiming to be him turned up ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324074/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:06 -0500 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324074/ The opening ceremony of the 2010 Soccer World Cup burst on to the Soccer City stadium floor in a flurry of flags, fireworks, dancing and singing on Friday ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324465/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:26:36 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324465/ The rental returns on premium real estate investments in the UAE are at least three times higher than having cash in the bank according to the Middle East's largest private developer, DAMAC ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324474/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:25:14 -0500 Mena Report http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324474/ Published Date: December 28, 2011 ADDIS ABABA: An Ethiopian court yesterday sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in jail for supporting terrorism and entering the country illegally, after ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323750/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:24:09 -0500 Kuwait Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203323750/ Angelus Bell Taken as Symbol of Peaceful ProtestBy Nieves San MartinKINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, JAN. 17, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Last Saturday all the bells of the parishes of the Democratic ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324472/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:19:35 -0500 EWTN http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324472/ Perfectly sculpted bodies lie poolside at The Glen, a guesthouse that's the first listing on the Pink Map to Cape Town, handed out at the airport for the 225,000 gay tourists who visit every ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324476/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:15:50 -0500 Breitbart http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324476/ Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has extended its support and endorsement to the upcoming Libya Infrastructure and Rebuild Conference which will be held on June 27 and 28 at Dubai's Dusit ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324462/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:14:13 -0500 AME Info http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324462/ NAIROBI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Two international aid agencies on Wednesday called for a rapid response to the current food crisis in East Africa, saying lessons learnt can help prevent future ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324477/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:06:47 -0500 SINA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324477/ KHARRTOUM, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- More than 50 people were killed in the latest tribal conflict in the hotspot of Jonglei state in South Sudan, a South Sudan official said on Thursday. The anonymous ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324479/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:06:38 -0500 SINA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324479/ BENIN, Nigeria, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The police in southeast Nigeria's Edo State has confirmed the arrest of more than 50 suspects in connection with the alleged violence and looting during the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324480/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:06:35 -0500 SINA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324480/ NAIROBI - Five hundred years ago, an Imam who ruled much of what is now Somalia, led a daring invasion of Christian Ethiopia, looting monasteries, burning down churches and slaying all who ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324481/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:05:42 -0500 SINA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324481/ MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Egypt may join Russia in demanding an investigation of NATO operations in Libya, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amrsaid said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324482/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:05:40 -0500 SINA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324482/ PORT HARCOURT - Assailants threw a crude homemade bomb into an Arabic school in southern Nigeria's Delta state overnight, police said, wounding seven people and escalating tensions between ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324483/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:05:39 -0500 SINA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324483/ BISSAU, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Yaya Dabo, a police officer in Guinea Bissau, was killed on Tuesday by security forces when he tried to surrender at the Interior Ministry in capital Bissau, a well ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324484/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:05:38 -0500 SINA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324484/ Police used tear gas on Friday to disperse opposition supporters who had gathered near Etienne Tshisekedi's residence in Kinshasa's Liemete district and made several arrests, an AFP ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324487/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:05:22 -0500 SINA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203324487/ The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today stressed the need for all parties to use legal means and dialogue to settle differences in the aftermath of recent ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316978/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:17:40 -0500 UN News Centre http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316978/ The head of the United Nations political office in Central Africa and the President of the African Football Confederation (AFC) met today to discuss how the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316977/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:17:39 -0500 UN News Centre http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316977/ A demonstration against the French involvement in Algeria turned bloody on Feb 8, 1962, leaving nine people dead and dozens injured. Fifty years later, eyewitnesses ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316955/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:01 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316955/ Relatives of Abdelwahab Zaydoun, a 27-year-old Moroccan who set himself on fire to protest his unemployment and died from his burns, react to his death in Casablanca last month. A year after street ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316971/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:03:33 -0500 NPR http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316971/ Photo/FILE Ghana's President John Atta Mills has had to sanction the arrest of key ruling party financier Alfred Agbesi Woyome after his indictment for ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316981/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:02:06 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316981/ A blast rocked an area near a military barracks in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna on Tuesday but the cause of the explosion and number of casualties were not immediately clear, an official ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316982/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:01:59 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316982/ South Africa's Kruger National Park is recruiting retired game rangers to replace its striking ranger force, a spokesman said Tuesday, amid a rhino poaching crisis that has hit record ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316983/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:01:57 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316983/ Software will play a major role in helping both the public and private sectors adapt to economic changes quickly and cheaply. Dubbed ,Chipuka, (Swahili word for Emerge), Kenya's software ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316965/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:01:40 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316965/ Kenya's athlete Vivian Cheruiyot holds her trophy of the 2011 Kenya Sports Personality of the Year at the Safaricom Kenya Sports Personality of the Year Awards (Soya) gala in Nairobi, capital ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203315241/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:01:33 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203315241/ Twenty-nine Chinese nationals abducted by local rebels in Sudan last month arrived on Tuesday afternoon at the Wilson Airport in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The Chinese who were working at a ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316993/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:52:44 -0500 Global Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316993/ Ghana's Andre Ayew (2L) celebrates his goal with teammates during their African Nations Cup quarterfinal match against Tunisia at Franceville Stadium in Gabon. REUTERS photo The heat will ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316969/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:50:21 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316969/ Jeremie Drieu, Journalist Ahmad Salkida, Journalist (IPI/IFEX) - VIENNA, 7 Feb. 2011 - Two journalists working for a French television station were detained in the Nigerian city of Jos by members ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316974/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:49:33 -0500 IFEX http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316974/ Uganda's Parliament today re-introduced a proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill which Amnesty International considers a "grave assault on human rights" that must be rejected. Under the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316959/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:45 -0500 Amnesty International http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316959/ By Sami Disu Ghana’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) and government representatives have agreed to a 20 per cent reduction in petroleum prices effectively marking a reversal of governmental policy ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316256/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:20:35 -0500 Sahara Reporters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316256/ THE armed forces will face new difficulties if asked to go on a Libyan-sized operation as a result of defence cuts, a cross-party group of MPs will warn today. The Westminster Defence committee, ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316968/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:59:21 -0500 IC Wales http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316968/ AFRICA is losing out on billions of dollars in potential earnings every year because of high trade barriers on the continent, the World Bank ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316973/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:51:29 -0500 News.com.au http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316973/ Europe , the tiny "curiosities" were bred as pets across a wide swath of Elizabethan societal classes, a new study suggests. The evidence comes from a guinea pig skeleton discovered in ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316958/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:49:01 -0500 National Geographic News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316958/ Moammar Gadhafi . Tarhuni delivered humanitarian supplies with the group Medical Teams International, while Elogbi went to visit family. Last month, though, both Libyan-born U.S. citizens were ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316992/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:46:19 -0500 Fox News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316992/ International Criminal Court (ICC) --the world’s first permanent international court to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. During this ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316871/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:44:33 -0500 Global Herald http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316871/ Some 400 children have been killed and many more are at risk after the world's worst lead poisoning epidemic in northern Nigeria. The Human Rights Watch has confirmed that despite warnings two ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316956/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:31:02 -0500 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316956/ One of the first announcements made by Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) after the fall of Tripoli last August was a promise to all those wounded in the fight against former leader ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316957/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:59 -0500 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316957/ Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic is banking heavily on the morale of his team to do the trick in their semi final clash against Zambia on Wednesday in Bata. The Black Stars face a tall mountain in the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203315788/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:21:15 -0500 All Africa http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203315788/ The head of the United Nations political office in Central Africa and the President of the African Football Confederation (AFC) met today to discuss how the continent's passion for soccer could ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316985/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:21:09 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316985/ As at 0600 hrs PNG time on 2 February, the well was at a depth of 366 metres and drilling ahead in a 17-½' hole. P'nyang South 1 is located four kilometres south west of the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316966/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:12:50 -0500 Neftegaz http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316966/ City Slicker: Marrakech - The most exotic place you can reach within three hours from Britain? Amar Grover offers tips for new and returning ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316976/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:07:24 -0500 The Independent http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316976/ By doing so, the South African government empowered Russia and China to veto a draft resolution that was designed to pressure the Syrian government into ending the violence against its own people. ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316970/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:07:01 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316970/ Dowser.org reports on the practical and human elements of social innovation, highlighting creative approaches to social change to help people understand how to build better communities and a better ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316960/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:02:24 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316960/ ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316989/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:41:17 -0500 Voice Of America http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203316989/ Veronique Yassambatendji lost her husband to the recent cholera outbreak. She and her children stand outside their home in Ndimba ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308721/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:21:42 -0500 UNICEF http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308721/ People gather around a minibus struck in an apparent explosion as it sits near a highway overpass in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Two explosions struck Tuesday near army and air force ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308537/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308537/ LAGOS, Nigeria -; Bomb blasts struck Tuesday near army and air force bases on the outskirts of the central Nigerian city at the heart of riots last year that killed hundreds, officials said. The ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308544/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:20 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308544/ Kenya's marathon world record holder Patrick Makau says he will be going for an historic double victory in April's London marathon and the Olympic Games in the same city three months ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308744/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:13:09 -0500 SBS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308744/ UK oil explorers Aminex and Solo Oil are currently evaluating results from their Ntorya-1 exploration well on the Ruvuma basin in Tanzania to see if they should drill further after having ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308746/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:11:34 -0500 Rigzone http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308746/ Infectious disease has joined poaching and habitat loss as a major threat to the survival of African great apes as they have become restricted to ever-smaller populations. Despite the work of ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308732/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:11:05 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308732/ New Delhi, Feb 7 : India and Mauritius on Tuesday have expressed satisfaction that their bilateral economic and commercial ties have shown a healthy upward ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308722/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:10:09 -0500 New Kerala http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308722/ State- owned Air Zimbabwe has been placed under judicial management after its debt rose to $140 million leaving it facing possible liquidation. On Friday, the High Court appointed a judicial ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308754/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:05:31 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308754/ UN leader Ban Ki-moon is "appalled" by the wave of bomb attacks in Nigeria and called for transparent investigations into the scores of deaths, his spokesman said.0 Ban "condemns in ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308755/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:05:29 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308755/ Grave disaster looms in Tanzania's skies, in the wake of revelations that the local airline industry is progressively employing unqualified pilots. The air accident investigation unit of the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308756/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:05:26 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308756/ Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan is treating the country's corruption- infested and notoriously inefficient oil industry as a voodoo surgeon would a gangrened leg: sprinkling herbs instead ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203306865/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:05:24 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203306865/ The Alpine skiing venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics is about to get its first big test with the likes of Lindsey Vonn and Aksel Lund Svindal leading the World Cup circuit to the Rosa Khutor resort ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308735/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:04:58 -0500 MSNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308735/ The firm's director of international production assets, Roman Panov, said Tuesday the company is looking at acquiring platinum mines in South Africa to boost its PGM output over the next ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203307682/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:39 -0500 Mine Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203307682/ LAGOS, Nigeria -- An international watchdog said Tuesday it will cost about $4 million to clean up toxic lead and secure mines in northern Nigeria, where activists say "the worst outbreak of ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308733/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:46 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308733/ Mozambique expects $50 billion to be spent developing its liquid natural gas (LNG) industry over the next ten years, the southern African nation's mineral resource minister said on ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203307455/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:30 -0500 IOL http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203307455/ South Africa signed a maritime agreement with Tanzania and Mozambique on Tuesday to join forces against pirate attacks along the east coast of ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308774/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:02 -0500 IOL http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308774/ South Africa Tuesday ruled out nationalizing its key mining industry in a reassurance to jittery investors and a blow to those in the ruling ANC calling for a state takeover. Mineral Resources ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203306877/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:54 -0500 Global Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203306877/ Enoh Meyomesse, Writer (WiPC/IFEX) - 6 February 2012 - The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is relieved by reports that the coup charges against the writer and political ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308727/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:23 -0500 IFEX http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308727/ Abdel Aziz al-Jaridi, Director (CPJ/IFEX) - New York, February 6, 2012 - A Tunisian appeals court should throw out the prison sentence against journalist Abdel Aziz al-Jaridi at a February 10 ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308728/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:21 -0500 IFEX http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308728/ A Chinese commerce ministry delegation held talks Monday with Libyan officials on resumption of Chinese business in post-war Libya.The Chinese delegation, led by Wang Shenyang, director of the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308775/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:12 -0500 Global Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308775/ Andre Ayew said today."At the World Cup, we missed the semi-finals on a penalty. At the last Nations Cup we made it to the final. We've proved that we're a good side, but to be a ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308712/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:48:38 -0500 FIFA http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308712/ What the Democratic Republic of Congo needs is not another national election but a rethinking of how the state might be reorganized. In the long run, only a decentralized system of government - or ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308725/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:38:25 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308725/ Peter Anderson as their new coach. Anderson replaces Brad Hogg, who resigned as coach of PNG following his recall to Australia's Twenty20 ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308707/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:38:07 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308707/ In an attempt to crack down on fraudulent adoptions in Ethiopia, the U.S. Embassy apparently became overzealous. This past fall, adoptive parents of Ethiopian children believe that officials there ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308767/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:36:18 -0500 Christian Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308767/ Argus Leader reporter Steve Young is in South Sudan with people from Sioux Falls who are Sudanese natives and are working over there to build schools and hospitals, dig wells and grind ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203307543/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:29:52 -0500 Argus Leader http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203307543/ Chika Odunze t is sad to see Nigeria going up in flames. Very disheartening to see how religion is destroying Nigeria. My question is, can one live a moral life with religion? If yes, why the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308778/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:22:27 -0500 Sahara Reporters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308778/ The marchers included international pop star Youssou Ndour, who had turned in an application to run against Wade in this month's presidential election. Ndour was disqualified by the court due ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308730/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:58:27 -0500 Associated Press http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308730/ CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Top African copper producer Zambia plans to audit all its mining houses in a bid to dig for back taxes of up to $1 billion it estimates it is owed, its mines minister said on ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308757/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:53:37 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308757/ SANAA (Reuters) - Eritrea's navy has seized five Yemeni fishing boats in the Red Sea in an area where the two countries have had a territorial dispute, a Yemeni official said on ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308760/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:53:36 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203308760/