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  • Kerry in Ethiopia for Security Talks

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Kerry's visit is expected to include talks on African and Western efforts to fight Islamist extremists in Mali and northern Nigeria. During recent talks with Nigeria's foreign minister, Kerry reaffirmed U.S. support for Nigeria's fight ...

  • Jonathan not involved in NGF election – Presidency

    The Presidency has denied any involvement by President Goodluck Jonathan in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum election held yesterday that returned Governor Rotimi Amaechi as its chairman. In a statement, by Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), rejected media reports portraying the President as an interested party and the main loser in the forum’s ...

  • Sri Lankan Buddhist monk sets self ablaze to protest killing of cattle

    COLOMBO (AFP) – A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk died Saturday of severe burns a day after setting himself on fire to protest the slaughter of cattle, an official said. Bowatte Indaratna, 30, succumbed to his injuries at the National Hospital in Colombo where he was rushed Friday after his self-immolation bid in front of the highly venerated Temple of the Tooth in the central town of Kandy. ...

  • ‘After five years of marriage my husband disowned me’

    By ADEOLA ADENUGA Mr Lawrence Adigbohun told an Agege Grade 'A' Customary Court that his wife, Blessing, brought a concubine to his house, and wanted to stab him with a knife. Meanwhile, Blessing, a 24-year-old factory worker, who was dragged before the court by her husband, told the court that her husband lied to people that she was his niece, and not his wife. "When I was ...

  • Kerry US Wants to Protect Human Rights in Nigeria

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Nigerian authorities to ensure their security forces do not trample on human rights during the government's fight against Boko Haram ...

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Blood & Wine

"Blood & Wine" is director Bob Rafelson's fifth collaboration with actor Jack Nicholson, and it is certainly one of the least. A slowly-plotted, mostly uninvolving modern-day Miami film noir, it is also the third (slightly belated) installment in what Rafelson terms an "informal trilogy" that also includes "Five Easy Pieces" (1970) and "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972). On the surface, "Blood & ... ...

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  • Female suicide bomber injures 18 in southern Russia

    Bombings have become common in Dagestan. On May 20th, four people died after two bombs exploded the regional capital of Makhachkala, where a suicide bomber struck on Saturday. (Abdula Magomedov/Associated ...

  • Niger attacks launched from southern Libya Nigers president

    NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist militants who carried out simultaneous suicide attacks on an army base and a French uranium mine in northern Niger two days ago came from southern Libya, Niger's president said on ...

  • Killer-friend on the loose ‘He made me a widow nine days after our wedding’

    Ameze …seeks justice It was a pitiable sight when Sunday Vanguard visited the family of the deceased as it was revealed that he wedded his wife according to customs and traditions of the Binis only nine days before the murder to enable him participate properly as a genuine in-law in the burial of his father in-law scheduled for June. Besides, Ameze, the wife of the victim, apart from ...

  • Kerry Nigeria Working to Stop Abuses by Security Forces

    US Secretary of State John Kerry (foreground) speaks at a joint news conference with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom in Addis Ababa May 25, ...

  • Hostages taken by Islamists rescued Nigerian army

    A handout picture released on May 25, 2013 by the Nigerian military shows members of the Nigerian defence headquarter team inspecting an alleged Boko Haram base in Kirenowa. Nigeria declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states on May 14 as it launched a military offensive to end Boko Haram's four-year insurgency. (Via ...

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