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  • 25 killed 30 injured in suicide attacks in Niger

    At least 25 people were killed and 30 got injured after two suicide bomb attacks Thursday at a military base and a plant run by French nuclear giant Areva in northern Niger, reported Xinhua. A total of 20 Nigerien soldiers and 5 assailants died in twin suicide attacks against a military barracks in Agadez, the main town in northern Niger, and another one at a factory owned by Somair, a ...

  • London attack Hunt on for terror clues

    A Londoner of Nigerian descent was identified Thursday as one of the two suspects who decapitated a British soldier. The terror strike prompted Prime Minister David Cameron to go into a huddle with top officials and the military put in place additional security measures. Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old Londoner of Nigerian descent, is one of the two suspects who hacked to death the British ...

  • Londoner of Nigerian descent suspect in terror attack

    Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old Londoner of Nigerian descent, is one of the two suspects who hacked to death a British soldier in London, a media report said Thursday. The two terror suspects are being held under armed guard at hospitals in London and one of them has been named by Sky News sources as Adebolajo. The vicious attack on the soldier took place Wednesday in Woolwich, southeast ...

  • India to train 500 Nigerians in vocational skills

    India wants increased partnership with Nigeria in education through institutional cooperation, content development, faculty exchange and joint ventures that would enhance the West African country's human resource devlopment, according to Indian High Commissioner Mahesh Sachdev. "Bilateral cooperation in education has had a proud history and remains a priority. A generation of Nigerians have ...

  • Doctors Without Borders Shuts Clinic in Northern Nigeria

    ABUJA -- Aid organization Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended emergency health care in Borno State, Nigeria, - the heart of an insurgency now under assault by government troops. The decision comes after five gunmen hijacked an aid vehicle on Saturday. A couple of weeks ago, Doctors without Borders moved into Baga, a town where thousands of homes were burnt to the ground and hundreds ...

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The Hours [DVD]

The Hours [DVD]

Starring a trio of well-respected actresses and based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Hours is pure Oscar-bait; it wears its hearty ambitions on its sleeve, but never convinces that its about anything much beyond its own morbidity. There are two suicides, one suicide attempt, several emotional breakdowns, a couple of sexually confused kisses, plenty of familial tensionsbasically, al ... ...

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  • France says it will protect its interests following Niger bombings

    PARIS // The French president, Francois Hollande, vowed yesterday to help Niger "destroy" the militants who launched deadly attacks against a military base and a French-run uranium mine in the west African country. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously yesterday, one in a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the town of Arlit inside a ...

  • Islamist bombers kill 19 in Niger attacks

    An Islamist group has claimed responsibility for bombings in Niger, for the west African nation's involvement in a French-led military offensive in ...

  • Suicide Bombers Kill 20 Soldiers In Niger Republic Nigeria Mounts Troops Across Borders With Niger

    By SaharaReporters, New York Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), an Islamic group which claims to be committed to the enforcement of Shariah law in West Africa, has claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing attack this morning at the Nigerian/Niger border in which over 20 Nigerien soldiers were killed. A journalist in transit in the area told SaharaReporters that the ...

  • Nigeria must prioritise World Cup

    Nigeria's technical director Shaibu Amodu insists that the Super Eagles' main target should be qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, rather than trying to win next month's Confederations Cup. The African Champions will face Tahiti, Uruguay and Spain in Brazil in the June tournament which doubles as preparation for the South American country for the hosting of next year's ...

  • Nigeria Oil Company Exxon Joint Venture May Issue Bonds in 2016

    bond market in 2016 as an alternative source of funding for their joint venture. "The challenge of today is that a lot of people are going into the bank market, and the avenue is being crowded, making it difficult for us to obtain sufficient funding," Mobil Producing Nigeria's Chief Financial Officer Segun Banwo said in ...

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