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Nigeria elections postponed again

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria again postponed some elections for the oil-rich country’s National Assembly on Thursday, though the man running the polls promised the majority of the races would be held as planned Saturday. Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Attahiru … read more »

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Reporting from Tripoli, chafing on Gadhafi’s leash

TRIPOLI, Libya – At the Rixos Hotel, Moammar Gadhafi’s gilded cage for foreign journalists, fistfights break out. Paranoia is high. And the Libyan government is on unblinking watch for any deviation in the official script. Waitresses who serve coffee with … read more »

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Libya official in Athens to convey Gaddafi message

Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi flew to Greece Sunday to deliver a message from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to the Greek prime minister, a senior government official told Reuters. His trip came after Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou had … read more »

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Jessica Tata who fled to Nigeria after fire killed 4 children pleads not guilty

A woman who fled to Nigeria after a fire killed four children at her Texas home day care center pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and other charges Wednesday, two days after she was returned to the U.S. Jessica Tata’s attorney … read more »

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Jessica Tata waives extradition

HOUSTON — A woman who fled to Nigeria after a fire at her Houston day care center killed four children was returned to the U.S. on Monday and has waived extradition to Texas, authorities said. Jessica Tata landed at an … read more »

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Jessica Tata: Woman accused in fatal Houston day care fire returning to US from Nigeria

HOUSTON — A woman accused of fleeing the country after a fire at her Texas day care center killed four children began her trip back to the United States on Sunday to face manslaughter and other charges, a congresswoman said. … read more »

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Nigeria: Jonathan May Shun Presidential Debate–Reports

The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said yesterday it is still weighing the option of its candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, participating in a presidential debate. The director of media and publicity of the PCC, Abba … read more »

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Nigeria elections ‘threatened by violence’

A recent upsurge in pre-vote violence in Nigeria poses a challenge to Nigeria’s April elections, a team of foreign election observers said on Friday. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, holds presidential elections on April 9, a week after legislative polls … read more »

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Nigeria: Bomb blast kills three near ruling party rally

ABUJA — A blast near the venue of a ruling party election rally killed three people and injured 21 in a town near Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja, a police spokesman said Thursday. Assailants tossed the bomb from a moving … read more »

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Switzerland freezes Mubarak assets

Cairo – Switzerland has frozen whatever assets Hosni Mubarak and his associates may have there, and anti-corruption campaigners are demanding the same of other countries. But experts say hunting for the deposed Egyptian leader’s purported hidden wealth – let alone … read more »

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Egypt in massive celebration as Mubarak leaves

CAIRO — One Egyptian kissed the ground. Another rolled in ecstasy in the grass outside a presidential palace. People wept, jumped, screamed and hugged each other with a shared joy they had never known. Cairo erupted in a cacophony of … read more »

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Egypt power transfer to VP in negotiation: official

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is still in negotiation on whether to hand his powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman, an official said, after unprecedented nationwide protests demanded an end to Mubarak’s 30-year-rule. Asked if the president would hand powers to … read more »

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‘Mubarak world’s richest’

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is likely the richest man in the world with an estimated fortune worth about 70 billion dollars. According to the Guardian, Mubarak has money stashed in several Swiss and other foreign bank accounts, and has shadowy … read more »

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Opposition insists on Mubarak ouster

Cairo – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak came under fresh pressure Monday to quit immediately as opponents posing the biggest challenge to his 30-year rule said concessions made in landmark talks were insufficient. As the uprising entered a 14th day, central … read more »

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Top leadership in President Mubarak’s party resigns

The top leadership of Egypt’s ruling party, including President Hosni Mubarak’s son, resigned en masse to be replaced by politicians with liberal reputations. Top leadership in President Mubarak’s party resigns The top leadership of Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party, including … read more »

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Mubarak’s net worth estimated at USD 40 to 70 billion: report

Egypt’s embattled President Hosni Mubarak’s and his family’s net worth is estimated to be between U.S. dollars 40 and 70 billion, a media report said. The wealth of the Egypt’s first family was built largely from military contracts during his … read more »

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Pride and Expectation in Tahrir Square

Cairo is on the streets, its usual traffic jams replaced by streams of people gravitating towards the central Tahrir Square. The army make sporadic attempts throughout the day to block the roads leading up to it and state radio broadcasts … read more »

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Egypt set for ‘Mubarak Day of Departure’

Protesters in the Egyptian capital Cairo are preparing to stage a “Day of Departure” for President Hosni Mubarak. Organisers are calling for tens of thousands of people to gather in Tahrir Square, where days of unrest have left at least … read more »

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Egypt revolution sympathizers beaten in Syria: HRW

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Syrian authorities failed to intervene as 15 people who tried to hold a candle vigil in support of the Egyptian revolution were beaten in Old Damascus. The New York based group quoted activists … read more »

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U.S. in talks over possible Mubarak departure

U.S. officials said on Thursday they were discussing with Egyptians different scenarios for a transition of power, including one in which President Hosni Mubarak leaves office immediately. “That’s one scenario,” said a senior Obama administration official who spoke on condition … read more »

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Italian parliament rejects prosecutors’ search request in Berlusconi prostitution probe

ROME – The Italian parliament has rejected prosecutors’ request to search some of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s properties in a prostitution probe targeting him. Milan prosecutors allege Berlusconi paid for sex with a minor and then used his office to … read more »

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Egypt: Wave of protesters hit by bullets

Cairo – Gunfire aimed at anti-regime protesters killed four people in Tahrir Square early Thursday, taking the death toll from clashes that have rocked central Cairo in the past 24 hours to seven, a medic said. “All (four) were killed … read more »

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Five killed and many wounded as Cairo square Violence escalates

Bursts of heavy gunfire aimed at anti-government demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir [Liberation] Square, left at least five people dead and several more wounded, according to reports from the Egyptian capital on Thursday. Sustained bursts of automatic weapons fire and powerful … read more »

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US sees debate in Mubarak inner circle

Washington – The United States believes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s inner circle is debating whether he needs to do more to meet the demands of protesters seeking his ouster, an Obama administration official said on Wednesday. The senior official, who … read more »

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Battle of Tahrir Square rages in Cairo

Cairo – They are covered in blood, but they keep returning to what they call “the front”, where their fellow anti-government protesters battle regime supporters for control of Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Chaos consumed the symbolic gathering space on Wednesday as … read more »

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Egypt Burns While Ghana And Other African Countries Sit Aloof

A Ghanaian proverb in Akan says: “opanyin bone na otra fie ma asedua fow”…… which literally translated into English resembles something like: “it is a bad elderly person who stays home and does nothing while his housemate’s beans [that have … read more »

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Egypt rejects immediate transition

Cairo – Egypt on Wednesday rejected calls from the international community for an immediate transition of power, amid deadly protests against President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. “What foreign parties are saying about ‘a period of transition beginning immediately’ in Egypt is … read more »

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Silvio Berlusconi urges Italians to break the law not to pay TV licence after he is slammed on series of shows

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has urged Italians to break the law and not pay their TV licence following a series of shows that have slammed him. Berlusconi, 74, is facing allegations of sex with an underage prostitute, Karima El … read more »

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Silvio Berlusconi hit by drug allegations as well as sex claims

Marysthell García Polanco. Drugs were found in a flat allegedly provided to her by Berlusconi. Photograph: Matteo Bazzi/EPA The scandal involving Silvio Berlusconi’s private life deepened today after drugs were mentioned in new evidence to Italy’s parliament. The new evidence … read more »

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Silvio Berlusconi had encounters with a second under-age showgirl

The Brazilian showgirl Iris Berardi (L). Nicole Minetti (R) became a councillor in Lombardy with Mr Berlusconi’s support Photo: FOTOGRAMMA The prime minister, 74, is already accused of paying for sex with a teenage nightclub dancer known as Ruby the Heartbreaker, … read more »

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