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Breaking News Alert - Monday, February 8, 2010
Iran to Start Nuclear Enrichment Program
[ West alarmed as Iran steps up enrichment of uranium stocks ] - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today ordered Iran's atomic energy organisation to begin enriching its uranium stockpile to a higher level, further raising fears over the country's nuclear ambitions. Ahmadinejad was shown on Iranian TV giving an order for the uranium, currently enriched to the level of 3.5%, to be further refined to 20% purity. State media said the work would start on Tuesday. Iran said that it needs the more concentrated fuel for a research reactor in Tehran which makes isotopes for medical uses. However, western officials pointed out tonight that Iran does not possess the specialised technology for turning the enriched uranium into the fuel rods used in the Tehran reactor. They are concerned that by enriching uranium to the level of 20%, the Islamic republic would learn how to overcome many of the technical obstacles to making weapons-grade fuel. The percentage measures of enrichment refer to concentration of the most fissile isotope, U-235. A weapon small enough to......... Click here to read full story.

Peter Obi Holds Post-Election Press Conference
[ Peter Obi Holds Post-Election Press Conference ] - Nigeria: Ladies and Gentlemen - I am delighted to address you and indeed the entire world on the Gubernatorial election which was conducted in Anambra yesterday. This election was unique in several respects: one, it was the only one that was conducted throughout Nigeria yesterday. Two, the entire world literally monitored it either directly or indirectly. Thirdly, although the age-old inadequacies of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in terms of poor preparation, late arrival of electoral materials, etc, manifested, they were minimal. However, in spite of the foregoing, vote-counting, collation and announcement of results were relatively transparent. I wish to commend the INEC, election observers and monitors in this connection. For this singular reason also, I accept the........ Click here to read full story.
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Special News Pictures - Monday, February 1, 2010
Space Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off

Photo Above: Space Shuttle Endeavour *Space shuttle Endeavour launched successfully early Monday morning, is headed to install a major module at the International Space Station.
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[ Breaking News - Monday, February 8, 2010 ]
* South African Hawks bust Nigerian cocaine operation
* Shelling kills at least 9 in Somalia - group
* Zimbabwe state workers go on strike for higher pay
* Zuma 'becoming a liability' for ANC
* Witnesses say Ethiopian troops back in Somalia
* Botswana-Zimbabwe relations take a damaging turn
* Egypt arrests Brotherhood members
* Ivory Coast to play South Korea
* Sudan FM says Chadian president's visit "important"
* Turkish girl buried alive for 'befriending boys'
* Al-Qaeda threatens US interests
* Costa Rica elects Chinchilla first woman president
* Nigeria arrests suspect with cocaine in compact disc
* Avalanche kills 11 soldiers in Kashmir
* Chavez orders buildings' seizure
* Iran opens production lines for modern drones
* 5 killed, at least 12 injured in U.S. power plant explosion
* Shuttle Endeavour blasts off
* Israeli forces raid West Bank camp
* Sweetened beverages linked to pancreas cancer
* Iran unveils home-built flight simulator for Boeing 737
* Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year
* Peter Obi Holds Post-Election Press Conference
* Iran informs IAEA of higher-grade uranium enrichment plan
* New Orleans parties after NFL win
* Former Pakistani minister shot, wounded
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Breaking News Alert - Sunday, February 7, 2010
Peter Obi Winner of Anambra Election
[ Peter Obi Winner of Anambra Election ] - Nigeria: Josiah Uwazuronye, Anambra Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), has today declared incumbent Governor Peter Obi winner of the state gubernatorial election held yesterday. In his announcement Uwazuronye said: "Peter Obi of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and his return elected." According to INEC announcement, Governor Obi overwhelmingly won the election with 97,843 votes, ahead of ........ Click here to read full story.

Mudslides Damage U.S. Homes
[ Mudslides damage homes north of LA ] - Heavy rain has triggered mudslides that have caused major damage to a number of homes north of Los Angeles, necessitating the evacuation of 500 residents. On Saturday, as residents of the Mid-Atlantic states dealt with a "snowpocalypse," the West Coast was hit by heavy storms that caused a "mudpocalypse." Although the streets of.......... Click here to read full story.

Peter Obi Leads Anambra State Poll
[ Peter Obi Leads Anambra State Poll ] - Nigeria: Election results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) early this morning from 5 local governments put incumbent Governor Peter Obi ahead of 24 other gubernatorial contenders. Peter Obi, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) flag bearer, amassed a total of 23,337 votes from Anambra East, Onitsha South, Awka South, Dunukofia and Ekwusigo Local Government Areas. He is trailed by Chris Ngige, Action Congress (AC) candidate, who rolled in 13,270 votes. Chukwuma Soludo, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer came in third with 12,607 votes. INEC is yet to announce results from 16 local government areas. There are a total of ........ Click here to read full story.
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Photo Above: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi *Candidates and voters decried widespread irregularities in the Anambra State election yesterday, casting doubt on Nigeria's ability to organize credible national polls next year.
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Topless Women Protest Poll
[ Topless women protest poll ] - Ukraine: Four young women naked from the waist up barged into a Ukrainian polling station on Sunday and held a rowdy protest just before a candidate in the country's presidential election cast his ballot there. The women, members of a small feminist group called Femen known for staging eye-catching protests, were hustled out of the Kiev polling station by security guards before Viktor Yanukovich showed up to vote, an AFP photographer saw. "Enough raping our democracy!" shouted the protesters, who held signs with slogans such as "Help! Rape!" and wore nothing except for jeans and strips of green electrical tape over.......... Click here to read full story.

'Tehran logic Saddam-style'
[ 'Tehran logic Saddam-style' ] - Iran has an uncertain policy, similar to that of a reckless and violent boy. We are not saying this because Iran supports a number of destructive extremist groups, but due to its overall policy, particularly its nuclear file. Iran has removed all the masks it used earlier to market this file as it needs more time to actualize its objectives known only to the evils in Tehran. This file has proven to the whole world that Iran is not serious in its alleged plan to confront the international community regarding its nuclear program. This has put the country inside a circle of worries and instability, posing a grave threat to the region. The entire world is now tired of the usual Iranian excuse - the so-called right to have nuclear power for peaceful purposes. Iran tests missiles and other weapons daily, making it a 'center of threat' for various countries in the region. We should not ignore the fact that Iran's neighbors have the right to......... Click here to read full story.

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[ Breaking News - Sunday, February 7, 2010 ]
* Seychelles will try Somali pirates
* Religious tension ignites in Guinea
* Kidnappers free Darfur Red Cross worker
* South African teen kills man over cell phone
* G7 pledges to wipe out Haiti debt
* Divorce on the rise in Saudi Arabia
* Angst over beheading of Nigerian judge
* U.S. capital paralyzed by heavy snowstorm
* Mudslides damage homes in Los Angeles
* Heavy snowfall hits North America
* Man United routs Portsmouth 5-0 to regain lead
* Small plane crash kills three in Argentina
* Biafra, Anambra election and other stories
* Thousands of medical staff banned in Saudi Arabia
* Yemen sentences exiled Shiite political leader to 15 years
* Taliban rejects Karzai's offer
* Britain to cut number of student visas
* Body found due to blood-soaked ceiling
* 'Yar'Adua can't eat, needs special bed'
* Three dead in Colorado plane collision
* West thinks Iran buying time in nuclear row
* Taliban bombings harm civilians in Afghanistan
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* Nigeria: Peter Obi Leads Anambra State Poll
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Breaking News Alert - Saturday, February 6, 2010
Anambra Election Watch
[ Anambra Election Watch Log for 6/2/10 ] - Nigeria: INEC insists Anambra governorship election would go on today as scheduled despite a Federal High Court ruling barring it. INEC says it had not been served any court order barring the elections. [8.00 am - 9.00 am] - Electoral materials leave INEC's office for polling centers amidst tight security. Buses conveying electoral materials followed by opposition parties in hired buses. 9.00 am - Scores of policemen are stranded at ........ Click for Anambra Election Watch Log.

Britain For Zimbabwe IMF Voting Rights
[ Britain Says It Supports Restoration of Zimbabwe Voting Rights at IMF ] - The British Treasury said Friday that it supports the restoration of Zimbabwe's voting rights in the International Monetary Fund, following a recent statement from the United States that it would not opposed such a development. The U.K. Treasury issued a statement saying the macroeconomic environment in Zimbabwe has improved under Finance Minister Tendai Biti, and that this was one of the factors contributing to its decision in the matter. "The UK government also welcomes Zimbabwe's re-engagement with the IMF over the last year, which has underpinned economic reform in Zimbabwe," it said. "Support for restoration of Zimbabwe's IMF voting rights is recognition of this progress, and forms part of Zimbabwe's re-engagement with international financial institutions," the Treasury said. African affairs expert Tom Cargill of the Chatham House think tank in London told......... Click here to read full story.
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Anambra Election News-Watch
[ Anambra Election Watch Log for 6/2/10 ] - Nigeria: 12.00 pm - Voting materials at Isuofia, Aguata LG reportedly loaded in a van and driven away to an undisclosed location. Election materials arrive Okpuno Ezinifite, three hours behind schedule. Most voters at Ojoto cannot find their names in the.......... Click here for Anambra Election News-Watch.
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Photo Above: Map of Anambra State, Nigeria *Candidates and voters decried widespread irregularities in the Anambra State election today, casting doubt on Nigeria's ability to organize credible national polls next year.
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[ Breaking News - Saturday, February 6, 2010 ]
* Widespread irregularities mar Nigerian state poll
* French aid worker freed in Chad
* Farmers plead to Zuma for help
* Mass protest at Togo football ban
* Nigeria axe Super Eagles coach
* Outrage over Zuma love child South Africa
* Main parts of crashed Ethiopian jet found off Lebanon
* Severe storms batter North America
* 7 000 at Pakistan mass funeral
* Nigeria gunmen kidnap foreign worker in oil region
* Iran's Mottaki in 'good talks' with IAEA chief
* US defense chief doubts Iran nuclear deal
* Afghan police 'kill civilians'
* Iran starts production of two new missiles
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Breaking News Alert - Friday, February 5, 2010
Iran Says U.S. Missiles Easily Defeated
[ Iran Says US Defense Missiles Easily Defeated ] - A senior Iranian military official is warning Gulf Arab nations not to buy U.S. missile defense systems, saying they can easily be thwarted. The chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, General Hassan Firouzabadi, was quoted Thursday by Iranian state news as saying the Patriot missiles can be made ineffective through simple tactics. Iran has accused the United States of trying to create divisions between Tehran and its Arab neighbors by deploying U.S. missile defense systems in Gulf nations. On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended U.S. efforts to bolster the defense capabilities of regional allies, as Iran defies international calls to curb its......... Click here to read full story.

Akunyili's Memo To FEC on Yar'Adua
[ Akunyili's Memo To FEC on Yar'Adua ] - Nigeria: Unanimity of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on its stance that President Yar'Adua was fit to govern cracked Wednesday, February 3. Professor Dora Akunyili, Minister of Information, broke from the official stance and submitted a memo calling on FEC to own up to the president's incapacitation on health grounds. FEC hawks overcoming the shock, rallied to reject the memo from discussion on the day's agenda. Akunyili vowed to represent it today for listing for discussion at FEC reconvened scheduled meeting for the day. Akunyili's memo is republished......... Click here to read full story.
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Masterweb Called To Showcase Nigeria's Poverty
[ A Reader Calls On Masterweb To Showcase Poverty in Nigeria ] - One of Masterweb readers( Name: Abubakar Isah Email: isah4real10@yahoo.com ) wrote us wanting to see if we could send our correspondents around Nigeria, especially to the villages, to showcase the level of poverty in the country. Abubakar Isah wrote: "PLEASE SIR, CAN YOU SEND YOUR CORRESPONDENTS TO ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY ESPECIALLY TO THE VILLAGES TO SHOW TO THE FEDERAL GOVT. THE LEVEL OF POVERTY IN THE COUNTRY? HOPE MY REQUEST IS PUT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANKS." If you need Masterweb News Team to visit your village, have your traditional ruler contact us with valid phone no. and email at admin@nigeriamasterweb.com Alternatively, you can email us your traditional ruler's phone no. and email, and we will contact him. Click here to Email Us.

Port Harcourt Airport Radar Begins Operation
[ Port Harcourt Radar Begins Operation ] - Nigeria: The management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency(NAMA) has deployed into operations the newly installed Radar at the Port Harcourt International Airport. This brings to three, radar sites that are fully completed by Thales ATM of France, the contractor handling the multi-billion naira Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria(TRACON) project. According to Supo Atobatele, NAMA Public Affairs General Manager, controllers started vectoring traffic from the Radar site since 29th January, 2010 with NOTAM (Notice -To -Air -Men) already issued by the Nigerian Airspace Management agency to......... Click here to read full story.
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[ Breaking News - Friday, February 5, 2010 ]
* German frigates sailing to Namibia
* Uganda: Obama ridicules anti-gay bill
* Uganda arrests, charges journalist with libel
* World's oldest monastery renovation unveiled in Egypt
* Yar'Adua to respond soon to handover calls
* Haiti quake death toll reaches 212000
* North Korea 'to free US activist Robert Park'
* Haiti aid helicopter crashes
* Gaza's only power plant may be forced to shut down
* FIFA gives Haiti three million dollars aid
* Israel's Lieberman issues stern warning to Syria
* Akunyili's Memo To FEC on Yar'Adua
* Nigeria: Coffin scare at Anambra INEC office
* Three UK soldiers in Germany avalanche
* Australian A-G seeks more jail for toddler's rapist
* Dubai announces new oil discovery
* Northern California jolted by strong quake
* Australian jailed for killing wife with hammer
* Girl buried alive in honour killing
* Haiti police arrest 100 prison escapees
* Yar'Adua shouldn't hand over, declared Northern Govs
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Breaking News Alert - Thursday, February 4, 2010
Dad Tries To Cut-Off Son's Penis
[ Dad suspected of trying to cut off 1-year-old's penis ] - USA: Police have arrested a man accused of trying to sever his own son's penis. Police spokesman Robert Goetz said officers responded to a 911 at approximately 1:20 p.m. Tuesday. They arrived at an apartment complex in the 2500 block of Rockefeller Avenue and found an injured 1-year-old boy. The boy was taken to Children's Hospital in Seattle with non-life threatening injuries. Police arrested the man in his 20s and booked him into the Snohomish County Jail under investigation of......... Click here to read full story.

Preparing Nigeria For Disintegration
[ Preparing Nigeria for disintegration ] - The unusual long absence of President Musa Yar'Adua from office owing to his ill health has revealed how shallow the socio-political foundation of Nigeria lies. It has also abruptly unmasked the real enemies of the Nigerian nation. The actions and inactions of these anti-democratic elements have clearly turned Nigeria into a baobab tree standing on the edge of an erosion prone river. Events following the official admission that President Yar'Adua was suffering from severe pericarditis and on admission at the King Faisal Hospital in Saudi Arabia has pointed to one ominous reality: The multi-faceted leadership institution in Nigeria is unarguably not built on the pillars of justice, fair play, and the rule of law. As a result of this anomaly, tribal and religious sentiments now shape the opinions of government officials. Instead of nursing policies that will unite and improve the lives of the citizenry, public servants now take pride in pursuing parochial tribal agendas. There is no gainsaying that the die hard attitude by some key government officials in ensuring that President Yar'Adua does not hand over power temporarily to Vice President Jonathan is clearly......... Click here to read full story.
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Irans Launches Rocket & Animals into Orbit
[ Iran rocket menagerie launched ] - Iran announced on Wednesday it has successfully launched a research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space - a feat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said showed Iran could defeat the West in the battle of technology. Ahmadinejad also unveiled the model of a light booster rocket that is being built and three new, Iranian-built satellites, touted as the latest in the country's ambitious space programme. The launch of the rocket Kavoshgar-3, which means Explorer-3 in Farsi, was announced by Defence Minister Gen Ahmad Vahidi to mark the National Day of Space Technology. It comes a year after Iran sent its first domestically made telecommunications satellite, called Omid, or Hope, into orbit for 40 days. The Iranian space programme has......... Click here to read full story.
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Iraqi Court Allows Candidates With Baathist Ties
[ Iraqi Court Allows Candidates With Baathist Ties ] - An Iraqi appeals court overturns a move to disqualify some 500 candidates in next month's parliamentary elections because of their alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. The controversy over the Baathists raises questions about who else is being allowed to run for office. An Iraqi appeals court Wednesday overturned a move to disqualify some 500 candidates in next month's parliamentary elections because of their alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. The court said that those on the banned list will be allowed to run in the election, but those who win seats will not be permitted to take office until their links to the former regime have been fully examined. The controversy over the Baathists raises questions about who else is being allowed to run for office. Many in Iraq, especially Sunni Arabs, view the attempt to ban the candidates as a way to keep new emerging powers from gaining......... Click here to read full story.

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[ Breaking News - Thursday, February 4, 2010 ]
* Jacob Zuma admits fathering 20th child
* Cameroon police seize 700 parrots at airport
* Somali pirates hijack Libyan cargo ship
* Terrorist Suspect, Nigerian Father Travel Diverging Paths
* New Zealand woman duped $452,000 in Nigerian scam
* Ghana rewards Stars with $20,000 each
* ICC appeals panel, wants fresh ruling on Bashir
* Israel threatens to 'use force' against Iran
* Haiti PM says more than 200,000 dead
* France bans bluefin tuna trade for 18 months
* Taliban bomb blast kills school children
* Israel: Peace talks to resume soon
* US-born panda to learn Chinese
* Man pays $7.4m for three camels
* Spared dogs kill Slovenian owner
* We're all aliens, says scientist
* Iran says yes to shipping out uranium
* Expect al Qaeda attack soon: CIA
* Taleban refuses to give proof leader alive
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* Nigerian group threatens to attack oil facilities if....
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Breaking News Alert - Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Nigerian Police Investigates al-Qaeda's Arms Comment
[ Nigerian police investigates al-Qaeda's comment on arms ] - The Nigeria Police Force has said they are probing a report credited to an al-Qaeda group in north Africa to train and arm Nigerian Muslim groups to fight perceived enemies in the country. The al-Qaeda group in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said in a statement on Monday that it was ready to defend "our people in Nigeria." Reacting to this, the police said its men were ready to counter any form of terror in the country. Yemi Ajayi, assistant police spokesman, told Xinhua on phone from Abuja that the police would look into any news or information that has any security implications with all seriousness. He said the police would not treat such information with levity, as their men were on......... Click here to read full story.

4 Women Sentenced For Gluing Man's Penis
[ US women sentenced in penis gluing case ] - USA: A woman who tied up a cheating lover and glued his penis to his stomach said Tuesday that she didn't mean to hurt him and only overreacted because he was trying to contact her 12-year-old daughter. Therese A. Ziemann, 48, said she and three other women only meant to confront the married man about his cheating ways. Her decision to grab the bottle of nail glue from her makeup bag was "a stupid spur-of-the-minute decision," she said. "I had just found my daughter's number in his cell phone," she said outside court. "It was just a warning from me to him, to stay away from the kids." Ziemann, her sister, another lover and the man's wife were all sentenced Tuesday to......... Click here to read full story.
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Iran To Hang 9 More Protesters
[ Iran set to hang more opposition protesters ] - Iran said yesterday that it would soon hang nine more rioters over their roles in the unrest that erupted after June's presidential vote, prompting an opposition leader to say such repression showed the 1979 Islamic revolution had failed. "Nine others will be hanged soon. The nine, and the two who were hanged on Thursday, were surely arrested in the recent riots and had links to anti-revolutionary groups," said senior judiciary official Ebrahim Raisi. The two men hanged last week were among a group of 11 people sentenced to death on charges including "waging war against God" and being members of armed groups. Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, the former prime minister, said the repression showed the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew the US-backed Shah "had not achieved its goals". "Filling the prisons and brutally killing protesters show that the root of ... dictatorship remains from......... Click here to read full story.
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[ Breaking News - Wednesday, February 3, 2010 ]
* 400 Nigerian ex-militants protest alleged abandonment
* African Union: Haiti's future in Africa 'a sense of duty'
* African leaders declare ICT sector as top priority
* Editorial: Gaddafi`s ironic paradox
* Somali pirates release Greek cargo vessel
* South African group bonds with Oakland students
* Egypt welcomes Hamas' willingness for reconciliation
* South Sudan hungry 'quadrupled in a year'
* Iran: No problem with nuclear plan
* Kiwi student accepts $36,000 for virginity
* Israeli jets 'strike Gaza targets'
* Nigerian couple guilty in Texas of forced servitude
* Haiti judge quizzes US missionaries over child case
* 5 dogs maul three American children
* China threatens Obama over meeting
* Jackson doctor plans to surrender
* Trees 'grow faster due to global warming'
* Australian elderly woman dies after rape, assault
* Al-Qaeda 'to attempt US attack soon'
* Militant group vows attack on oil facilities in Nigeria
* Yemeni rebels offer prisoner exchange
* US women sentenced in penis gluing case
* US coach fined for giving fans the finger
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Breaking News Alert - Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Female Suicide Bomber Kills Many
[ Female suicide bomber kills 41 in Iraq ] - Iraq: A suicide bomber killed 41 people including children on Monday when she blew herself up among a crowd of pilgrims walking to a religious festival in Iraq. The woman triggered an explosives belt at a rest station for the pilgrims, who were on their way to the holy Shia city of Karbala. There was a similar bomb attack last year at the same pilgrimage, which has been a regular target for attacks. The rest station included a security search area, and the bomber had been ushered into the tent set aside for women when the device was set off. "We were serving the people when the attack happened inside a search tent for women," Allawi Hassan, a staff member, told reporters. "The moment the explosion happened I felt as if I was flying through the air. I saw men, women and children wounded before I fainted. I then found myself in hospital." The dead are thought to include five women and six children. Al-Qaeda has admitted to being......... Click here to read full story.

'Issa Hayatou Got It Wrong'
[ CAF's Togo Ban: Issa Hayatou, you got it wrong! ] - On the 8th of January 2010, the Togolese national team - The Hawks - set out for Cabinda, Angola from the Congo to commence their campaign in the African Cup of Nations. A brief domestic risk assesment of this strategy would show that it was fraught with danger. And it has proved to be a serious error of judgment. The Cabinda region is almost totally engulfed by the two Congos on its northern, eastern and southern borders. It has the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The Congo had been particularly strife-ridden since the twilight days of the late Mobutu Sese-Seko. By the time Laurent Desire Kabila (Kabila Snr) was head of state, six separate armed conflict were on-going in the Congo. Congolese rebels were challenging Kabila Snr (they are still challenging his son Kabila Jnr); Rwanda had pushed the Interhamwe rebels deep into DRC territory and fighting was reported frequently; Uganda was fighting her rebels in the Congo; Sudan was doing the same; Burundian authorities and FFD rebels, Congo-Brazzaville and forces loyal to their deposed former President Lissouba; and between the Angolan government and UNITA rebels. This conflict became known as........ Click here to read full story.
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Mugabe's Secret Airstrip
[ Secret airstrip built at Zimbabwe diamond field ] - A secret airstrip is being built in a diamond field illegally seized by the Zimbabwean army 14 months ago which would enable clandestine weapons shipments. Diplomats and analysts believe that the mile-long runway is intended for arms shipments, probably from China, for which troops loyal to President Robert Mugabe would pay on the spot with gemstones from the Chiadzwa diamond mines. Aerial pictures show construction work is well under way, with a newly built control tower apparently complete and the runway nearly ready for surfacing. There are other airfields within a short distance of the mining area, and no obvious need for a runway long enough for transport planes to take off and land even closer to the mines. A Western diplomat said the existence of the runway, out of sight except from the air, was "extremely" worrying. The images also show what appears to be a tented army camp in the diamond fields, which would be in violation of Zimbabwean court orders and of an undertaking to the Kimberley Process, which was set up to prevent "blood diamonds" from conflict zones entering the global gem trade. According to human rights groups, hundreds of independent miners were killed when soldiers seized........ Click here to read full story.
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[ Breaking News - Tuesday, February 2, 2010 ]
* Ransom paid for cargo ship captured by Somali pirates
* When South Africa took world by surprise
* Cooperation with Africa Iran's "strategic goal"
* South Africa's would-be olim will have to fly Ethiopian Airlines
* Official Denies Uganda Troop Presence in Congo
* 7 Somali pirates trying to attack ships referred to court
* 6.2 quake hits Papua New Guinea
* Yemeni separatist found dead in police station
* Yar'Adua may be 'smuggled' into Nigeria at night
* Yar'Adua: Saudi king grants use of air ambulance
* Three more NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
* US missionaries 'knew they were doing wrong' in Haiti
* Philippino tribe losing interest in digging up dead
* Obama unveils record $708 bn military budget
* U.S. cop 'placed baton in man's rectum'
* Al-Qaeda offers to help Nigerian Muslims
* Toyota to repair recalled vehicles
* Israeli officers disciplined in attack on UN warehouse
* Nigeria to reap $300bn from PIB yearly
* Man arrested on charge of kissing police dog
* Mexican students may have been targeted 'by mistake'
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* Judge beheaded in Kwara, Nigeria
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Special News Feature
Shortcut To Good Governance In Nigeria
Arik Resumes Flights Between Lagos & Jos
Niger Delta Needs Development Not Endless Planning
Day Pigeons Refused To Fly in Nigeria
Vindication To Nigerian Senate Commendation
"Restrict 'Nude' Screening To US Bound Passengers"
'Nigerian Army Watches' As Yar'Adua 'Aso Rocking' Back
Potential "Western Bomb Mule" Uncovered
U.S Sues Nigeria Up To $16m For Unpaid Taxes
A Day of Reckoning & Healing
Speech by Braithwaite at The National Intervention Parley
Is Nigerian President Yar'Adua Dead?
Giving Jobs To Niger Delta Youths
Detectors Donated To Nigeria Airports Authority
Nkerehi Women Cry Out Loud in Pain
Foreign Education, Safe Haven For Nigerian Students?
Nigeria, A Banana Republic
Search For Nigeria's True Identity
Uwaekwe Blames Nigerian Businessmen
Masterweb Wishes You A Happy New Year
Nigeria Introduces 3D Body Imaging Scanning
Is Nigeria The New Den of Terrorists?
Nigerian Terrorist Says More Bombers Coming
Makurdi Airport Reopens in 2010 For Civil Aviation
Nigerian Tries To Blow-Up US Airliner
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Saying No To Fresh Nigeria Militants Attacks
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Coca-Cola To Leave Nigeria
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A Call For Environmental Justice
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Dana Increases Flights To Port Harcourt
Niger Delta Big Ticket Projects
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Nigeria Aviation Industry Repositions
"No Hand In Looting Of Nigerian Airline"
Arik Air Begins Abuja-London Route
S. Africa-Nigeria Relations Communique
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Nigeria: Corruption Is Our Bane
UK Community Rally To Save Nigerians
Port Harcourt TRACON Site Ready
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Nigerian US 'Terrorist' Uses Rap Argument
Type Of President Nigerians Want And.....
United Airlines To Fly Washington-Lagos-Accra
Nigeria Invests Heavily On Air Safety
Compelling Need For A "Fly Nigeria Act"
Nigeria's Nahcoaviance Profit Hits N1b Mark
Yar'Adua directs Aviation Ministry to handle staff matters
Power To Nigerians by Aliu Snr.
Nigeria Overland Airways Expands
Many Nigerians Feared Drowned
Indians Taking Over Nigerian Jobs?( 2 )
Pregnant Nigerian Women Excised From Hajj
Airlines Will No Longer Fly Blind In Nigeria
Arik Air Celebrates 3 Yrs Of Service in Nigeria
6 Nigerian Aviation Workers in Police Net
Bode George: Victim, Scapegoat or Example?
Village Square Series '09 - How it Went
Nigerian Univ. System - Which Way Forward
Anambra U.S. '09 Convention, A Success
Nigerian airlines must be protected against predators
Nigeria To Host Airport Council Conference
Nigeria: Amnesty, Youths & New Beginning
4 Yrs Enough To Fix Nigeria's Problems
Nigerian Ministry, Arik Air, Others Indicted
1st Annual Village Square Series
Re: Nigeria Must Not Sink
Failure of Urban Planning in Nigeria
Nigerian Airlines Are Dying
Nigerian's Speech At Anti-Drug Campaign
Nigeria Must Not Sink
Nigeria Cautioned Over GAT Concession
Bellview Airline Booted Out of ATA
Agbero - This Craze Must Stop in Lagos
Yar'Adua Orders Handover of GAT To Bi-Courtney
Federal Vs State Police in Nigeria
Making Roads Safer In Nigeria
Nigerian Ideas
Winning or Losing Nigerian Helmet Order?
Nigeria: Leadership As Epidemic
Open Letter To Kano State Governor
Nigeria: Competence Vs Incompetence
Immunity Clause & Nigerian Lawmakers
Nigeria Calls - Obey !!
Open Letter To President Yar'Adua
Nigeria: Crying Over Spilled Milk
Captain Noelle Leaves Afrijet Airlines
Nigerian Aviation Handling Co. Rewards 15 Employees
A Cry For Change In Nigeria
Oil Companies & Niger Delta Development
Aero Contractor Pays On Its Indebtedness
Nigeria - Arik Airline Chairman In EFCC Net
Nigeria: Birds Of The Same Feather
Nigeria: Ostrich Body, Chicken Head
Bi-Courtney Breaches Abuja Accord
Death of Professionalism in Nigeria
Nigeria At 49 - How Good So Far
Nigerians to Pay Service Charge Directly
Can Babagida Pass Repentant Test?
ASUU Prolonged Strike Uncalled For
Nigeria - Where Do We Go From?
Nigeria Aviation Workers Set To Down Tools
Nigeria IGP Vs Gani & Ribadu
Omotoba Lied Over Lagos Terminal Handover
This Nigerian Eagle Must Fly High !!
Only Two Governors in Nigeria?
'President Yar'Adua's Last Straw'
White Elephant Union Called ASUU
Curbing Kidnappings in Niger Delta
An Ode To Gani
Nigeria Public Limited Liability Companies
Nigeria Public Limited Liability Companies
Nigeria: This Once Great Nation!
Budget Delays & Niger Delta
Service In U.S. For Murdered Nigerian Taxi Driver
Amaechi: A Godfatherless Governor
Python Found on Serbian ATM Machine
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Nigerian Taxi Driver Murdered in U.S.
Naked Man Forces Plane To Abort Flight
Japan Hands Nigerian Life Imprisonment For Murder
Nigeran Shameless Naked Ogun Lawmakers
Indians Taking Over Nigerian Jobs?
Reasons To Let Nigeria's NSCDC Bear Arms
Restoring Igbo Footprint in Nigeria
Tamil Leader's Body Identified
Nigerian Bank Manager Killers Shot Dead
Nigerian Bank Manager Killed by Gunmen
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Family duped in Nigerian rental scam
African Night celebrates culture
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