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In Nigeria, getting away with murder
Since the arrival of the New Year, America's Nigerian diaspora, including its significant community in Maryland, must be dismayed by the news from Africa's most populous country. The reluctance ofNigeria'sgovernment to prevent or punish violence between...Tags: Justice and Rights, Prosecution, Islam, Defense, Africa
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Gorilla Habitat Larger Than Previously Thought
Conservationists working in Central Africa to save the world’s rarest gorilla have good news: the Cross River gorilla has more suitable habitat than previously thought, including vital corridors that, if protected, can help the great apes move...Tags: Conservation, Wildlife, Kelly Gray, Environmental Issues, Lincoln Park Zoo
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Holy Day Bombing
Christmas cheer was replaced with blasts and bloodshed at churches in Nigeria.
Holy places in five Nigerian cities were targeted. Dozens died and many others were wounded.
A police station and a state security building were also bombed.
Locals are...Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Emergency Incidents, Christmas, Explosions
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Nigeria church blast during Christmas Mass kills at least 39
Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people Sunday, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.
Authorities acknowledged...Tags: William Hague, Holidays, Politics, National Government, Armed Conflicts
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Attacks by radical Muslim sect kill at least 39 across Nigeria
Terrorist attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.
Authorities on Sunday...Tags: William Hague, White House, Holidays, Armed Conflicts, Emergency Incidents
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Behind judging First Amendment essay winners
After hearing and meeting some of the essay and art contest winners at the Anti-Defamation League’s 2011 Jerold S. Solovy Award Dinner, I left feeling inspired by the thoughtfulness and maturity of these young people.
Part of Trib Nation's...Tags: Justice and Rights, Newspapers, Politics, New York City, Canterbury
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Shell's Oil Spill in Nigeria Fuels Alaska's Offshore Oil Controversy
Opponents of Shell Oil’s plans to explore for oil in arctic waters say Alaskans should pay attention to what’s happening in Nigeria, where Shell has shut down its Bonga Oil Field.
The well is located about 75 miles offshore, but Shell says it...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Oil Spills, Petroleum Industry, United Nations
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New of the Weird: Which Buffoon Dictator Will Be Fired Next?
![Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the "buffoon dictators," asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-old-man scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, "One day [Gadhafi] was a Motown [backup] vocalist with wet-look permed hair and tight pants. The next, a white-suited comic-operetta Latin American admiral, dripping with braid." Nonetheless, Gadhafi had competition, according to an October report in the journal <em>Fo</em><em>reign Policy</em>. For example, the son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator owns, among other eccentric luxuries, a $1.4 million collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia. North Korea's Kim Jong Il owns videos of almost every game Michael Jordan ever played for the Chicago Bulls.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66553539-06132409.jpg "Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the "buffoon dictators,\" asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-old-man scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, \"One day [Gadhafi] was a Motown [backup] vocalist with wet-look permed hair and tight pants. The next, a white-suited comic-operetta Latin American admiral, dripping with braid.\" Nonetheless, Gadhafi had competition, according to an October report in the journal <em>Fo</em><em>reign Policy</em>. For example, the son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator owns, among other eccentric luxuries, a $1.4 million collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia. North Korea's Kim Jong Il owns videos of almost every game Michael Jordan ever played for the Chicago Bulls.")
Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the "buffoon dictators," asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-old-man scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, "One day [Gadhafi] was a Motown [backup]...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Manulife Financial Corporation, Condoleezza Rice, Muammar Gaddafi, Chicago
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PASSINGS: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Jeno Paulucci, Walter Doniger, Lynn Margulis, Irving Elman
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Nigerian secessionist leader in '60s
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, 78, a millionaire's son who led Nigeria's breakaway republic of Biafra during the country's civil war that left 1 million dead, died Saturday in a London...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Issues, Drama (genre), Genes and Chromosomes, National Football League
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Christmas Mass in Nigeria rocked by terrorist bombing
World NowA bomb blast during Christmas Mass left 35 people dead and dozens wounded at a Nigerian church near the nation’s capital of Abuja.... -
Christian population tops 2.18 billion worldwide, Pew study finds
The Religion WorldThe Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life released a new comprehensive demographic report Monday on the size and distribution of the world’s Christian population. The study finds that there are 2.18 billion Christians of all... -
Gas for 37 cents? Why fuel costs more or less elsewhere
World NowNigerian oil prices. Why oil price vary so much among countries....
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