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Kerry urges Nigeria to respect human rights in 1st official trip to sub-Saharan Africa
Associated PressADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the...Tags: Ethiopia, Politics, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice and Rights
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Kerry stresses respect for human rights with Nigerian president
ReutersADDIS ABABA, May 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who last week expressed concern about allegations of gross human rights violations by Nigerian forces fighting the Boko Haram Islamist sect, raised the issue with the country's...Tags: Chad, Butterfly Ballots, Politics, Ethiopia, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Nigerian army says rescues hostages taken by Islamists
ReutersABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has freed a number of women and children held hostage by Islamist sect Boko Haram, the army said on Saturday, after its offensive in the northeast of the country overran three of the insurgents' camps. Boko Haram...Tags: Chad, Butterfly Ballots, Goodluck Jonathan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions
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Servicios de seguridad británicos, cuestionados tras asesinato de soldado
ReutersPor Peter Griffiths LONDRES (Reuters) - Los servicios de seguridad de Gran Bretaña enfrentaron cuestionamientos el viernes sobre si pudieron haber hecho algo para prevenir el asesinato de un soldado acuchillado en una calle de Londres, después de que...Tags: BBC
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Five questions with … Dr. Eddy C. Agbo
Hundreds of thousands of people die of malaria every year, most of them in Africa. Dr. Eddy C. Agbo wants people to get diagnosed quickly and easily — right in their homes — so they can seek treatment. The barrier to quick and easy diagnoses...
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Insight: In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for many Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar accent. Michael...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, Islam, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Western Africa
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Islamists kill 20 in suicide attacks in Niger
ReutersNIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading across West Africa....Tags: Chad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mali, Entertainment, Wars and Interventions
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INSIGHT-In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
ReutersBy Michael Holden and Peter Graff LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for Londoners was the man's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Islam, United Kingdom, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Western Africa
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Nigeria's NNPC and Exxon unit to tap bond market by 2016
ReutersABUJA/GENEVA, May 23 (Reuters) - Nigeria's state oil company and a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil plan to tap the bond market by 2016 to fill a funding shortfall in their oil exploration joint venture, the companies said. Exxon and the Nigerian National...Tags: Financial Markets, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Joint Ventures, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Finance
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday: ** Clearwire Corp said its special committee and its board of directors approved Sprint Nextel Corp's sweetened offer to take over the...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Global Expansion, Bankruptcy, Real Estate Buyers, Realty
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FUTBOL-Delantero Peralta es baja en selección de México por lesión
ReutersMEXICO DF, 22 mayo (Reuters) - El delantero Oribe Peralta quedó fuera de la selección mexicana de fútbol que disputará los partidos correspondientes a la eliminatoria de la Concacaf para el Mundial de Brasil y la Copa Confederaciones debido a una... -
Swiss seek to facilitate restitution of dictator loot
Reuters* Draft law first of its kind - Swiss Foreign Ministry * Swiss blocked $1 billion of Arab Spring loot ZURICH, May 22 (Reuters) - Switzerland proposed on Wednesday a new law to make it easier to freeze assets stolen and salted away by foreign leaders and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Libya, Bashar Assad, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Egypt
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