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Nigeria Islamic group Boko Haram spreads fear far and wide
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — In brutally poor neighborhoods and mansions alike, this city choked by military checkpoints seethes with rumors, paranoia and conspiracy theories. Even academics like to assert a favorite: The homegrown Islamic extremist...
Tags: Politics, Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Human Rights Watch
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Ban Ki-moon: Eradicate polio, finally
As the World Health Assembly convenes in Geneva this week, one item on the agenda will be polio, or more specifically, how to finally deliver on an epic promise made a quarter-century ago: to liberate humankind from one of the world's most deadly and...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Afghanistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Goodluck Jonathan
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China now more popular than the U.S., poll says
World NowChina has grown more popular than the United States, according to a recently released poll that quizzed more than 24,000 people about whether countries and the European Union affected the world for good or for ill.... -
Africa's economic boom points up the need for managers
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Africa's rapid economic growth has helped change the stereotype of a hopeless continent of starving people waiting to be rescued, but it has also created an intense need for strong managers, according to a report...Tags: Culture, Companies and Corporations, Business, Cultural Development, Economy, Business and Finance
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Conviction of Liberia's Charles Taylor seen as double-edged
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The litany of abuses was chilling: mass murder, rape, sexual slavery. Forcing children to fight. Chopping off victims' limbs. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor's conviction Thursday by an international tribunal...
Tags: Lawyers, Slavery, Arab Spring, International Court or Tribunal, Wars and Interventions
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Nigerian extremists open fire on Christians, killing as many as 20
World NowAs many as 20 Christian worshipers killed in Kano attack: A terror attack in the northern Nigerian city of Kano Sunday killed as many as 20 Christian worshipers. Dozens more were wounded.... -
Nigerian billionaire leaves his imprint in cement
LAGOS, Nigeria —The chaotic color of the megalopolis cascades past the window of his silver Mercedes SUV. A police escort with a flashing blue light clears the road ahead. Restless and irritated, the billionaire is in his bubble. With a slim,...
Tags: Russia, Companies and Corporations, Stock Market, Plant Openings, Financial Markets
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Nigeria state seeks husbands for 1,000 brides-to-be
KANO, Nigeria — He should be tall. Kind, of course. And generous, especially when it comes to buying all those little trinkets that a woman desires. "A little handsome," but not too much, says Altine Abdullahi. "It's a danger." In northern...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Family, HIV, Religion and Belief
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Africa calls for World Bank reform after Nigerian denied top post
World NowAfricans call for World Bank reform after Africa's candidate for World Bank president is passed over: African financial leaders called for the reform of the World Bank and its process for selecting its leader, dominated for six decades by the US, after... -
A South African rape, captured on video, exposes an epidemic
World NowA typical South African rape - captured on cell phone video: South African radio and social media lit up with outrage after a cell phone video showed the gang rape of a 17 year old girl by a group of adolescents. They offered her 25 cents to keep silent... -
SXSW 2012: Peaking Lights illuminates Urban Outfitters party
Pop & HissLos Angeles-by-way-of-Wisconsin duo Peaking Lights sparked a deep melodic fire in the parking lot of Urban Outfitters in Austin, Texas. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts reports on the band's sound....
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