Sports
Moses Mosop sets Chicago Marathon record
Oct. 9, 2011
Chicago Marathon: Big day for Ethiopians in men’s, women’s races
Oct. 8, 2012
Sports Now
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April 19, 2011
Oct. 10, 2011
World & Nation
Here is the text of executed Nigerian playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa’s statement to the government tribunal that found him guilty of murder on Oct. 31: “My Lord, I was adjudged guilty before I was charged.
Nov. 12, 1995
Sacramento leaders making pitch to keep Kings
Niger Delta inhabitants see compensation for executions as a new beginning
June 10, 2009
Deep in the steamy Niger River delta, with thick mangrove swamps and chocolate-brown rivers stretching to the horizon, drilling supervisor Funsho Amoo shouts to be heard above the hissing steam, thumping machinery and groaning metal of a Shell oil rig.
Oct. 14, 1995
Olympics
Williams wins the 100 meters, and high jumper Howard comes in second for her first medal in a major competition.
Aug. 9, 2005
When Ken Saro-Wiwa insists a U.S. boycott of Nigerian oil imports may be the only way to end the repression of Nigeria’s military dictatorship (“Today’s Nigeria is Doubly Enslaved,” Commentary, July 12), we ought to pay close attention.
July 23, 1995