The 13 year old sole survivor of a Yemeni jet that plunged into deep water while attempting to land on Comoros Island reunites with father in Paris. Bahia Bakari, 13, clung on to floating debris for more than 12 hours before search teams spotted her in rough seas.

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Wouldn’t you agree if there was any time the saying “power to the people” was true, it’s now? And if the end of the clampdown was to keep “prying eyes” away from Iran’s business, the government deserves an Oscar for this performance?

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I am beaten flat by the increasing re-writing of the country’s name not only as naija or nija, but consider this: “9ja”. Or this other name for Nigeria: “gidi”. There is even a television programme that is titled “Nigerzie”. In addition, Etisalat, a telecom company has since adopted a marketing platform that is titled: “0809ja.” Such mainstreaming of these new labels is alarming.

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Actress Kerry Washington talks about playing a transsexual in movie “Life is Hot in Cracktown”

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