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Lone Comoros Air Crash Survivor off to France, Reunites with Father [video]

July 2, 2009

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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Feature Story

Nigeria: Niger Delta a human rights tragedy - Amnesty International

Awash in oil, yet its people, for the most part, are destitute. Nigeria discovered \"liquid gold\" half a century ago and today is the world\'s eighth largest oil exporter. But the country is plagued by corruption, inefficiency, underdevelopment and an uprising in its Niger Delta
An Amnesty International report examines oil spills, gas flaring, waste dumping and other environmental impacts of the oil industry in the Nigeria Niger Delta. Chief culprit: Shell Petroleum.

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News 2.0: Power to the People

June 24, 2009

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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Nigeria: Do We have a National Identity Crisis?

June 23, 2009

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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Interview

A Conversation with Kerry Washington


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

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