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Japan to buy bonds to help Europe through debt crisis
Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Tuesday that the government would purchase eurozone bonds to help the region as it struggles with a debt crisis among some of its members.
Space observatory finds smallest rocky planet outside solar system
The smallest rocky planet ever spotted outside Earth's solar system has been found by the Kepler observatory, the US space agency said Monday.
Nigerian ex-president fails to break Ivorian political impasse
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo left Cote d'Ivoire early Monday after two days of mediation as incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo still refused to cede power since the Nov. 28 presidential vote
JESUS HOLINESS
Passing through Warri (including Effurun), you are immediately assaulted by two things: Large billboards of Governor Uduaghan informing you that you are in paradise and should therefore vote for him again, and signboards of churches. I am sure that all the..
Nigeria's Obasanjo Meets With Ivory Coast Rivals
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was shuttling between meetings Sunday with the country's defiant president who refuses to cede power and the internationally recognized winner in the latest effort to resolve the post election crisis.
Crux time for Nigeria as election cycle begins
Nigeria enters the most important three months of its recent political history this week, beginning elections which could chart its path for further reform or plunge its most volatile regions back into violence.
11 dead in new violence in central Nigerian city
Christian youths attacked a car full of Muslims returning from a wedding in central Nigeria, killing seven people inside the vehicle and sparking retaliatory violence that left one other person dead, an official said Saturday.
Ex-Nigerian soccer star Okafor found dead in Texas
Uche Okafor, a defender on two World Cup teams for Nigeria who later played for the Kansas City Wizards in the U.S., has been found dead in his Dallas-area home, police said Friday. He was 43.
