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Oct. 18 | A diary entry by suspected Nigerian bombing conspirator Henry Okah, made about two weeks before deadly blasts in the capital Abuja, talked of staging a “fight to the finish”, a Johannesburg court heard on Monday.
Okah, residing in South Africa...
Oct. 15 | A third Nigerian runner has failed a doping test at the Commonwealth Games and been stripped of two silver medals.
Folashade Abugan tested positive for a steroid and waived her right to have a “B” sample tested, the Commonwealth Games Federation...
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Oct. 12 | Suspected members of a radical Islamic sect set a police station ablaze in northern Nigeria, wounding three officers in an attack similar to one that sparked rioting and a government crackdown that left 700 dead last year, officials said Tuesday.
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Oct. 9 | Chile’s trapped miners cheered and embraced each other Saturday as a drill punched into their underground chamber, opening a way out with a spray of rock and dust from the collapsed mine where they have been stuck for an agonizing 66 days.
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Oct. 8 | FIFA temporarily lifted Nigeria’s suspension from international soccer Friday, giving the country two days to prepare for an African Cup of Nations qualifier that had been postponed.
Nigerian Football Federation official Musa Amadu told The Associated...
Oct. 7 |
Archbishop Desmond Tutu announced Thursday he was withdrawing from public life after decades at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid and injustice around the world.
“I have done as much as I can and need time to do things I have...
Oct. 7 | Members of a radical Muslim sect shot and killed a political leader in northern Nigeria, the latest attack by a group that engineered a massive prison break last month, a police commissioner said Thursday.
Police commissioner Ibrahim Abdu told The Associated...
Oct. 4 | Henry Okah seeks cover on the back seat of a vehicle as he leaves the court in Johannesburg (AP Photo)
Nigerian former militant leader Henry Okah will be kept apart from other prisoners during his stay on Monday night at Johannesburg Central prison,...
Oct. 4 | By foot, bike and devious new routes, London commuters scrambled to get to work Monday during a one-day strike by the city’s subway workers. At least it wasn’t raining very hard.
Thousands of maintenance workers, drivers and station employees...
