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Zimbabwe Re-issues Operating License to the Daily News Newspaper
Zimbabwe has re-issued an operating license to a privately-owned newspaper banned nearly five years ago as the country’s new coalition government moves to open up the media once again. A special committee tasked to review the case of Zimbabwe’s banned...
Space Shuttle Endeavour Glides Safely Home After Successful Mission
Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of 7 astronauts ended a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a 10:48 a.m. EDT landing Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Hawaii’s Sea Life Park Welcomes New Baby Dolphin
Sea Life Park has welcomed the newest addition to its ohana (Hawaiian for family) as Hi’iaka, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
Spin Master Launches Liv(TM), a New Line of Teenage Fashion Dolls
North America’s third largest toy company, Spin Master Ltd., has launched Liv(TM), a new line of teenage fashion dolls in retail stores across the U.S. and Canada. How People Arrived Here: doll, fashion dolls, fashion doll, dolls, teenage fashion
Profile in Courageous CHUTZPAH
Politics may be the art of compromise; but, as we saw in the history of the United States leading up to the Civil War, compromise is often a matter of sweeping problems under the rug until the pile of problems is bigger than the rug itself. This...
Pfizer Agrees Out-of-court Settlement Over the Deaths of 11 Nigerian Children
The U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, has agreed to pay £45 million in an out-of-court settlement over the deaths of 11 Nigerian children during the ’Guinea-pig’ drug trials. The country’s northern Kano State had over the years, persistently accused...
Catholic Church in Nigeria Attributes Latest Religious Violence to Growing Levels of Poverty
The Catholic Church in Nigeria has attributed the latest religious violence in which an Islamic sect caused mayhem in some states in northern Nigeria to the growing poverty in the country. A statement by Catholic Secretariat and signed by Rev. Father...
Nigerien Court Issues International Warrant Against Former Premier Hama Amadou
A Nigerien court has issued an international arrest warrant for “illicit enrichment” against abroad-based former Premier Hama Amadou. The government spokesman, Mohamed Ben Omar reported the news to the media, saying this international arrest warrant...
