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7.2 quake in Turkey kills 138, Wrecks Buildings
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Politics

7.2 quake in Turkey kills 138, Wrecks Buildings

Cries of panic and horror filled the air as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 138 people as buildings pancaked and crumpled into rubble. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the (more…)
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Obama Has Made Assassinations Cool Again
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Obama Has Made Assassinations Cool Again

Mark Whittington It has been a long time since President Gerald Ford, under pressure of the Church committee, issued an executive order prohibiting assassinations of foreign leaders such as Fidel Castro. In the 1970s, assassinating enemies of the United States was considered uncool. (more…)
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Foreign Campaigns
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Foreign Campaigns

David Remnick In his salad days, Muammar Qaddafi was a professorial friend and vigilant protector of his colleagues in tyranny. At the World Revolutionary Center, in Benghazi, a desert Deerfield for dictators, Qaddafi trained Blaise Compaoré, of Burkina (more…)
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Uproar in Lagos Over LG Poll Rigging
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Politics

Uproar in Lagos Over LG Poll Rigging

*Tinubu, Aregbesola, Odumbaku fingered in cash-for-ticket allegation By James Olubayo Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is now in the eye of a storm, following widespread revolts in (more…)
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Afghan leader’s office says Pakistan remarks misinterpreted
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Politics

Afghan leader’s office says Pakistan remarks misinterpreted

President Hamid Karzai's office says his comments to Pakistani TV that Afghanistan would side with Pakistan in a hypothetical war against the U.S. was not intended as a slight to Western governments. Parsing statements by President Hamid Karzai has become something of a parlor game in the Afghan capital. The Afghan leader's office (more…)
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The New Libya’s First Mistake
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

The New Libya’s First Mistake

By Christopher Hitchens Muammar Qaddafi should not have been killed, and his surviving son should be captured Surrendering to a feeling of deep impotence and slight absurdity, I borrowed an iPad on Thursday afternoon and used it to send my first-ever message by this means. It was addressed to one of those distinguished Frenchmen (more…)
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Remembering Anthony Onyearugbulem
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
World News

Remembering Anthony Onyearugbulem

Nine years ago, Anthony Ibe Onyearugbulem, who was a military administrator of Ondo State and later of Edo State, died under befuddling circumstances inside a Kaduna hotel, at the age of 47. (more…)
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