Over 100 dead, 50 injured in Nigeria blaze
More than 100 people who went to scoop up oil
from an overturned oil tanker were burned to death yesterday after
the vehicle caught fire, the information commissioner in Nigeria’s
southern Rivers state said. “More than 100 people were killed in the
inferno from the petrol tanker,
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Clinton to walk tightrope with China amid rows
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet
her Chinese counterpart in Cambodia on Thursday, keen to avoid
souring ties amid a fraught background of rows between Beijing and
its neighbours.
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Pressure on Assad as envoy defects, West eyes sanctions
Pressure mounted on Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad
on Thursday after a first senior diplomat, his ambassador to
Baghdad, defected and Western powers drew up a 10-day sanctions
ultimatum.
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Leadership battle to dominate African Union Summit
Intense lobbying is underway ahead of the
African Union biannual summit starting Sunday, with the race for the
post of AU commission chief dominating talks after a deadlocked vote
in January.
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