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man to divorce 82 of his 86 wives

canada.com     01-Sep-2008   8 related          

A Nigerian man has bowed to pressure from local Islamic leaders to divorce 82 of his 86 wives. Mohammadu Bello Masaba, 84, agreed on Saturday night to retain only four of the wives in accordance to the Quran, the Nigeria...                    

Book Review: No House Limit by Steve Fisher

bloggernews.net     31-Aug-2008          

Vegas in the late fifties, the setting for this novel, was a different place. Mega corporations weren’t involved back then and it certainly wasn’t a place for families. Instead, Vegas was a city run by the “syndicate”...                    

Brad Pitt and George Clooney: dangerous to be around

cnn.com     28-Aug-2008   137 related          

VENICE, Italy -- My big toe is throbbing. In fact, both my big toes are throbbing. One is my own fault: I dropped my camera on it as I jostled in a scrum of people to see if it really was Brad Pitt in the blacked-out car...                    

Aero Republica Receives Embraer-190 Aircraft

finanznachrichten.de     27-Aug-2008   2 related          

PANAMA CITY and BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aero Republica, subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A. , today announced the delivery of its 8th EMBRAER- 190 Aircraft directly from the manufacturer. The...                    

Colombia fires prosecutor in paramilitary probe

iht.com     21-Aug-2008   3 related          

Colombian authorities say they have fired a senior regional prosecutor for alleged ties with drug running, right-wing paramilitaries. Deposed prosecutor Guillermo Valencia is the brother of Colombia's newly named interior...                    

The Debian OpenSSL PRNG bug and DHE

educatedguesswork.org     21-Aug-2008          

Some colleagues (Hovav Shacham, Brendan Enright, Scott Yikel, Stefan Savage) and I have been tracking the aftermath of the Debian OpenSSL PRNG bug (see Hovav's Work-In-Progress presentation at USENIX WIP here). One of the...                    

18 August 1826 - Alexander Gordon Laing enters Timbuktu

about.com     18-Aug-2008   1 related          

Alexander Gordon Laing is acknowledged to be the first European to reach the city of Timbuktu, having crossed the Sahara to do so. He'd survived a savage attack by Tuareg nomads on his journey from Tripoli to Timbuktu, but was...                    

Nigeria: No Hunger in Country, Says Ex Agric Minister

allafrica.com     23-Jul-2008   1 related          

Minister of Agriculture in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Adamu Bello, has dismissed claim that Nigeria was facing food crisis, saying the country was blessed and not among "hunger nations."                    

Fascinating ex-danger destinations

rediff.com     23-Jul-2008   1 related          

As Colombians are all too happy to tell you, those days are over. Today's Medellin reflects Colombia's broader transformation over the last decade into a safe travel and business destination, one with sparkling Caribbean and...                    

Nigeria: Teachers' Strike - Beyond More Salaries

allafrica.com     22-Jul-2008   20 related          

Tunji Bello's column on the above subject is, as usual, one of the most insightful comments I have read on the nationwide teachers' strike that has kept children out of school indefinitely. I was indeed getting worried that...                    

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