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Final contract payment/Next of kin payment verification

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CBN interest payment notification

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Business Proposal – CONFIDENTIAL

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The trap for a Clinton-Obama ticket

The trap for a Clinton-Obama ticket

The contest for the Democratic nomination has entered a period of suspended reality. The next big vote, in Pennsylvania, is five weeks away –...
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Demonstration in Paris against the Chadian government

Supporters of the Chadian political opponent, Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, who went missing on 3 February in N'Djamena, Chad, gathered Saturday afternoon near the...
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Austrian chancellor and Libyan leader discuss the two abducted Austrians

The Austrian chancellor, Alfred Gusenhauer, Friday held talks with the Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, who is the current chairman of the Sahel-Saharan States Community...
Obama – Clinton : Dirty republican tricks and Clinton’s hopes

Obama – Clinton : Dirty republican tricks and Clinton’s hopes

Conventional wisdom says Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in a no-holds barred contest that could result in a “train wreck” at the...
The Gambia: Online blocks amid violent threats

The Gambia: Online blocks amid violent threats

Since the beginning of March 2008, Gambians have been unable to access the "Freedom Newspaper", an online Gambian newspaper based in the United States of America,...
Morgan Tsvangirai leads opinion polls

Morgan Tsvangirai leads opinion polls

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, could win the forthcoming presidential election in two weeks time against beleaguered incumbent, Mr Robert Mugabe, an opinion...
Benzema becomes one of the highest paid footballers in France

Benzema becomes one of the highest paid footballers in France

Karim Benzema said in an announcement Thursday that he would stay with Olympique Lyonnais (OL) until 2013, with an extra optional year. Olympique Lyonnais,...
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International Telemedicine forum opens in Libya

The fourth international Euro-Mediterranean conference on computer science and telemedicine opened here on Thursday. The three-day meeting is being attended by doctors and specialists...
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Katoucha buried in Guinea

The remains of Guinean ex-top-model, Kadiatou Katoucha Niane, whose lifeless body was retrieved 28 February in the waters of the Seine river in Paris,...
Al Qaeda demands exchange for Austrian hostages

Al Qaeda demands exchange for Austrian hostages

A three-day ultimatum which begun at midnight on Thursday was posted on an islamist web site from the Maghreb al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is...
Arab Newspapers Win Awards in International Design Contest

Arab Newspapers Win Awards in International Design Contest

The Dubai-based Gulf News and Emirates Business 24/7 newspapers were recently granted prizes in an international contest for newspaper design. A close collaboration between...
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HSBC eyeing expansion in sub-Saharan Africa

HSBC is looking at expanding its presence in sub-Saharan Africa as the region becomes increasingly significant for its Asian and Indian clients. HSBC is looking...
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Experts discuss return of cultural property in Athens

Lawyers, museum professionals, archaeologists, academics and cultural property experts will meet in Athens, Greece, 17-18 March for an international conference on the Return of...
Kenyan Peace Pact: Loser-shares-half

Kenyan Peace Pact: Loser-shares-half

Our break with the cold has been so far so good. Every Kenyan is now more than aware of the nemesis of political mischief....
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Sweden to give Zimbabwe US$ 7.2 m for humanitarian aid

Sweden announced Thursday it would give Zimbabwe US$ 7.2 million for humanitarian assistance this year in response to an appeal by the United Nations....
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OIC 11th summit opens in Dakar

The 11th summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) opened here Thursday with delegations from the organisation's 57 member states in attendance....
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Morocco hosts Africa shooting tourney

The African clay pigeon shooting championship kicked off on Wednesday in the northern Moroccan city of Tangiers, with the participation of over 150 shooters...
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Nigerian bourse market capitalisation upbeat

Market capitalisation on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Thursday went up to 12.495 trillion naira from 12.490 trillion naira recorded at...
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UAE company Fal Oil wins Mauritania oil bid

The Mauritanian government has selected United Arab Emirates company Fal Oil Co.Ltd to supply its oil products for the next two years from 16...
Obama – Clinton: playing the race card or healing america

Obama – Clinton: playing the race card or healing america

She has still not said sorry although she is finding ways of softening the magnitude of her words, but it looks like anytime she...
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Dutch row over Geert Wilders’ anti-islam film

The Netherlands are again in the controversial limelight with islam. The populist member of parliament (MP) Geert Wilders is getting ready to show FITNA,...
Egypt brokers Gaza calm

Egypt brokers Gaza calm

Egyptian officials on Tuesday said they were attempting to broker an agreement between Israel and Palestinian factions to halt the violence in Gaza, but...
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Ministers agree to review the OIC Charter

Ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Tuesday reached an agreement to review the OIC charter, official sources said. "We have just...
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Islamic Organisation sets up watchdog against blasphemy

The secretary general of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Ekmeledinn Isahnoglu, Tuesday announced the setting up of a rights watchdog to "curb...
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World Bank lends Mali 19b cfa

Mali Tuesday in Bamako signed with the World Bank a financing agreement, worth 19 billion cfa (US$42 million) for the second support credit to...