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Angry youths protest in front of the National television station on fourth day of the nationwide strike on the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria
Africa   Economy   Lagos   Photos   Wikipedia: Nigeria		  Denver Post 
Nigeria oil union threats shutdown amid strike
Thu 12 Jan 2012
LAGOS, Nigeria—A union representing 20,000 oil and gas workers in Nigeria threatened Thursday it would shut down all production starting Sunday to take part in the crippling nationwide strike... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
A Shell petrol station located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Energy   Environment   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Royal Dutch Shell		  Fresno Bee 
Royal Dutch Shell says Nigeria spill contained
Mon 26 Dec 2011
ABOARD THE BONGA FLOATING OIL VESSEL -- The worst Nigeria offshore oil spill in more than a decade has been contained before reaching the West African nation's coast, officials with Royal Dutch Shell... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country.  Pakalert Press  Wed 25 Jan 2012
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
Share US President Barack Obama has once again renewed threats against Iran, saying that Washington will maintain pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. “America is... (photo: AP / Al Alam TV)
Iran   Photos   War   Washington   Wikipedia: Iran–United States relations
Children watch to a dried water canal filled with garbage at the slum of Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010. Doctors and aid groups are rushing to set up cholera treatment centers across Haiti's capital as officials warn that the disease's encroachment into the city will bring a surge in cases. Cholera has killed more than 580 people across the country according to Haiti's health ministry.  Al Jazeera  Tue 24 Jan 2012
New allegations of UN sexual abuse in Haiti
The UN has begun an investigation into two new allegations of UN police abuse and "sexual exploitation" of children in Haiti, Martin Nesirky, a UN spokesperson, said. One case involves UN police... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa)
Exploitation   Haiti   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: United Nations peacekeeping
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Elephant at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. E2ride bike tours opened in 2009 and is the area's only historical bicycle tour company in Riverside-Avondale, San Marco, Olde Mandarin, Springfield and Jacksonville Beach The Guardian Mon 23 Jan 2012
How China is driving the grim rise in illegal ivory
Demand from Asia is driving the killing of Africa's elephants for their tusks, with seizures hitting a record high in 2011 following a ban in 1989 2011 saw the highest... (photo: Creative Commons / Excel23)
Animals   Asia   China   Ivory   Photos   Wikipedia: Ivory
Iranian rescuers scour the waters for victims of a capsized boat, at the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, some 1300 miles (2100 kilometers) south east of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Seventeen people have died after a storm capsized a passenger boat off Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. The boat sank Saturday evening while sailing between Hormuz Island and the port city of Bandar Abbas on the mainland. (AP Photo/Sami Hozni) Al Jazeera Sun 22 Jan 2012
Many drown in Iran boat accident
At least 16 people have died after a passenger boat sank off Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency has reported. The boat sank on Saturday... (photo: AP / Sami Hozni)
Accident   Iran   Maritime   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran
A great white shark turns onto its back while hunting tuna bait The Daily Telegraph Sat 21 Jan 2012
Shark attack: the deadliest beach in the world
Port St Johns' Second Beach has seen six fatal shark attacks in just over five years. Aislinn Laing visited the deadliest beach in the world. Second Beach in Port St... (photo: Creative Commons / Mbz1)
Animal   Photos   Port   Usa   Wikipedia: Shark
Pilot whales Independent online (SA) Thu 19 Jan 2012
SA man hurt in whaler tussle
Anti-whaling campaigners have vowed to continue targeting Japanese whalers, despite three of their crew members, one of them a South African, being injured this week. On... (photo: Creative Commons / ahisgett)
Animal   Japan   Photos   Whaling   Wikipedia: Whaler
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled out of a court house in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. The Daily Telegraph Tue 17 Jan 2012
Egypt: Hosni Mubarak's lawyers begin defence after prosecution calls for death penalty
Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into court on Tuesday where the defence was to begin its case, television showed, as his lawyer said he would need five... (photo: AP / Mohammed al-Law)
Crime   Egypt   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Hosni Mubarak


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Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling The Star
Youssef Hadji of Morocco (left) and Paul Ulrich Kessany of Gabon (right) during an international match of their national teams. Gabon won the match against Morocco with 2-1. Gabon and Tunisia Advance The New York Times
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term Dayton Daily News
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An Iranian security directs media at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, with the reactor building seen in the background, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. EU set to hit Iran with new sanctions Al Jazeera
A cabbage cleaner stands in front of fuel trucks in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. More strikes and unrest in Nigeria after fuel price talks break down The Independent
An oil installation belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company in Odidi, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006. Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported a 4 percent drop in fourth-quarter net profit and a 2 percent decline in sales Thursday, as lower production and the impact from hurricanes Katrina and Rita outweighed the high price of oil. Brent up more on Nigeria supply fears The Guardian
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