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Nigeria: The Elections, Antics, and Hysterics of Nigerian Politics

The last elections in Nigeria have left the political class more polarized than ever before as former political allies have suddenly become sworn enemies while others have become strange bedfellows too.

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Nigeria: Old Woman Strips Naked To Reject Rigged Elections

An old woman scared many people when she went stark naked to join half naked women and others in public demonstration on the streets of Warri in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. She did not even flinch as she boldly protested the rigging of the last state elections of Saturday April 14, 2007.

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Nigeria: Opposition Parties Withdraw Threat To Boycott Next Election

A coalition of the opposition parties in Nigeria has withdrawn their earlier threat to boycott the crucial Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday April 21, 2007.

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Nigeria: Umaru Yar' Adua, PDP and The Presidential Election

Many erroneous and ambiguous news reports have been written on the so called, "Mr. Integrity" Umaru Yar'Adua, the governor of Katsina state and presidential candidate of the ruling party (PDP) in Nigeria. But how many have been fooled by his sponsors?

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Nigeria: 12 Policemen, Woman Killed in Kano After Elections

A district police officer, his wife and 11 other police officers were killed by an irate mob of the Islamic sect in Kano, Northern Nigeria, after violent polls and four days after unidentified gunmen shot and killed a popular Islamic leader and two of his assistants inside their mosque.

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Nigeria: Echoes of Political Anarchy After Tragic Elections

Things have fallen apart in Nigeria and millions of Nigerians are no longer at ease as they bury their dead and nurse their bleeding wounds after the tragic elections of last Saturday April 14, 2007. And nemesis is driving thousands of protesters to go on rampage on the streets. The sirens of anarchy echo from different regions of the troubled nation.

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Israeli Police Clash with Palestinians Near Disputed Holy Place

Israeli police have clashed with Palestinians during violent protests in disputed East Jerusalem for the second straight day. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the unrest is centered around a hotly disputed holy place in the city claimed by both Muslims and Jews.

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