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Washington streets deserted under heavy blizzardWashington (AFP) Feb 10, 2010 Icy winds and near-zero visibility turned the US capital into an arctic-like ghost town Wednesday, it's snow blown streets empty except for a hardy few and the occasional foolhardy driver. The winter wallop made it the snowiest season ever here, but not snowy enough to stop Rob, an investment banker, who ran - or rather slid - to work in the nearly impassable streets. "I don't have a choice," he said, his hat pulled down and his windbreaker shielding him from powerful gusts of up to 45 miles ( ... read more |
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Soysambu Conservancy, Kenya (AFP) Feb 10, 2010Kenyan game rangers on Wednesday began rounding up thousands of zebras to be moved to a reserve where starving lions have been attacking livestock. The spectacular nationwide operation, launched in Soysambu conservancy by the Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS), is due to last until the end of the month in what will go down as one of Africa's largest animal translocations yet. Shortly after da ... more  
Lagos (AFP) Feb 10, 2010United States sailors arrived in Lagos on Wednesday to train their Nigerian counterparts in anti-terrorism force protection, a statement by the US consulate in Nigeria said. The US team will provide training in damage control, first aid, anti-terrorism force protection, non-lethal weapons as well as search and seizure operations, the statement said. The US team will also train the Nigeri ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 10, 2010Blizzards and icy winds paralyzed the northeastern United States on Wednesday, shutting down federal government for a third day and spreading Washington's misery north to New York and Boston. The latest falls made 2009-2010 the snowiest winter on record for the capital and brought conditions so perilous that people were banned from driving in the nearby city of Baltimore. New York Mayor ... more |
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VP takes over to avert Nigeria turmoilAbuja, Nigeria (UPI) Feb 10, 2009 Nigeria's Parliament has named Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting president in the absence of the ailing Umaru Yar'Adua, hoping to avert political turmoil that could threaten Africa's second-largest oil producer. There are even fears of an army coup that would likely return Africa's most populous state to the kind of military dictatorship that existed between 1966 and 1999 and the wholesale plundering carried out by the generals. Yar'Adua, 58, has been hospitalized in Jeddah, Sau ... read more |
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