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...ruling last week jolted Obasanjo's government to react. "We are totally opposed to [stoning]," Justice Minister Kanu Agabi told reporters. He has an ally in Muslim human-rights lawyer Aliyu Musa Yauri, who argues that harsh sentences are giving Nigerian Muslims a bad name: "Unless the Muslims of the world stand up and reinterpret these laws, we will find that the other religions will be laughing at us." And crying foul...
...that plagued their African Nations Cup performance. And, in a country that seems to suffer one political or social trauma after another, last week the team had to cope with the death of Sports Minister Ishaya Mark Aku in a plane crash. Despite the likes of Arsenal's Nwankowo Kanu and Chelsea's Celestine Babayaro, the Super Eagles also look poised to crash. Still, no one can chance taking this team lightly: should Argentina choose to play rough when the two meet on June 2, it could well regret it. The stretcher bearers should be at the ready...
...combination of strong play along the back line, fluid ball movement and a flustered Eagles squad that helped the Crimson to its biggest win since its 19-2 thrashing of B.C. in last year's home opener. Senior long-stick midfielder Kanu Okike's goal at 9:55 of the second period combined all three...
This year's recipients are Anne C. Durston '01 of Leverett House, Mellody R. Hayes '01 of Lowell House, Brian M. Milder '01 of Mather House, Kanu M. Okike '01 of Currier House, and Renee J. Raphael '01 of Cabot House...
Leakey seems to thrive on such tough times. For years he kept a terminal kidney disease secret from everyone but his doctors and wife Meave, until he finally agreed to a lifesaving kidney transplant from his estranged younger brother Philip, a former KANU member of Parliament. In 1993, a single-engine Cessna that Leakey was piloting lost power--many believe it was a result of sabotage--and crash-landed. He lost both legs below the knee but within three weeks was walking again with the help of artificial limbs. "Some people deteriorate under pressure; some people get exhilarated," Leakey said...