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...billions of dollars into oil futures. If the U.S. and other major industrial economies rebound, oil supplies could be depleted because the recession has prompted producer nations to freeze hundreds of projects to open new oil wells or upgrade existing ones. In the oil-rich Niger Delta, a major Nigerian government offensive against rebels has seriously disrupted production for several weeks. Venezuela's Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said in Vienna that his country could not afford to invest in major new oil exploration unless prices rise further. "We need a level of at least $70 [a barrel] to recuperate investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil Is Plentiful, Demand Weak. Why Are Gas Prices Going Up? | 5/29/2009 | See Source »

...established a toehold on the website in January. And last year hackers broke into accounts by convincing people to click on links posted on their profile walls. Another common Facebook scam is to hack someone's account and then send messages to friends asking for money (like the old Nigerian businessman scam, but with a hey-it's-your-old-pal twist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Downside of Friends: Facebook's Hacking Problem | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...warlord himself. Afterward Oakley told reporters that Aidid wanted to be President of Somalia someday and . . . well . . . who knows? The buttering-up had one quick result: Aidid's fighters released helicopter pilot Michael Durant, whose terrified face on television had turned many Americans against the whole involvement, and Nigerian soldier Umar Shantali. Durant, suffering from broken bones in the back, leg, arm and face, was flown to an American hospital in Germany. Oakley also made some progress getting neighboring African states, notably Ethiopia and Eritrea, to involve themselves in peacemaking. One project he has been assigned by Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In and Out with the Tide | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...novel in a fictional country in West Africa, but he felt that he had to understand the world of a child soldier before he could begin writing. He began reading texts on the subject and interviews with former child soldiers, as well as talking to survivors of the Nigerian Civil War of the 1960s. “You can’t write about it unless you know the rules and regulations of the world you are creating,” Iweala says. Writing his thesis wasn’t any less of an uphill battle once his research...

Author: By Rebecca J. Levitan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Uzodinma C. Iweala '04 | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

Before the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, there was the papal "candidacy" of Francis Arinze. The Nigerian Cardinal had been billed as the man who could become the first black Pope, garnering loads of media attention during the run-up to the 2005 conclave when Ratzinger eventually emerged as Benedict XVI. Earlier this month Arinze, 76, retired from his top Vatican post, which for all intents and purposes ended any likelihood that he will ever be pontiff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Catholic Church Ever Have a Black Pope? | 12/21/2008 | See Source »

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