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...open contract bids early this year. And so far 2004 doesn't seem terribly bright, either. A Paris magistrate is probing allegations that a consortium headed by Kellogg Brown & Root and French oil engineer Technip paid out $180 million in illegal commissions to build a natural-gas plant in Nigeria during the late 1990s, when Halliburton was headed by U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney. Technip officials have already been questioned over the deal, with authorities now weighing whether Cheney is open to charges of misusing corporate assets. With President Bush up for re-election in November, Cheney must be hoping...
...spite of undergoing a grueling interview process—in which she discussed topics that touched upon everything from Kenya’s new draft constitution to Islamic law in Nigeria, the Rhodes process “was a great experience,” she said, noting that she enjoyed meeting the other candidates...
...Conflict Resolution. “There’s a rich cross-section of people who are directly involved in some of the issues we’re talking about,” he said of his course, which includes students from Venezuela, Rwanda, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, South Africa, Nigeria and China...
...being indicted by a U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone on charges that include crimes against humanity; by Interpol in Lyon, France. Taylor, whose rule was characterized by civil war and ethnic conflict, was forced to step down in August under international pressure. He currently lives in exile in Nigeria. The charges stem from Taylor's alleged training of rebels in Sierra Leone who engaged in the torture and murder of civilians...
...looters have sacrificed their heritage on the altar of greed. Thoughtless European and American dealers and buyers, obviously weary of their own heritage, now prefer Asia's. But no matter how many Asian relics they collect, no alchemy can transform Europe or America into Asia. Cosmos Odoemena Sokoto, Nigeria...