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Libya has pulled off something of a diplomatic coup. Catching more powerful rivals like Nigeria and Egypt by surprise, Colonel Muammar Ghaddafi's regime has quickly marshaled many of the nations of the continent behind a plan to establish an African Union. The proposed political and economic bloc, which is set to replace the 38-year-old Organization of African Unity, is designed to more effectively manage the continent's affairs as well as its relations with the rest of the world. If all goes to plan, the Union's executive council, parliament, court of justice, peacekeeping force and financial...
...Court of Appeal-Bosch's motive was "wicked and despicable" and there are no extenuating circumstances to save her from the mandatory death penalty. "The murder had been planned over a long period, no doubt as a result of jealousy and infatuation," said Judge Timothy Aguda of Nigeria...
Democracy must invent something more intelligent. No Electoral College should be able to override the popular vote. The U.S. should provide a real model for democracy. As things stand now, millions of Nigerians believe that there was vote rigging in this election. MOSES IDA-MICHAELS Abuja, Nigeria...
...election was as wild as it gets [ELECTION 2000, Nov. 20]. Some of us originally came from places where heads would have rolled during a similar crisis. So far, not a gunshot has been heard on account of the balloting, and you call this "wild"? An election held in Nigeria in 1993 led to the President-elect's being thrown in jail for trying to assume office and ultimately to his mysterious death. Going to court to decide who won this contest is, in my opinion, as civilized as it gets. MAY AKABOGU-COLLINS Vista, Calif...
...plants that absorb carbon dioxide, into account. The failure of the talks may have come as a relief to big oil-producing countries that might have seen demand for oil drop if industrialized countries were forced into investing in alternate energy sources. Indeed, as recently as September, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and other members of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries were pressing for compensation in case an anti-global warming deal hurt oil sales...