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]]> The Youth Should Continue To Cooperate With The Authorities – Tukur Buratai https://www.theinfostride.com/the-youth-should-continue-to-cooperate-with-the-authorities-tukur-buratai/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 04:42:34 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=195630 Tukur Buratai has urged Northern youths, particularly those in the North East, to shun terrorism and other violent acts and channel their energies to productive ventures. Buratai vowed that the Nigerian army would continue to provide opportunities for the youth to express themselves and showcase their God-given talents. “To this end, I call on the [...]

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]]> Angel Di Maria’s Home Raided By Tax Authorities https://www.theinfostride.com/angel-di-marias-home-raided-by-tax-authorities/ Wed, 24 May 2017 09:09:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=166084 Investigators raided the headquarters of Paris Saint-Germain and the homes of the club’s Argentinian stars Angel Di Maria and Javier Pastore on Tuesday in a tax fraud probe, legal sources said. French prosecutors launched the investigation in December following revelations by the “Football Leaks” website concerning financial transactions and other details involving top football players. [...]

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]]> ABU Authorities Allowed Dino Melaye To Graduate For Peace To Reign? https://www.theinfostride.com/abu-authorities-allowed-dino-melaye-to-graduate-for-peace-to-reign/ Thu, 23 Mar 2017 23:09:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=159817 The authorities of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, have reportedly issued a statement saying that Dino Melaye and his likes were allowed to graduate for peace to reign. According to Vanguard, the ABU Dean of Students, Bar. Ahmed Tanimu made the statement on social media. Tanimu also said the Senator is a bonafide graduate of [...]

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]]> Authorities Looking Into Jose Mourinho’s Taxes https://www.theinfostride.com/authorities-looking-into-jose-mourinhos-taxes/ Sun, 04 Dec 2016 13:03:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=150055 Government officials in England and Spain have called for Jose Mourinho’s tax bill to be examined after reports that say the Manchester United coach’s advisers hid more than £10 million. The Sunday Times anaylsed the millions of leaked documents detailing the tax arrangements made by several top football players and coaches, including Real Madrid forward [...]

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]]> Nigeria Police Set Up Security Committee For Mama HID Awolowo’s Burial https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-police-set-up-security-committee-for-mama-hid-awolowos-burial/ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:16:22 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101965 The police authorities have set up a committee to oversee the deployment of security operatives before, during and after the burial ceremony of the late Chief (Mrs.) HID Awolowo. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Muyiwa Adejobi, said this was in fulfillment of the promise made by Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase; that [...]

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]]> Stampede Tragedy: Saudi Authorities Should Not Blame African Pilgrims – Hajj Commission https://www.theinfostride.com/stampede-tragedy-saudi-authorities-should-not-blame-african-pilgrims-hajj-commission/ Sat, 26 Sep 2015 08:09:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100976 The Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, on Friday called on the Saudi Arabian authorities to involve Nigeria and countries affected by Friday’s stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, in the probe of the tragedy. At least 747 Muslims from different countries lost their lives and 805 others sustained injuries during a [...]

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]]> Insurgency: Nigeria Army Arrested Boko Haram Commander, Rescued 241 Hostages https://www.theinfostride.com/insurgency-nigeria-army-arrested-boko-haram-commander-rescued-241-hostages/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 23:04:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100760 Nigeria Army authorities say Special Forces prosecuting the war on terror in Nigeria’s north have arrested a Boko Haram Commander identified as Bulama Modu, who has for long been wanted by security agencies. The troops also rescued 241 hostages particularly women and children. According to a statement signed by Col. Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army [...]

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]]> Adamawa Varsity Reopens, Employs 80 Hunters | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/adamawa-varsity-reopens-employs-80-hunters-nigeria/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:04:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/adamawa-varsity-reopens-employs-80-hunters-nigeria/ The authorities of Adamawa State University, Mubi, have recruited 80 hunters to ensure the security of the university community. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Joshua Shall, disclosed this to newsmen in Mubi on Thursday, just as the institution resumes academic activities. Shall said that the institution was aware [...]

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]]> Mauritania upholds conviction of anti-slave activists https://www.theinfostride.com/mauritania-upholds-conviction-of-anti-slave-activists/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 06:17:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/mauritania-upholds-conviction-of-anti-slave-activists/ By Al Jazeera A Mauritanian court has upheld a two-year prison sentence against three anti-slavery activists who were arrested during a protest against bondage in the west African nation. In an open letter from prison published on Wednesday, one of the accused, Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, vowed to continue his fight against slavery and [...]

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]]> Graduates Of Medicine No Longer Going To Be Mobilised Until After Housemanship – NYSC https://www.theinfostride.com/graduates-of-medicine-no-longer-going-to-be-mobilised-until-after-housemanship-nysc/ Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:15:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/12/graduates-of-medicine-no-longer-going-to-be-mobilised-until-after-housemanship-nysc/ The National Youth Service Corps will no longer mobilise graduates of medicine who have not completed their housemanship and registered with appropriate authorities. The NYSC Director of Press, Mrs Bose Aderibigbe, made the announcement in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Aderibigbe said that the decision was taken at the end of the NYSC 2014 [...]

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]]> IOM Builds Capacity of Bosaso Fisheries Community in Puntland https://www.theinfostride.com/iom-builds-capacity-of-bosaso-fisheries-community-in-puntland/ Sat, 20 Dec 2014 06:15:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/12/iom-builds-capacity-of-bosaso-fisheries-community-in-puntland/ GENEVA, Switzerland, December 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM, with support from Japan, and in collaboration with the regional authorities of Puntland, including the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and the Port Authority, has conducted its first ever training for the fishing community in Bosaso. The training aimed to help improve the livelihoods [...]

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]]> PDP Committed To Promoting Democracry In Nigeria – Mu’azu https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-committed-to-promoting-democracry-in-nigeria-muazu/ Mon, 15 Dec 2014 05:15:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/12/pdp-committed-to-promoting-democracry-in-nigeria-muazu/ National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mallam Adamu Mu’azu has vowed to do his best to ensure that impunity gives way for the rule of law and internal democracy and reforms in the party. “The PDP as the most popular party within the sub Saharan Africa cannot promote democracy where there is impunity [...]

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]]> Emir Of Mubi Returns Days After Military Dislodge Boko Haram https://www.theinfostride.com/emir-of-mubi-returns-days-after-military-dislodge-boko-haram/ Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:15:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/12/emir-of-mubi-returns-days-after-military-dislodge-boko-haram/ Emir of Mubi, Adamawa State, Dr. Abubakar Isa Ahmadu, Friday, returned to his palace amid cheers from residents, after two months’ exile caused by Boko Haram attacks. The insurgents had invaded the commercial town, burning down the Mubi International Market along with several churches before renaming it as Madinatul Islam or “City of Islam”. They [...]

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]]> Ukraine: UN urges central registration system amid rising internal displacement https://www.theinfostride.com/ukraine-un-urges-central-registration-system-amid-rising-internal-displacement/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 04:35:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/ukraine-un-urges-central-registration-system-amid-rising-internal-displacement/ 5 August 2014 – With thousands fleeing the intensifying violence in eastern Ukraine, senior United Nations officials today urged the Government to establish a central registration system which would help coordinate relief efforts for the already 117,000 internally displaced people (IDPs). “In the past seven days more than 6,200 people have been forced from their [...]

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]]> Kenya Travel Advice Update https://www.theinfostride.com/kenya-travel-advice-update/ Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:16:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/kenya-travel-advice-update/ LONDON, United-Kingdom, July 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The FCO has changed its travel advice to Kenya to advise against all but essential travel to Lamu County and those areas of Tana River County north of the Tana River itself. The travel advice for Mombasa remains the same. Our travel advice for other parts [...]

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]]> Soldiers Conduct, Irresponsible, Very Disappointing – Fashola Reacts To Destruction Of BRT Vechicles https://www.theinfostride.com/soldiers-conduct-irresponsible-very-disappointing-fashola-reacts-to-destruction-of-brt-vechicles/ Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:15:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/soldiers-conduct-irresponsible-very-disappointing-fashola-reacts-to-destruction-of-brt-vechicles/ Governor of Lagos, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has described Friday’s action by soldiers of the Nigerian Army, who went on rampage destroying BRT vehicles in sight over the alleged killing of one of their colleagues, as very disappointing. A BRT vehicle had allegedly run down and killed an army corporal on his motorcycle yesterday [...]

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]]> NDLEA Arrest 104 Suspects, Seize 1,000kg Of Cannabis In Taraba https://www.theinfostride.com/ndlea-arrest-104-suspects-seize-1000kg-of-cannabis-in-taraba/ Sun, 29 Jun 2014 23:15:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/ndlea-arrest-104-suspects-seize-1000kg-of-cannabis-in-taraba/ The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it arrested 104 suspects involved in various drug related offenses in Taraba between January and June. Mr Yusuf Kwajafa, the agency commandant in the state, told newsmen in Jalingo that the suspects were arrested with assorted illicit drugs at various locations across the state. Kwajafa [...]

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]]> Haiti: UNESCO to send experts to examine possible wreck of 'Santa Maria' https://www.theinfostride.com/haiti-unesco-to-send-experts-to-examine-possible-wreck-of-santa-maria/ Sat, 28 Jun 2014 04:35:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/haiti-unesco-to-send-experts-to-examine-possible-wreck-of-santa-maria/ 23 June 2014 – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today that it will provide technical assistance requested by the Government of Haiti and send a mission to the site of an underwater shipwreck, which may be that of the Santa Maria, the flagship of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to America. [...]

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]]> Norway condemns violation of freedom of expression and other human rights in Egypt https://www.theinfostride.com/norway-condemns-violation-of-freedom-of-expression-and-other-human-rights-in-egypt/ Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:35:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/norway-condemns-violation-of-freedom-of-expression-and-other-human-rights-in-egypt/ OSLO, Norway, June 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — ‘I am deeply concerned about the trials that are taking place in Egypt and the sentences that are being imposed. Today’s judgment against three journalists is shocking and unacceptable. In addition, 183 death sentences that were pronounced earlier have been upheld,’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]

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]]> Somalia: UN envoy welcomes release of ship crew held by pirates since 2010 https://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-un-envoy-welcomes-release-of-ship-crew-held-by-pirates-since-2010/ Wed, 11 Jun 2014 05:35:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/somalia-un-envoy-welcomes-release-of-ship-crew-held-by-pirates-since-2010/ 7 June 2014 – The United Nations envoy for Somalia has welcomed the release earlier today of sailors on a ship hijacked by Somali pirates nearly four years, and has called for the release of all remaining captives still being held by Somali pirates. In a press release from the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia [...]

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]]> #Celebration: Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary as Beijing clamps down https://www.theinfostride.com/celebration-hong-kong-marks-tiananmen-anniversary-as-beijing-clamps-down/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:02:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=46697 Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong on Wednesday to remember the dead on the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the only major commemoration in China as authorities clamped tight security on Beijing. The White House called for China…

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]]> #Suspicion: FBI arrests explosives suspect after nationwide manhunt https://www.theinfostride.com/suspicion-fbi-arrests-explosives-suspect-after-nationwide-manhunt/ Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:08:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=46346 US authorities have arrested a suspect who sparked a nationwide manhunt after explosives were allegedly found in his San Francisco home. Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, 42, was taken into custody by the FBI and the San Francisco Police Department, the FBI…

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]]> #Insurgency: Nigeria authorities revise downward number of missing girls by 4 https://www.theinfostride.com/insurgency-nigeria-authorities-revise-downward-number-of-missing-girls-by-4/ Thu, 29 May 2014 08:41:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=45372 Authorities in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday revised downward by four the number of schoolgirls held captive by Boko Haram, denying media reports that the hostages had escaped from the Islamists in recent days. A source at the government in northeastern…

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]]> Three dead as football fans targeted in Nigeria blast https://www.theinfostride.com/three-dead-as-football-fans-targeted-in-nigeria-blast/ Sun, 25 May 2014 09:35:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=44708 At least three people were killed on Saturday in the central Nigerian city of Jos in an explosion targeting football fans watching the European Champions League final, the authorities said. The blast came just days after a twin car bomb attack ripped…

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]]> Kano Attack: Probe into deadly Nigeria blast as police foil new attack https://www.theinfostride.com/kano-attack-probe-into-deadly-nigeria-blast-as-police-foil-new-attack/ Mon, 19 May 2014 21:53:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=43712 Police said on Monday they had foiled a second suicide car bomb attack in Kano, after a blast ripped through a busy entertainment spot in Nigeria's second city, killing four. The authorities said it was too early to say who was behind the first blast…

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]]> Hidden in Plain Sight: the European Court of Justice Opts for Scattergun Censorship https://www.theinfostride.com/hidden-in-plain-sight-the-european-court-of-justice-opts-for-scattergun-censorship/ Thu, 15 May 2014 05:20:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/hidden-in-plain-sight-the-european-court-of-justice-opts-for-scattergun-censorship/ The European Court of Justice has been taking a stronger role this year in calculating how human rights apply to new technology, most recently with decisions repealing the EU’s digital data retention directive. Now, in Google Spain v. Mario Costeja González, it has outlined how Europeans might have public information about them deleted from search [...]

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]]> Lagos Speaker’s Wife Moves To Adopt Abandoned Child https://www.theinfostride.com/lagos-speakers-wife-moves-to-adopt-abandoned-child/ Sat, 10 May 2014 23:15:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/lagos-speakers-wife-moves-to-adopt-abandoned-child/ Mrs. Mayowa Ikuforiji, the wife of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, says she is set to adopt an abandoned child at the Little Saints Orphanage in Lagos. She told newsmen of her plan on Friday at the Little Saints Orphanage at Akowonjo, Shasha, in Lagos, saying the gesture was to give a fulfilling life [...]

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]]> Belgian authorities release Burundi opposition leader https://www.theinfostride.com/belgian-authorities-release-burundi-opposition-leader/ Wed, 07 May 2014 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=41020 Belgian authorities have released a prominent Burundian opposition leader who had been detained at the airport last week while he was on route to Italy. Alexis Sinduhije, a former journalist, activist and leader of the Movement for Solidarity and Development…

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]]> Desperate parents urge Nigeria for international help to free school girls https://www.theinfostride.com/desperate-parents-urge-nigeria-for-international-help-to-free-school-girls/ Sat, 03 May 2014 19:48:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=40182 Desperate parents of the more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria called on Saturday for authorities there to bring in foreign help to secure their release. Frustrated by the lack of progress so far in trying to free their daughters, the parents…

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]]> MERS coronavirus death toll in Saudi Arabia reaches 111 https://www.theinfostride.com/mers-coronavirus-death-toll-in-saudi-arabia-reaches-111/ Sat, 03 May 2014 15:36:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=40137 Saudi health authorities announced Saturday two new deaths from the MERS coronavirus, raising to 111 the number of fatalities since the disease appeared in the kingdom in September 2012. A 25-year-old man has died in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah…

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]]> China fines Sina Corp over unhealthy and indecent content https://www.theinfostride.com/china-fines-sina-corp-over-unhealthy-and-indecent-content/ Sat, 03 May 2014 15:28:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=40123 Chinese authorities have slapped Internet giant Sina Corp. with a fine of more than $815,000 over "unhealthy and indecent content", the company announced. The "administrative fine" of 5.1 million yuan ($815,038) was imposed by the Beijing Municipal…

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]]> Australian authorities plan to widen fruitless MH370 search https://www.theinfostride.com/australian-authorities-plan-to-widen-fruitless-mh370-search/ Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:00:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=38229 Australian authorities said Friday they would widen the underwater hunt for missing flight MH370, as the deep-sea search for wreckage at the suspected crash site neared completion with no results. Mini-submarine Bluefin-21 has scanned 95 percent of…

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]]> Flight Operations Resume At Kaduna Airport https://www.theinfostride.com/flight-operations-resume-at-kaduna-airport/ Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:15:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/04/flight-operations-resume-at-kaduna-airport/ Flight operations have again resumed at the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna State even as aviation authorities have commenced investigations into the cause of fire outbreak at the airport. Flight operations was suspended on Sunday following a fire incident that gutted the airport’s control tower. It was learnt that aviation officials were seen at the airport [...]

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]]> Lost codes spark Japan airport scramble on eve of Obama visit https://www.theinfostride.com/lost-codes-spark-japan-airport-scramble-on-eve-of-obama-visit/ Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:10:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=37505 Airport authorities in Japan launched a frantic scramble to change security pass codes, an official said Tuesday, the day before Barack Obama arrives, after an airline employee dropped a memo containing the details. The news came as security in the…

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]]> Pakistani capital demolishes illegal slums https://www.theinfostride.com/pakistani-capital-demolishes-illegal-slums/ Tue, 22 Apr 2014 05:04:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=37476 Wrapped in a purple shawl, Mirjan wanders downcast among the ruins of the Islamabad slum where she lived, newly demolished. The authorities in Pakistan's leafy, affluent capital have declared war on the slums, largely populated by Christians and Afghan…

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]]> Abducted School Girls: Parents Give Up Hope, Question Army’s Commitment To Rescuing Students https://www.theinfostride.com/abducted-school-girls-parents-give-up-hope-question-armys-commitment-to-rescuing-students/ Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:15:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/04/abducted-school-girls-parents-give-up-hope-question-armys-commitment-to-rescuing-students/ Parents of the school girls yet to be released or escape from Islamist sect Boko Haram that abducted 129 secondary school girls at Chibok, Borno State on Monday have given up hope of seeing their children, as they said they have stopped making efforts. The parents had contributed money to buy fuel for motorcycles to [...]

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]]> Rescuers search for Mount Everest avalanche victims https://www.theinfostride.com/rescuers-search-for-mount-everest-avalanche-victims/ Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:45:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=36907 Rescuers searched Mount Everest for bodies Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from an avalanche that killed at least 12 Nepalese guides in the deadliest accident ever on the world's highest peak. Four sherpas were still…

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]]> MH370 flight search at a very critical juncture – Minister https://www.theinfostride.com/mh370-flight-search-at-a-very-critical-juncture-minister/ Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:29:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=36877 The effort to find missing flight MH370 is at a "very critical juncture", Malaysia's transport minister said Saturday as authorities mull whether to reassess a challenging search of the Indian Ocean seabed that has so far found nothing. "The search…

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]]> Abducted Students Narrate How They Escaped From Boko Haram https://www.theinfostride.com/abducted-students-narrate-how-they-escaped-from-boko-haram/ Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:15:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/04/abducted-students-narrate-how-they-escaped-from-boko-haram/ Some of the abducted students of Girls Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State yesterday narrated how they escaped from the terrorists. The terrorists suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, numbering more than 100 stormed the school wearing army uniforms and deceived the schoolgirls into thinking they were soldiers who had come [...]

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]]> Media watchdog condemns Algeria visa delays to cover polls https://www.theinfostride.com/media-watchdog-condemns-algeria-visa-delays-to-cover-polls/ Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:32:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=36278 Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has criticised Algerian authorities over delays in issuing visas for foreign journalists to cover the country's presidential election on Thursday. Many journalists were "issued visas late in the day accompanied…

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]]> Execution of Mexican national by US authorities regrettable, says UN rights office https://www.theinfostride.com/execution-of-mexican-national-by-us-authorities-regrettable-says-un-rights-office/ Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:35:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/04/execution-of-mexican-national-by-us-authorities-regrettable-says-un-rights-office/ 11 April 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced deep regret at the execution of Mexican national Ramiro Hernandez Llanas in Texas on Wednesday, noting that the United States is in breach of international law since Mr. Llanas was not allowed access to consular services. Hernandez Llanas was reportedly executed for the [...]

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]]> Brazil’s Petrobras yields documents in money-laundering probe https://www.theinfostride.com/brazils-petrobras-yields-documents-in-money-laundering-probe/ Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:11:13 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35184 Brazil's Petrobras has turned over documents sought by authorities investigating an alleged $4.5 billion money-laundering operation, the latest in a series of problems to plague the state oil giant. Petrobras CEO Graca Foster supplied federal police…

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]]> Top Mexican cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia cooperating with US https://www.theinfostride.com/top-mexican-cartel-leader-ismael-el-mayo-zambada-garcia-cooperating-with-us/ Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:57:59 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=34822 A son of fugitive Mexican cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges and is cooperating with the American government, US authorities revealed. Arrested in Mexico in 2009 and extradited to the United…

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]]> A Nigerian man arraigned on 31 counts in alleged stolen-identity tax refund scheme https://www.theinfostride.com/a-nigerian-man-arraigned-on-31-counts-in-alleged-stolen-identity-tax-refund-scheme/ Wed, 09 Apr 2014 03:20:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=34300 A Nigerian man was arraigned today on a 31-count superseding indictment charging him with participating in a scheme that used stolen identities to claim phony tax refunds, causing the U.S. Treasury losses of more than $3 million, authorities said. Kole…

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]]> Kenyan police and Muslim youth clash in Mombasa https://www.theinfostride.com/kenyan-police-and-muslim-youth-clash-in-mombasa/ Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:50:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=33114 Kenyan police and Muslim youths clashed in Mombasa following Friday prayers, witnesses said, days after a firebrand Islamist cleric was gunned down in the port city. Security was tight and tensions high around the Musa mosque, seen by Kenyan authorities…

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]]> US charges Ukraine oligarch with bribery in India mine https://www.theinfostride.com/us-charges-ukraine-oligarch-with-bribery-in-india-mine/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:14:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=32581 Ukrainian oligarch Dmytry Firtash, arrested in March in Austria, was the mastermind behind an $18.5 million scheme to bribe Indian officials for a titanium mining contract, US justice authorities said Wednesday. The US Justice Department unveiled an…

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]]> Tatar minority seeks autonomy in Crimea https://www.theinfostride.com/tatar-minority-seeks-autonomy-in-crimea/ Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:43:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=31733 Crimea's Tatars on Saturday voted to push for self-rule in their historic homeland following its annexation by Russia, but remained torn on how to engage with the new authorities. Ethnic Tatars from all over Crimea convened in the town of Bakhchysaray…

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]]> Brazil to send troops to Rio for World Cup security https://www.theinfostride.com/brazil-to-send-troops-to-rio-for-world-cup-security/ Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:30:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30633 Brazil will deploy the military in slums near Rio's international airport to back up police as the city braces for the arrival of hundreds of thousands of tourists for the World Cup, authorities said Monday. Justice Minister Eduard Cardozo announced…

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]]> Two killed in avalanche at Sochi Olympic ski resort https://www.theinfostride.com/two-killed-in-avalanche-at-sochi-olympic-ski-resort/ Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:19:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30443 Russian authorities on Monday declared an avalanche warning for the mountain resort used to host the Sochi Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games events, after an avalanche killed two women in the area at the weekend. The avalanche hit the Rosa Khutor…

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