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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/i-am-not-dating-the-italian-prime-minister-elon-musk/feed/ 0 Meet the New UK PM Keir Starmer’s Cabinet Members https://www.theinfostride.com/meet-the-new-uk-pm-keir-starmers-cabinet-members/ https://www.theinfostride.com/meet-the-new-uk-pm-keir-starmers-cabinet-members/#respond Sat, 06 Jul 2024 16:11:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=382721 In the 4th July 2024 UK general election, Keir Starmer emerged as the new Prime Minister, leading the Labour Party to a significant victory. Following the landslide victory, the Prime Minister appointed a diverse and dynamic Cabinet to lead the country through a period of significant change and renewal. The cabinet is a blend of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/meet-the-new-uk-pm-keir-starmers-cabinet-members/feed/ 0 Niger coup: Military junta announces new Prime Minister https://www.theinfostride.com/niger-coup-military-junta-announces-new-prime-minister/ https://www.theinfostride.com/niger-coup-military-junta-announces-new-prime-minister/#respond Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:30:17 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=352426 Former Minister of Economy Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine has been chosen Prime Minister of the Niger Republic by the country’s military junta. Niger’s military only recently seized power, less than two weeks after the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, was overthrown. This was broadcast on Monday night by the plotter of the coup. Currently [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/niger-coup-military-junta-announces-new-prime-minister/feed/ 0 Nepal Prime Minister Oli Says Misunderstandings With India Resolved https://www.theinfostride.com/nepal-prime-minister-oli-says-misunderstandings-with-india-resolved/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nepal-prime-minister-oli-says-misunderstandings-with-india-resolved/#respond Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:00:19 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=296351 Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said that misunderstandings with India have been resolved and that the two countries should move forward looking at the future, asserting that neighbours share both love and problems. In a recent interview to BBC Hindi Service, Oli accepted the fact that once, there were misunderstandings between [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nepal-prime-minister-oli-says-misunderstandings-with-india-resolved/feed/ 0 Brexit: Lawmakers’ Election rejection means MORE Strife for the Pound and UK Economy https://www.theinfostride.com/brexit-lawmakers-election-rejection-means-more-strife-for-the-pound-and-uk-economy/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:36:06 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=239455 The Brexit-pummelled pound – the worst-performing major currency of the G10 – is going to fall further following the Opposition leader’s instruction to his party to abstain on Monday’s general election vote. The bleak warning is from Nigel Green, CEO and founder of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations. It [...]

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]]> Our National Assembly Members Earn More Than The British Prime Minister – Areoye Oyebola https://www.theinfostride.com/our-national-assembly-members-earn-more-than-the-british-prime-minister-areoye-oyebola/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:52:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=184867 The Initiator and Chairman, Movement for Nigeria’s Total Transformation, Chief Areoye Oyebola, has blasted Nigeria’s federal lawmakers for refusing to cut their “monumental salaries and allowances”. Oyebola said, “It is also strange, unthinkable and very disheartening that a senator, not minding the grinding poverty of Nigerians, earns $1.7m a year, which is far higher than [...]

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]]> Yemi Osinbajo Meets With French Prime Minister https://www.theinfostride.com/yemi-osinbajo-meets-with-french-prime-minister/ Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:47:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=160571 Nigeria and France have agreed to continue to deepen the buoyant diplomatic, economic and military relationships between the two countries. This was the highlight of the bilateral meeting between Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and French Prime Minister, Mr Bernard Cazeneuve, in Paris, France. The meeting held on the sideline of the just concluded global forum on [...]

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]]> Nigeria Will Not Let Guinea-Bissau Down – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-will-not-let-guinea-bissau-down-buhari/ Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:35:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=152645 President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured that as the Chairman of ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea Bissau, he would do his best to ensure that the country did not relapse into crisis. The President gave the assurance when he received the Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau, Umaro El-Mukhtar Sissoco-Embola, at the State House, Abuja. The [...]

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]]> Muhammadu Buhari Meets Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister, Embalo https://www.theinfostride.com/muhammadu-buhari-meets-guinea-bissaus-prime-minister-embalo/ Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:23:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=152637 President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja met behind closed door with the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Embalo. Speaking to State House correspondents through an interpreter after the meeting, Embalo said he was in Abuja to deliver President Jose Vaz’s message to Buhari, requesting him to pay an official visit to Guinea-Bissau. According to [...]

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]]> Gunmen Kidnap Seven, Including Australians, In Southern Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/gunmen-kidnap-seven-including-australians-in-southern-nigeria/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:35:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=133444 Gunmen have killed a local driver and kidnapped as many as seven people in Calabar, Cross River State of Nigeria. At least three of whom kidnapped are Australian citizens and one an Australian resident, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday. There was some initial confusion over the number of victims and nationalities of those [...]

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]]> Toyin Saraki speaks at Women Deliver on How to Empower Women and Girls across the World https://www.theinfostride.com/toyin-saraki-speaks-at-women-deliver-on-how-to-empower-women-and-girls-across-the-world/ Wed, 25 May 2016 13:10:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=129850 Last week, H.E. Mrs Toyin Saraki, Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) and the wife of the Senate President of Nigeria, took part in the Women Deliver conference in Copenhagen. The conference brought together non-governmental organisations, policymakers, private sector business leaders, and women from across the world to tackle the challenges of gender inequality. [...]

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]]> Fort Mcmurray Ponders What’s Next Amidst Continued Wildfires And Oil Bust https://www.theinfostride.com/fort-mcmurray-ponders-whats-next-amidst-continued-wildfires-and-oil-bust/ Sun, 08 May 2016 08:28:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=127974 Long before the oil era, Fort McMurray first flourished as a fur trading hub tucked in a valley of northern Canada’s boreal forest. Even then, the area’s shiny black soil stood out. Devastated by wildfires this week, this outpost for oil-sands workers 700 kilometers (540 miles) northeast of the industry’s high-rise headquarters in Calgary has [...]

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]]> Human Rights Group Asks Former UK Prime Minister, Blair To Leave Nigeria Within 7 Days Ultimatum https://www.theinfostride.com/human-rights-group-asks-former-uk-prime-minister-blair-to-leave-nigeria-within-7-days-ultimatum/ https://www.theinfostride.com/human-rights-group-asks-former-uk-prime-minister-blair-to-leave-nigeria-within-7-days-ultimatum/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:16:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=113590 A human rights group under aegis of “Coalition For Human Rights Advocacy And Social Action (COHRASA)” has given a former Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Mr. Tony Blair, seven-day ultimatum to leave Nigeria. Accusing the former British PM of planning to “steal” and “loot” from Nigeria, the group in a statement signed by its Coordinator, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/human-rights-group-asks-former-uk-prime-minister-blair-to-leave-nigeria-within-7-days-ultimatum/feed/ 1 Heavy Fighting Erupts During Referendum Voting In Central African Republic https://www.theinfostride.com/heavy-fighting-erupts-during-referendum-voting-in-central-african-republic/ Mon, 14 Dec 2015 06:53:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=112564 At least two people have been killed and 20 others wounded when heavy fighting broke out in a Muslim enclave of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui as people voted in a constitutional referendum. Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Sunday that it treated 12 people for gunshot wounds. Gunfire and the explosion of rocket-propelled [...]

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]]> President Buhari, PM Cameron Seek More International Support Against Corruption In Nigeria, Others https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-pm-cameron-seek-more-international-support-against-corruption-in-nigeria-others/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:02:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109709 President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Malta urged the international community to do more to support his administration’s efforts to curb corruption in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. A statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said Mr. Buhari made the call at a [...]

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]]> Burkina Faso’s Cabinet disbands Guard Unit behind Failed Coup https://www.theinfostride.com/burkina-fasos-cabinet-disbands-guard-unit-behind-failed-coup/ Sun, 27 Sep 2015 09:30:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101104 Burkina Faso’s cabinet has dissolved the elite presidential guard unit that took the interim president and prime minister hostage in a failed coup just weeks before elections, according to a series of decrees read on state television. The government on Saturday also dismissed the minister in charge of security and created a commission to identify [...]

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]]> Army issues Ultimatum to Burkina Faso Coup Leaders https://www.theinfostride.com/army-issues-ultimatum-to-burkina-faso-coup-leaders/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:30:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100428 Burkina Faso’s army has issued an ultimatum to coup leaders to lay down their weapons or face attack, hours after the elite presidential guard released the country’s prime minister, Yacouba Isaac Zida, from custody. The deadline, which expires at 10:00 GMT on Tuesday, came as talks between the army and the elite presidential guard continued [...]

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]]> Coup Leaders Free Detained Burkina Faso Prime Minister https://www.theinfostride.com/coup-leaders-free-detained-burkina-faso-prime-minister/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:28:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100426 Coup leaders have released the Burkina Faso prime minister, Yacouba Isaac Zida, from custody, Al Jazeera has learnt, as the army and the elite presidential guard continued surrender talks. The prime minister was detained alongside the country’s president and an unknown number of cabinet ministers last Wednesday by presidential guard soldiers who then installed General [...]

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]]> #Africa > Burkina Faso Military confirms Coup https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-burkina-faso-military-confirms-coup/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:05:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/africa-burkina-faso-military-confirms-coup/ The military in Burkina Faso has taken to the airwaves to declare it now controls the country, confirming that a coup has taken place – just weeks before national elections. In the announcement aired early on Thursday on national television and radio, the statement said that the transitional government had been dissolved. The statement came [...]

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]]> Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah wants Israel pressed over E.Jerusalem vote https://www.theinfostride.com/palestinian-prime-minister-rami-hamdallah-wants-israel-pressed-over-e-jerusalem-vote/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:08:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=46700 Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah called on Wednesday for international pressure on Israel to let Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem vote in an upcoming general election. Hamdallah's new unity government is tasked with organising parliamentary…

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]]> #Unrest: Turkish PM accuses international media of spying, singles out CNN https://www.theinfostride.com/unrest-turkish-pm-accuses-international-media-of-spying-singles-out-cnn/ Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:05:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=46343 Turkey's embattled prime minister lashed out at international media on Tuesday, accusing news outlets of stirring unrest during the one-year anniversary of mass anti-government protests. Recep Tayyip Erdogan singled out CNN International, whose reporter…

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]]> #Economy: Political tensions swirl around Turkish central bank https://www.theinfostride.com/economy-political-tensions-swirl-around-turkish-central-bank/ Wed, 28 May 2014 18:51:59 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=45283 The Turkish central bank seemed close to being caught in cross-fire over its independence and interest rates on Wednesday when the finance minister came to its defence despite criticism from the prime minister. Last week the central bank, which had…

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]]> #Negotiation: India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on Pakistan’s Sharif to prevent attacks on India https://www.theinfostride.com/negotiation-indias-new-prime-minister-narendra-modi-calls-on-pakistans-sharif-to-prevent-attacks-on-india/ Tue, 27 May 2014 13:01:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=45039 India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday to crack down on militant groups while stressing his desire for closer economic ties, the foreign ministry said. Modi "underlined our concerns related…

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]]> US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulates Modi on India election win https://www.theinfostride.com/us-secretary-of-state-john-kerry-congratulates-modi-on-india-election-win/ Fri, 16 May 2014 18:10:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=43188 US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated India's future prime minister Narendra Modi Friday after he led his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide election victory. "Congrats to and BJP," Kerry tweeted. "Look forward to working…

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]]> South Korean president apologises over ferry disaster https://www.theinfostride.com/south-korean-president-apologises-over-ferry-disaster/ Tue, 29 Apr 2014 05:12:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=39085 South Korean President Park Geun-Hye apologised Tuesday for her government's failure to prevent a ferry disaster that left some 300 people dead or missing. Two days after her prime minister resigned over the tragedy, Park voiced profound regret at the…

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]]> Israel cancels Palestinian peace meet after unity deal https://www.theinfostride.com/israel-cancels-palestinian-peace-meet-after-unity-deal/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:26:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=37812 Israel cancelled a session of peace negotiations with the Palestinians scheduled for Wednesday after the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas pledged to form a joint government, an aide to Israel's prime minister said. "Israel cancelled the negotiations…

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]]> United States denounces threats against Libyan PM https://www.theinfostride.com/united-states-denounces-threats-against-libyan-pm/ Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:32:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35820 The United States on Monday denounced as "unconscionable" threats made against the Libyan prime minister and cabinet members, saying the country needed to move forward. "At a time when Libya most needs political consensus to move forward its democratic…

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]]> Japanese Prime Minister takes US ambassador on 314-mph diplomatic date https://www.theinfostride.com/japanese-prime-minister-takes-us-ambassador-on-314-mph-diplomatic-date/ Sat, 12 Apr 2014 16:25:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35256 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy on a test ride of Japan's super-fast magnetic train on Saturday, showcasing the "Maglev" technology Tokyo hopes to sell to its ally. "I hope ambassador Kennedy will enjoy the full…

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]]> Italian Prime Minister slams austerity in EU election campaign https://www.theinfostride.com/italian-prime-minister-slams-austerity-in-eu-election-campaign/ Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:13:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35190 Italy's new prime minister on Saturday blasted what he called a European Union of austerity and bankers, as he kicked off his party's campaign for next month's European elections. "We want a Europe of ideas, not only of banks," said Matteo Renzi, Italy…

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]]> Mali’s new Prime Minister chooses ministers with focus on reconciliation https://www.theinfostride.com/malis-new-prime-minister-chooses-ministers-with-focus-on-reconciliation/ Sat, 12 Apr 2014 04:46:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35111 Mali's new Prime Minister Moussa Mara formed a government, with the outgoing foreign minister becoming reconciliation minister as the deeply-divided nation recovers from months of ruinous conflict. Former planning minister Mara, 39, was promoted to…

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]]> Australia PM warns of extended search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 https://www.theinfostride.com/australia-pm-warns-of-extended-search-for-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370/ Sat, 12 Apr 2014 04:40:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35097 The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will likely continue for "a long time", Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned Saturday, a day after voicing confidence that signals from the black box had been detected. The Australian-led…

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]]> Madagascar names prime minister after months of post-election deadlock https://www.theinfostride.com/madagascar-names-prime-minister-after-months-of-post-election-deadlock/ Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:27:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=34986 After months of post-election deadlock Madagascar's president named a new prime minister Friday, tapping the relatively unknown doctor Roger Kolo for the post. The announcement came in a statement from president Hery Rajaonarimampianina's office. It…

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]]> Mali’s new premier to focus on security, reconciliation https://www.theinfostride.com/malis-new-premier-to-focus-on-security-reconciliation/ Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:19:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=34510 Mali's new prime minister said on Wednesday he was forming a government which would prioritise security and reconciliation as the deeply-divided nation recovers from months of ruinous conflict. Former planning minister Moussa Mara, 39, was promoted…

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]]> Turkish Prime Minister in fight against shadow enemy https://www.theinfostride.com/turkish-prime-minister-in-fight-against-shadow-enemy/ Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:47:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=31603 Embroiled in political turmoil, Turkey's leader has declared war on a shadowy enemy, a Muslim cleric he accuses of running a parallel "deep state" from faraway rural Pennsylvania. Out on the campaign trail ahead of Sunday's local elections, there are…

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]]> Spain’s first post-Franco PM Adolfo Suarez dies https://www.theinfostride.com/spains-first-post-franco-pm-adolfo-suarez-dies/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:00:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30301 Adolfo Suarez, the prime minister who led post-Franco Spain to democracy, died on Sunday at a Madrid hospital, his family's spokesman said. He was 81. "Adolfo Suarez has died," the spokesman Fermin Urbiola told reporters at the Cemtro hospital where…

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]]> Algeria’s Bouteflika offers ‘democracy’ if re-elected https://www.theinfostride.com/algerias-bouteflika-offers-democracy-if-re-elected/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 14:59:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30298 Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's campaign chief promised on Sunday that constitutional changes would create a "broad democracy" if the ailing incumbent wins re-election next month. Former prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal gave scant details…

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]]> UK PM Cameron wants London Mayor Boris back in parliament https://www.theinfostride.com/uk-pm-cameron-wants-london-mayor-boris-back-in-parliament/ Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:01:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=29886 British prime minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron said Friday he would welcome Boris Johnson back to parliament, despite many tipping the popular London mayor for the party leadership. The Eton and Oxford-educated pair have a long-running…

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]]> Turkey PM threatens to ‘wipe out’ Twitter https://www.theinfostride.com/turkey-pm-threatens-to-wipe-out-twitter/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:29:22 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=29744 Turkey's combative prime minister warned on Thursday that he would eradicate Twitter in the wake of damaging allegations of corruption in his inner circle that have spread across social networks in recent weeks. "We will wipe out Twitter. I don't care…

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]]> Italy’s top court upholds Berlusconi public office ban https://www.theinfostride.com/italys-top-court-upholds-berlusconi-public-office-ban/ Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:17:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=29385 Italy's supreme court on Tuesday upheld a two-year ban from public office against former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi who had filed an appeal with the country's top court. The ban was imposed as part of a tax fraud conviction against the media magnate…

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]]> Nigeria – Cote d’Ivoire Bilateral Ties: VP Sambo supports up-teemed dealings https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-cote-divoire-bilateral-ties-vp-sambo-supports-up-teemed-dealings-2/ Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:43:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-cote-divoire-bilateral-ties-vp-sambo-supports-up-teemed-dealings-2/ (VP Office Reports) Nigeria’s Vice President, Namadi Sambo has called for increased bilateral ties between Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire, especially in the economic field as both countries are strategic partners and pillars of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Vice President made this call recently in a dinner organized in his honour [...]

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]]> Israeli media inflate number of mourners turning out to see Sharon https://www.theinfostride.com/israeli-media-inflate-number-of-mourners-turning-out-to-see-sharon/ Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:58:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=10613 JERUSALEM — Spoiled by sunshine for about 520 days a year, Jerusalemites are strangely phobic about cloudy weather, as if a grey day could infect them with Nordic melancholy. Sunday was one such day: the streets empty, the air quiet and chill. So…

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]]> Libya Prime Ministers fail to agree on government censure motion https://www.theinfostride.com/libya-prime-ministers-fail-to-agree-on-government-censure-motion/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 19:16:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8765 Libya's General National Congress on Tuesday failed to agree on what action to take about the embattled government of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, a member said. His administration has been under fire for failing to tackle security problems and end an…

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]]> Former Romanian Prime Minister sentenced to jail for corruption https://www.theinfostride.com/former-romanian-prime-minister-sentenced-to-jail-for-corruption/ Mon, 06 Jan 2014 20:34:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8582 Former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase was sentenced to four years in jail on Monday for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to appoint a businesswoman to a senior government post. Nastase, 63, was found guilty of receiving bribes…

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]]> Turkey PM says ‘favours’ retrial of coup plot officers https://www.theinfostride.com/turkey-pm-says-favours-retrial-of-coup-plot-officers/ Sun, 05 Jan 2014 20:44:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8367 Turkey's embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday he would favour retrials for hundreds of military officers jailed for coup-plotting. In the latest sign of the turmoil that has gripped Turkish politics since the government was hit…

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]]> Fear stalks Bangladesh as vote ‘farce’ begins https://www.theinfostride.com/fear-stalks-bangladesh-as-vote-farce-begins/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 23:47:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8187 Bangladesh votes Sunday in a violence-plagued election that will end in certain victory for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after the opposition boycotted the "farcical" contest. Around 150 people have been killed since the opposition launched a campaign…

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]]> Erdogan denounces ‘judicial coup’ against Turkey https://www.theinfostride.com/erdogan-denounces-judicial-coup-against-turkey/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:05:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7979 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hit out against a corruption probe that has dragged down members of his government, calling it an "attempted assassination" and a "judicial coup". At a luncheon in Istanbul with generally pro-government…

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]]> Obama, on Hawaii vacation, golfs with New Zealand PM https://www.theinfostride.com/obama-on-hawaii-vacation-golfs-with-new-zealand-pm/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 10:20:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7881 US President Barack Obama played golf with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in Hawaii, in a rare vacation encounter with a foreign official. The statesmen hit the green at a US Marine Corps base on the northeastern coast of the island of Oahu. Obama…

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]]> Israel’s Sharon in ‘slow, gradual’ decline: medics https://www.theinfostride.com/israels-sharon-in-slow-gradual-decline-medics/ Fri, 03 Jan 2014 10:43:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7654 Israeli former prime minister Ariel Sharon's health was in "slow, gradual" decline on Friday, according to the hospital where he has been in a comatose state for eight years. "Tests show a slow, gradual deterioration in the functioning of his vital…

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]]> Libya protesters force Internet shutdown https://www.theinfostride.com/libya-protesters-force-internet-shutdown/ Sun, 22 Dec 2013 05:58:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6010 Knife-wielding protesters have stormed the headquarters of Libya's largest telecoms provider and forced an eight-hour shutdown of Internet access in the south and west of the country. Dozens of protesters calling for Prime Minister Ali Zeidan to resign…

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]]> British PM pays tribute to Lockerbie dead, 25 years on https://www.theinfostride.com/british-pm-pays-tribute-to-lockerbie-dead-25-years-on/ Sat, 21 Dec 2013 00:23:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5898 Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday expressed Britain's "unconditional admiration" for the families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing on the attack's 25th anniversary. Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on December…

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