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ROMANIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POLLS SET TO OPEN

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

Polls are due to open in Romania in the first round of a presidential election, with 12 candidates vying for office. The frontrunners are the centre-right incumbent, Traian Basescu, and his Social Democrat rival, Mircea Geoana. The election is expec read more

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Can We Make Entertainment Out of Irrationality?

Net News Publisher | November 22nd 2009 by Terry

If, as I have suggested, irrationality knows no bounds, can we at least start mining it for its entertainment value? I have to confess that this was my immediate reaction to the following report that just appeared on the BBC News Web site: Venez read more

Probe Congress, RJD hand in Koda scam: NDA leaders

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

RANCHI - National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders Sunday demanded an independent probe into the Madhu Koda scam and accused the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of having a role in the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering racket. “Ther read more

Parties promise corruption free government in Jharkhand

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

more images more images RANCHI - Political parties contesting the Jharkhand assembly elections are promising a corruption free government and cheaper food grain to the poor. The manifestoes of major parties read alike promising to subsidize food t read more

Yechury condemns attack on IBN news channels

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s politburo member Sitaram Yechury has condemned the vandalisation of IBN news channels in Mumbai by the Shiv Sena activists. Interacting with the media on the sidelines of a world communist lead read more

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THE NASS WAR FOR SUPREMACY

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

Reps & Senators By AMOS DUNIA There is this cliché that states: “You may know how a war starts, but it is usually difficult to predict how it ends.” That may aptly be situated within the context o read more

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PDP HAS BROUGHT NOTHING BUT SUFFERING TO ANAMBRA– ANYADUBALU, A…

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

By ENYERIBE EJIOGU For the past few weeks, Anambra State has been in the grips of a firefight that could rapidly gut the ranks of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which has vowed to unseat Governor Peter Obi. It starte read more

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WHO IS AFRAID OF UWAIS REPORT?

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

By Olusegun Adeniyi Even before the enactment of the enabling legislations on electoral reforms, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has clearly demonstrated his unwavering commitment to this important reform agenda. Through read more

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IBORI: GROUP CARPETS URHOBO ELDERS

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

By Onukwube Ofoelue (Lagos) President of the Urhobo Network, Dr Dafe Akpocha, has condemned Urhobo Elders Forum for their vituperations against Chief Clarke in his call for the prosecution of Ibori if found guilty of mon read more

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UNDEDSS LAUDS YAR’ADUA, NDDC

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

The United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) has commended President Umaru Yar’Adua for the steps so far taken to bring about genuine and sustainable peace, premised on justice a read more

As in 2005, PM the driving force for finalising nuke deal with US…

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

more images more images more images more images GENEVA - In July 2005 and in the months and years that followed, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, was feted as the visionary architect and driving force of the landmark US-India civil nuc read more

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SOLUDO HIJACKS ANAMBRA DAY

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

By Remi Adefulu & Onukwube Ofoelue Soludo (right) The intrigues in the race for the 2010 governorship race in Anambra State, yesterday, spilled over to Lagos as indigenes of the “Home for all” celebrated their cu read more

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MEGA PARTY: AC MAY QUERY ATIKU

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

By Olusola Balogun National Chairman of the Action Congress (AC), Chief Bisi Akande, has hinted that the party’s presidential candidate in the 2007 polls, Atiku Abubakar, might be queried over his romance with read more

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REPS BREACHED CONSTITUTION – MARK INSISTS

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

NASS crisis •Blames PDP From AMOS DUNIA, Abuja The festering crisis between the two chambers of the National Assembly got messier yesterday with the Senate President, David Mark, saying the action of th read more

Karnataka, its crisis, controversies and elections (Letter from B…

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

more images more images BANGALORE - Karnataka is fast becoming a state that lives on crisis, controversies and elections. Political parties are busy drawing up strategies for the Dec 18 election to fill 25 seats in the Vidhana Parishat or legislat read more

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2011:YAR’ADUA MOVES AGAINST BUHARI

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

By Olusola Balogun Hawks in President Umaru Yar’Adua’s government may have moved against former Head of State, Gen Muhammadu Buhari. Competent sources close to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) presidential read more

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MY LIFE AS LIBERIAN PRESIDENT

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

Met a broken nation •Encounter with IBB, OBJ and Yar’Adua •Me and George Weah By ERIC OSAGIE, who was in Monrovia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (right) The Liberian President, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has sensationally read more

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WHO WILL THE CAP FIT?

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

Kaduna 2011 From ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, Kaduna But for the veiled political feud between former Kaduna State governor, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi and his successor, Governor Namadi Sambo, 2011 would have been a smooth sail read more

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PDP WANTED NGIGE DEAD –AUDU OGBEH

NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | November 22nd 2009 by Prince

From Kenny Ashaka, Abuja When Audu Ogbeh became the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and consequently an inner member of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government, many Nigerians wondered read more

No corruption cases against me: Malik

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has denied reports about corruption cases being filed against him, saying he is being targeted for not going against assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In a statement issued here, Malik sa read more

How Blair?s lie led to ?failed? British mission in Iraq

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

LONDON - The British mission in Iraq faced “critical failure” because former Prime Minister Tony Blair misled the nation by claiming that Britain’s objective was “disarmament, not regime change” and that concealment cons read more

India to tell US no role for China in South Asia

Simple Thoughts | November 21st 2009

more images more images more images more images GENEVA - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is likely to use his four-day visit to Washington commencing from today, to firmly and emphatically reiterate and re-emphasise to the American le read more

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Cal Stanford Big Game 2009 LIVE!

Digital Journal | November 21st 2009 by Gumersindo Liston, Jr.

LIVE! Watch the Cal Stanford Big Game 2009 LIVE in just minutes. Start time of the Cal Stanford Big Game 2009 is 7:30 PM EST 4:30 PM PST. Cal vs. See more here:  Cal Stanford Big Game 2009 LIVE! read more

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Ohio State vs. Michigan 2009 Game!

Digital Journal | November 21st 2009 by Gumersindo Liston, Jr.

Final score on the Ohio State vs. Michigan 2009 game today is 21-10. Ohio State continued in today’s Michigan game its winning season with consistent. See the original post here:  Ohio State vs. Michigan 2009 Game! read more

Reid wins…

CosmicConservative | November 21st 2009

Yep, they managed to beg, borrow and bribe enough votes to get the Senate’s version of the Health Care bill to the floor of the Senate. I’ve never seen a party so hell-bent on destroying their own nation. It’s very sad watching the read more

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Like kryptonite to stupid*

Whatever Works | November 21st 2009 by Aunt Moe

I noticed this myself  when I watched the trailer (?) earlier today for the apparently actual upcoming tea-bagger documentary. (Really. There is one.) A black guy named Nate appears a LOT in the trailer. I think it’s probably because he’ read more

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After instigating Hondurus coup–is US/Columbia invading Venezue…

Rupee News The main account | November 21st 2009 by Moin Ansari

There is no way of overestimating the challenge that the emergence of ALBA and the overall reawakening of Latin America pose to the role that the U.S. arrogates to itself as lord of the entire Western Hemisphere. The almost two-century-old Monro read more

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I like this. I really like this.

Whatever Works | November 21st 2009 by Aunt Moe

An email from Susie with an interesting idea from Gene: If  hawks want more war and 40,000 more troops, let Obama address the nation and say “you want foot soldiers? It will cost you.” Then announce an immediate tax increase to pay for read more

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Zimbabwe Officials Fail to Meet for Talks to Resolve Power Sharin…

Net News Publisher | November 21st 2009 by Terry

Zimbabwe’s main political parties have failed to meet for talks to resolve the country’s power-sharing dispute amid revelations that some of the negotiators had snubbed the negotiations and traveled abroad. The delay in convening a meeting of neg read more

Everything I learned about fighting the next Revolutionary War I…

Bent Corner | November 21st 2009

This sign can be seen in Missouri while driving on I-70. It’s paid for by the Lafayette County Republicans. I guess by “corrupt government” they mean we have a black man with a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit read more