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Passenger plane overshoots runway in Nigeria
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria---- A passenger plane overshot the runway and skidded to a halt in a nearby field while landing Monday in Nigeria's southeastern oil town of Port Harcourt but no one was seriously hurt, police and airport officials said.
Chicago Sun Times – Jul 14, 2008 10:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Illinois: Chicago
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria---- A passenger plane overshot the runway and skidded to a halt in a nearby field while landing Monday in Nigeria's southeastern oil town of Port Harcourt but no one was seriously hurt, police and airport officials said.
Chicago Sun Times – Jul 14, 2008 10:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Illinois: Chicago
Mugabe foes should follow Nigeria's example in revolt
Once the breadbasket of Southern Africa, Zimbabwe is now a basket case.
Springfield News-Sun – Jul 14, 2008 05:36 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Ohio: Dayton
Once the breadbasket of Southern Africa, Zimbabwe is now a basket case.
Springfield News-Sun – Jul 14, 2008 05:36 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Ohio: Dayton
SUSLA professor wins volunteer award
Orban's love of animals led him to win the President's Volunteer Service Award for his volunteerism with projects "" in Nigeria and Bangladesh "" conducted through Winrock International.
The Shreveport Times – Jul 14, 2008 03:22 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Louisiana: Shreveport
Orban's love of animals led him to win the President's Volunteer Service Award for his volunteerism with projects "" in Nigeria and Bangladesh "" conducted through Winrock International.
The Shreveport Times – Jul 14, 2008 03:22 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Louisiana: Shreveport
Nigeria hunts kidnappers of two German workersAFP - Nigerian security forces on Saturday intensified efforts to track down the kidnappers of two German construction workers in Port Harcourt, the country's oil hub.
Yahoo! – Jul 12, 2008 2:06 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Queues grow as Nigerian strike enters second dayAFP - Long queues of motorists formed at petrol stations in Nigeria on Saturday as a truck drivers strike to protest soaring fuel prices entered its second day.
Yahoo! – Jul 12, 2008 10:28 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in World: Africa
Prepare to get nostalgic for $4-a-gallon gas
By DIANE SMITH Delores Harris is mad, and she’s the one selling the gas.She manages an independently owned Shell station near Calmont Avenue and Bryant Irvin Road in Fort Worth, and with oil prices continuing to rise, she’s now charging $4.06 for a gallon of regular unleaded gas."It’s killing us," Harris said. "We listen to it all day long from people. They think it’s our fault."Harris said she is profiting only 5 cents a gallon, and she sympathizes with consumers who are having to reach deeper into their wallets as prices tick upward. "It’s pretty rough," Harris said. "You let this gas get to $4.50 a gallon, and we’re in trouble. People are not going to be able to afford to get out." Consumers winced Friday when they saw new prices, ranging up to $4.19 for regular in the Fort Worth area — and those prices don’t yet reflect Friday’s new trading records. The price of a barrel of crude oil spiked to a record $147.27 before settling at $145.08, up $3.43. Gasoline futures also rose to a trading record of $3.631 a gallon before finishing at $3.5632, up 5.23 cents. Analysts said worries about the threat from Iran, a decline in the U.S. dollar and supply disruptions in Brazil and Nigeria — major oil-producing nations — contributed to the record highs."It’s a record every day," said Chris Johnson, who paid $56 to fill up his tank Friday.He longs for the days of $2-a-gallon gas. Johnson’s folk-rock band, Telegraph Canyon, relies on gas to get to get to shows. The band was headed to Abilene on Friday, and he worried that gas costs will cut into earnings.Wayne Meadlin, owner of a full-service Texaco on Camp Bowie Boulevard, said the gas crisis is "killing" him, too. His station was selling unleaded at $4.19 a gallon."You have to sell the gas at replacement value, or you’ll be behind," Meadlin said.This report includes material from The Associated Press.
Star-Telegram.com – Jul 12, 2008 04:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth
By DIANE SMITH Delores Harris is mad, and she’s the one selling the gas.She manages an independently owned Shell station near Calmont Avenue and Bryant Irvin Road in Fort Worth, and with oil prices continuing to rise, she’s now charging $4.06 for a gallon of regular unleaded gas."It’s killing us," Harris said. "We listen to it all day long from people. They think it’s our fault."Harris said she is profiting only 5 cents a gallon, and she sympathizes with consumers who are having to reach deeper into their wallets as prices tick upward. "It’s pretty rough," Harris said. "You let this gas get to $4.50 a gallon, and we’re in trouble. People are not going to be able to afford to get out." Consumers winced Friday when they saw new prices, ranging up to $4.19 for regular in the Fort Worth area — and those prices don’t yet reflect Friday’s new trading records. The price of a barrel of crude oil spiked to a record $147.27 before settling at $145.08, up $3.43. Gasoline futures also rose to a trading record of $3.631 a gallon before finishing at $3.5632, up 5.23 cents. Analysts said worries about the threat from Iran, a decline in the U.S. dollar and supply disruptions in Brazil and Nigeria — major oil-producing nations — contributed to the record highs."It’s a record every day," said Chris Johnson, who paid $56 to fill up his tank Friday.He longs for the days of $2-a-gallon gas. Johnson’s folk-rock band, Telegraph Canyon, relies on gas to get to get to shows. The band was headed to Abilene on Friday, and he worried that gas costs will cut into earnings.Wayne Meadlin, owner of a full-service Texaco on Camp Bowie Boulevard, said the gas crisis is "killing" him, too. His station was selling unleaded at $4.19 a gallon."You have to sell the gas at replacement value, or you’ll be behind," Meadlin said.This report includes material from The Associated Press.
Star-Telegram.com – Jul 12, 2008 04:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth
Crude Oil Passes $147 For First Time, Ends Up $3.43
Oil prices briefly spiked to a new record above $147 a barrel Friday, as rising hostilities between the West and Iran and unrest in Nigeria sent...
Investor's Business Daily – Jul 12, 2008 01:19 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Business
Oil prices briefly spiked to a new record above $147 a barrel Friday, as rising hostilities between the West and Iran and unrest in Nigeria sent...
Investor's Business Daily – Jul 12, 2008 01:19 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Business
U.S. economic woes, supply threats drive price of crude higher
Coupled with concerns about production in Iran, Nigeria and Brazil, investors were focused Friday on U.S. economic woes, which drove the greenback lower
The Globe and Mail – Jul 12, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Top Stories
Coupled with concerns about production in Iran, Nigeria and Brazil, investors were focused Friday on U.S. economic woes, which drove the greenback lower
The Globe and Mail – Jul 12, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Top Stories
Britain to train army in Nigeria to combat delta rebels
Gordon Brown will offer British help to the Nigerian government – to fight rebels in the oil-producing Niger delta – at a meeting in London next week with President Umaru Yar'Adua, Downing Street said.
The Independent – Jul 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in World
Gordon Brown will offer British help to the Nigerian government – to fight rebels in the oil-producing Niger delta – at a meeting in London next week with President Umaru Yar'Adua, Downing Street said.
The Independent – Jul 11, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in World
Rehabbing Her Image
Girl, that reads "cocoa tree." It's not the cocaine tree.She gets easily confused!The model with anger management issues, Naomi Campbell, is in Africa.And, she's actually using those tools for gardening - not to assault someone!Naomi was helping to raise awareness of environmental issues in Nigeria by taking part in a tree-planting ceremony on Friday.Campbell was [...]
PerezHilton.com – Jul 11, 2008 10:29 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Entertainment: Celebrity Gossip
Girl, that reads "cocoa tree." It's not the cocaine tree.She gets easily confused!The model with anger management issues, Naomi Campbell, is in Africa.And, she's actually using those tools for gardening - not to assault someone!Naomi was helping to raise awareness of environmental issues in Nigeria by taking part in a tree-planting ceremony on Friday.Campbell was [...]
PerezHilton.com – Jul 11, 2008 10:29 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Entertainment: Celebrity Gossip