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Fort Meade:  As a military judge considered sentencing for convicted US soldier Bradley Manning, prosecutors argued that his leaks of classified information to the WikiLeaks website changed the way the military allowed intelligence analysts to access data. 25-year-old Manning escaped a life sentence on Tuesday with no parole at his court-martial when Judge Colonel Denise Lind acquitted him of aiding the enemy, the most serious of 21 criminal counts against him. But he still faces the possibility of 136 years in prison on 19 other charges. The slightly built Army private first class was working as a low-level intelligence analyst in Baghdad in 2010 when he was arrested and charged in the biggest leak of classified information in US history - a trove of 700,000 battlefield videos, diplomatic cables and other files. Following Tuesday's verdict, the court-martial at Fort Meade, Maryland, moved into the sentencing proceeding on Wednesday with arguments by military prosecutors an...

by Funmi Ojuroye Egypt's new leaders have ordered police to clear the streets of Muslim Brotherhood protesters, in a dramatic escalation of the country's political crisis after the failure of the EU's foreign affairs representative Baroness Ashton to forge a compromise. Egyptian supporters of the deposed president Mohamed Morsi hold his portrait and wave the national flags during a demonstration against the government in Cairo   Photo: AFP/GETTY The cabinet on Wednesday night issued an order to the interior ministry to take "all necessary measures" to end long-running sit-ins by supporters of the deposed president, Mohammed Morsi, at a mosque in north-east Cairo and in another square to the west. "The continuation of the dangerous situation in Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares, and consequent terrorism and road blockages, are no longer acceptable given the threat to national security," its statement, read out on live t...

by funmi ojuroye 31st July, 2013 7:00 PM Help Voters have been casting their votes at the polls in Zimbabwe for the country's presidential election. The polls have been extended until midnight. Morgan Tsvangirai is challenging the 89 year old Robert Mugabe who has ruled the country for 33 years now. On Tuesday, the incumbent, Robert Mugabe, said he would resign if he loses the vote. His remarks came as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party accused Zanu-PF of doctoring the electoral roll - a claim that Zanu-PF denies. Mark Lowen reports.

By Funmi Ojuroye  31st July, 2013. 07:00 PM Lagos State Ministry Of Commerce and Industry present two month data gathering of business enterprise registration and identification agents (ENTRIDA) will be coming to your business locations starting from 5th August, 2013 to get your business information so as to know what an individual lacks in their business environment.     Lagos State government encourages all to cooperate with this agents as soon as they approach your location. The form bellow are the sample of what you are require to fill. FRONT BACK Follo w us on Twitter:  CLICK Like us on Facebook:  CLICK

THE  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday registered the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a political party. A statement signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Abdullahi A. Kaugama, said the applicant-parties  –   the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) –  had met all statutory requirements for their merger application. “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the application by three political parties to merge into one, to be known as the All Progressives Congress,” the statement said. The individual certificates of the applicant parties have therefore been withdrawn and a single certificate issued in the name of the All Progressives Congress.  The statement read in full: " The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the application by three political parties – the Action Congress of...

by funmi ojuroye 31st July, 2013 09:00 AM It is now up to a military judge to determine if Army soldier Bradley Manning will spend the rest of his life in prison even after being acquitted of the most serious charge against him for his release of thousands of documents to the website WikiLeaks. The sentencing phase of the soldier's court-martial began Wednesday. He faces up to 136 years in prison, though his attorneys have asked the military judge to merge two of his espionage convictions and two of his theft convictions. If Army Colonel Denise Lind agrees to do so, he would face up to 116 years in prison. The former intelligence analyst was convicted of 20 of 22 charges for sending hundreds of thousands of government and diplomatic secrets to WikiLeaks, but he was found not guilty of aiding the enemy, which alone could have meant life in prison without parole. "We're not celebrating," defence attorney David Coombs said. "Ultimately, his senten...

by Funmi Ojuroye 30th July, 2013; 08:45 AM (CNN)  -- The European Union's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, met with deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy for two hours Monday -- the first high-level official aside from the Egyptian military to meet with Morsy since the military whisked him away to an undisclosed location last month. Ashton has sharply criticized Morsy's forcible removal from power by the Egyptian military on July 3, and has called for Islamists to be included in the political process. Her spokeswoman confirmed the meeting  in a tweet , but did not offer details. "We didn't talk to the EU foreign policy chief Ms. Catherine Ashton after she met President Morsy but we made it clear to her that we will keep protesting for our civil rights until the legitimate president is released," said Essam Elerian, the vice chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party. "And as we said it before, restoring the democratic legitimacy of our electe...

By  Express News Service - CHENNAI  30th July 2013 4:00 AM Photos Members of the public at Global Health City’s free hepatitis screening camp | EPS Morning walkers at Elliot’s Beach and people who visited the Vandalur Zoo had a value-add on Sunday morning — they got their livers checked, courtesy Global Health City’s free hepatitis screening camp. It is estimated that 1 in 12 people around the world carry or had hepatitis B or hepatitis C. Approximately, four in 100 Indians are infected with Hepatitis B virus and one in 100 Indians are infected with Hepatitis C virus. It is estimated that 40 million people in India carry hepatitis B virus. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Dinesh Jothimani, Senior Consultant Liver Transplant Physician, said, “With little awareness about hepatitis among people across the globe, World Hepatitis Day provides an opportunity to create a public interest and educate common man about this deadly infectious disease. Chron...

By   MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT Published: July 30, 2013 WASHINGTON — The  Federal Bureau of Investigation  said Monday that a nationwide operation had led to the arrests over the last few days  of 159 men charged with forcing about 105 teenage girls  to work as prostitutes. Some of the girls were as young as 13. FBI, via European Pressphoto Agency The F.B.I. made arrests in Atlantic County, N.J., on Monday as part of a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution. FBI, via European Pressphoto Agency The agency said that 105 girls were rescued but not charged. The operation was part of a decade-long Justice Department program — the Innocence Lost National Initiative — that is intended to break up child prostitution rings. The program has led to the convictions of 1,350 people for pimping-related offenses, 10 of whom received life sentences, according to the F.B.I. Over the last decade, roughly 2,700 children were rescued from working as ...

by funmi ojuroye; 30th July, 2013 3:15 AM Residents of the Sabon Gari area in Kano State are recovering from shock having been hit by multiple bomb explosions that have left at least 11 persons dead. A news source disclosed that the explosion occurred around New Road in Sabon Gari, Kano close to a drinking joint. Reports also reveal that armed militants shot at and killed several people at the bar as they scampered for safety, thereby increasing the death toll. One source states that at least 11 bodies have been recovered from the scene of the blast and more are expected to be recovered. Another witness posted on Nairaland. In his words: There was no bomb blast in Enugu road,it was in New Road.you have to see man’s inhumanity to man,a lot of people are injured and dead,many would die before dawn,am just wondering why my firm sent me to kano during this period.anyway continue praying for all of uTHIS GREAT NATION MUST STAY TOGETHER,UNITED WE STAND AND DIVIDED WE FALL. ...

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Disgustin' Justin gobs from balcony as fans wait below Bombs away ... Bieber spits from his hotel balcony as friend giggles Picture Exclusive By ALISON MALONEY Published: 27th July 2013 . Disgusting ... Justin Bieber spits at fans PacificCoastNews.com The singer was branded a “clown”, “disgusting” and “revolting” for dropping the saliva bomb. It was the  FOURTH  time Bieber had been caught in a spitting row this year. Before gobbing on Thursday he filmed the fans gathering outside the Hazelton Hotel in Toronto, Canada, and posted the video on Instagram. The Canadian pop brat wrote: “I wake up this morning to this :) Best fans in the world. #beliebers #sexyfans.” Then he was snapped spitting towards the crowd below — to the amusement of pals who joined him on the balcony. Last night outraged Katie Langley, from Manchester, tweeted: “Justin Bieber spat at his fans from a balcony because he was bored. That’s just downright di...

Wizkid Goes Mad, Throws Drink On A Man By  Ghana News -SpyGhana.com What’s getting over these kids? Justin Bieber spit on his fans in Toronto last Thursday and Nigerian young act Wizkid has also poured drink on a man. Wizkid did this last Saturday night when a man was acting up inside a London bar.

July 29, 2013 17:14:16pm GMT By Press Release Lagos Lagos State Government has donated a mobile intensive care unit ambulance and other intensive care unit equipment such as Defibrillator, ECG Machine and Ventilator valued at million of naira to the Creek Military Hospital, Ikoyi, in order to enhance the intensive care unit of the hospital as well as improve their service delivery to the people of Lagos. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who made the donation on behalf of the government stated that the donation is a demonstration of the state government’s resolve to support institutions that share common objectives and goals with the government in addressing the healthcare delivery system of the people of the state. Said he, “a lot of the equipment we are donating to the hospital including the multi-parameter cardiac monitor, ventilator, automated external defibrillator, pulse oximeter, portable echocardiogram machine and ECG machine are geared towards the developmen...

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by Funmi Ojuroye 29th July, 2013 Continue reading the main story Taliban militants wearing police uniform have launched an assault on a prison in north-west Pakistan. The attack on the jail in the town of Dera Ismail Khan began with several explosions at around midnight on Monday. Gunmen then opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades and machine-guns, police chief Sohail Khalid said. The prison houses hundreds of Taliban and militants from banned groups. The fighting is still going on. The attackers were chanting "God is great" and "Long live the Taliban," officials told the Associated Press. A local resident told the agency that the initial blast was so loud that "it rattled every house in the neighbourhood". Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid has claimed responsibility for the attack. He said around 300 prisoners had been freed. "The Taliban have loudspeakers and they are calling the names of their friends," t...

GRANGES-PRES-MARNAND, Switzerland — Reuters Published  Monday, Jul. 29 2013, 10:59 PM EDT Last updated  Monday, Jul. 29 2013, 11:00 PM EDT

by  F unmi Ojuroye   Jul 29, 2013 #BJP   #Congress   #Elections   #India   #NDA   #PoliticsDecoder   #Third Front   #UPA The Congress will be hard pressed to end up with a third term in government. PTI The BJP will have to cover a lot more ground over the seven or eight months remaining before the next parliamentary elections if it seriously intends to gain power at the center. The Congress, meanwhile, will have to work twice as hard in terms of policy and strategy if wishes to retrieve lost ground. A survey done by  Times Now, C-Voter and India TV  suggest that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party and the NDA the largest political formation as against the ruling Congress and UPA.  Narendra Modi  is by far the preferred Prime Ministerial contender over  Rahul Gandhi  or any one else but these preferences will not translate into as big an advantage in Lok Sabha seats, at least f...