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• Sectarian violence claims 153 lives in Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria - Mobs behind Nigeria's worst sectarian fighting in years burned homes, churches and mosques Saturday in a second day of riots, raising the death toll to at least 153 in postelection violence. Twenty bodies bearing fresh wounds were ...
• 34 Nigerian kids die from tainted teething mix
LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigerian food and drug regulators on Tuesday updated the death toll to 34 in an outbreak of fatalities among infants given a locally made teething formula tainted with a toxic thickening agent. When the outbreak was first reported ...
• Oil falls below $66 on weaker demand worries
HOUSTON - Oil prices rose sharply Wednesday as a large interest rate cut in China and news of a possible Russian output cut appeared to counter another round of dour economic news and larger-than-expected crude stockpiles in the U.S. Trading followed ...
• Teething syrup suspected in 24 Nigerian deaths
Nov. 26: "I've never had a night or day like that before," Dr. Leonard Ezenagu says, recalling running from room to room to deliver five baby girls over four hours. WEAU's Mary Rinzel reports. ABUJA, Nigeria - Two dozen children have died and nine ...
• Cyberscams Befriend Social Networks
He wrote that he was stranded in Lagos, Nigeria, had no access to a phone, and needed Wells to wire $500 for a plane ticket home. "Adrian" even pleaded for help in a real-time conversation over Facebook's chat service. Wells didn't buy it. She ...