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FIFA frets over pace of Brazil World Cup building work

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has expressed concern about the slow pace of preparations for the 2014 World Cup in

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Woods misses Quail Hollow cut, Watney leads

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 20120

(Reuters) – A frustrated Tiger Woods missed a cut for only the eighth time in a PGA Tour event while Nick Watney stormed into a

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Rashidi Yekini Is Dead •Survived By 3 Wives, 3 Children •Ogunjobi, Odegbami, Others React

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 20120

Written by Funmi Erinle, Omodele Idris, Niyi Alebiosu, Dipo Ogunsola and Lanre Olabisi NIGERIA’S goal king and one-time African Footballer Of The Year, Rashidi Yekini,

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Wenger confident Van Persie will sign new Arsenal deal

YoopyaMay 5, 2012May 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 2012May 5, 20120

LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal are confident striker Robin van Persie will sign a new contract at the end of the season and finish his career

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Army imposes curfew in Cairo district after clashes

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By Patrick Werr and Marwa Awad CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army imposed an overnight curfew around the defence ministry in Cairo on Friday after protesters

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Tanzanian president sacks finance, energy ministers

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 20120

By Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete axed his finance and energy ministers on Friday in a reshuffle that had

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Nigeria Islamists storm prison, kill guards: police

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 20120

Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants stormed a prison in their northeastern heartland on Friday, killing two guards and freeing the inmates, police said, in the latest

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Nigeria pledges action, urges patience on oil graft

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 20120

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s justice ministry said on Friday it would prosecute anyone found guilty of being involved in a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy corruption

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Recalled Saudi envoy to return to Egypt on Saturday

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 20120

CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Egypt will return to Cairo on Saturday, the Saudi embassy said in a statement, after he was recalled

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Family mourn ex Libya oil chief in low-key funeral

YoopyaMay 5, 2012

by YoopyaMay 5, 20120

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Scores gathered to mourn Libya’s Gaddafi-era prime minister and oil chief Shokri Ghanem at a low-key funeral in Tripoli on Friday, days