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Nigeria—Western oil companies operating in Nigeria are racing to lock up license renewals ahead of legislation that could boost tax and royalty rates. Amid the negotiating scramble, several big players are expected to recommit to community-development programs and local infrastructure...

He was told five weeks after he had surgery to remove a lump from his neck and tests revealed he had the uncommon form of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. "Early stage disease usually causes few symptoms. It is more likely to go...

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremi� thanked Nigeria, which continues to insist on the stance that it will never recognize Kosovo�s independence. �Such a stance from Nigeria gives us hope that Serbia will succeed in its peaceful, diplomatic fight to defend international...

The protesters would then split up for marches through various major streets in the city. The marches will converge at Misakawan Junction, at the rear of Government House, in order to force a collapse of the government before the year's...

Two Channel 4 Dispatches films honoured at Rory Peck awards Orphans of Burma's Cyclone and Saving Africa's Witch Children honoured at awards for freelance cameramen 'A third of Burmese children were malnourished even before the cyclone hit' .....Photograph: Channel 4...

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said the Thai government may invoke the Internal Security Act in response to the announced rally of the anti-government �Red Shirt� United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) at the end of this month, the...

Twelve years after his death, activity around the legacy of Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti is growing exponentially and the US, finally, is getting in on the act...Jones' musical, Fela , is to open on Broadway on November 23, 2009, and...