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Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday when they cleared a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, his Muslim Brotherhood movement said. There was no official confirmation of the...

Former champion Maria Sharapova made 62 unforced errors as she lost her first match since hiring Jimmy Connors as her coach. American Sloane Stephens beat the world number three 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 at the Western & Southern Open. Sharapova was...

England captain Steven Gerrard has revealed that Wayne Rooney has confided in him about his uncertain future at Manchester United, but said the striker is ready to play in Wednesday's friendly against Scotland. The Liverpool midfielder, speaking ahead of the...

China is intensifying its investigation into rampant bribery in the pharmaceutical and medical services sector with a fresh three-month probe slated to begin on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The probe by the State Administration for Industry and...

Stronger growth in the euro zone's two largest economies, Germany and France, helped the euro zone to emerge from its longest recession to date in the second quarter, confirming expectations a fragile recovery was under way. The 17 countries sharing...

BlackBerry Ltd is expected to draw preliminary interest from technology companies, buyout firms and Canadian pension funds, but its fate may ultimately rest in the hands of its largest shareholder, Prem Watsa's Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Any serious bidder would...

Clear signs the euro zone has crawled out of an 18-month long recession supported European shares near a 10-week peak on Wednesday and saw German 10-year yields hover near their highest level in almost two months. The German economy grew...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 14, (THEWILL) – The Lagos State Government has given the former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, a 14-day grace period to meet up with his obligations over the state land use charge of which he...

Once again, the Muslim feast of Eid-el-Fitr has come and gone and Nigerian leaders, as usual, used the opportunity to preach the gospel of peace and unity. Nigeria , they insisted, is the handiwork of God. President Goodluck Jonathan upped...

One of the most tragic aspects of Nigeria’s aborted promise is that too many Nigerians have now imbibed a terrible culture of low expectations. They look daily at the series of crises bedeviling their country, and they manage, somehow,...