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U.S., EU Set Sanctions As Putin Recognizes Crimea ‘sovereignty’

The United States and European Union imposed personal sanctions on Monday on Russian and Crimean officials involved in the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the region as a sovereign state. The...

No Motive Found To Explain Disappearance Of Malaysian Plane

Intensive background checks of everyone aboard a missing Malaysian jetliner have so far failed to find anyone with a known political or criminal motive to crash or hijack the plane, Western security sources and Chinese authorities said. Malaysia said it...

Italian Judge Rejects Indian Bid To Recover Helicopter Deal Guarantees

An Italian judge has rejected a request by India to recover more than 278 million euros ($387 million) in bank guarantees backing a scrapped helicopter deal with Finmeccanica, the Italian defense group said on Monday. India cancelled the 560 million-euro...

China FDI Data Indicates Sharp Slowdown In February

China drew $19.3 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first two months of 2014, up 10.4 percent from a year earlier, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday, indicating a sharp slowdown in February due to the Lunar...

Men From Ukraine And New York Indicted In U.S. Cybercrime Case

Federal prosecutors on Monday announced the indictment of three men they accuse of being members of an international cybercrime ring that tried to steal at least $15 million by hacking into U.S. customer accounts at 14 financial institutions and...

Microsoft’s CEO May Unveil Office For iPad On March 27: Source

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Satya Nadella may unveil an iPad version of the company's Office software suite on March 27, a source familiar with the event told Reuters, and use his first big press appearance to launch the company's...

Ochei: Transparency And Integrity, My Watchword As Delta Speaker

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17, (THEWILL) – Hon. Victor Ochei is the outgoing Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly. In his last interview with some selected journalists in Asaba before he tendered his resignation as Speaker over the...

OPINION: THE EXAMPLE OF LATEEF JAKANDE

One of my most revered friends rang me a few days ago after reading last week’s column. He wanted, first, to echo my criticism of Nigeria’s public officials who, despite loud claims to having delivered “the dividends of democracy,”...

OPINION: NOW THAT NIGERIA IS UNGOVERNABLE WHAT NEXT?

Prelude In 2002, when INEC denied the registration of some new political parties, late Gani Fawehinmi of the Conscience Party of Nigeria is quoted to have said, "We will make Nigeria ungovernable." INEC budged and his Party got registered. ...

OPINION: A RESPONSE TO FULANI AGGRESSION IN TIV LAND

My attention has been drawn to a letter sent to President Jonathan by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on 24 February, 2014, titled, “MR. PRESIDENT, CALL GOVERNOR SUSWAM TO ORDER NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO...

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