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UNITED STATES – NIGERIAN TERRORISM The Detroit bomber, a breed from a historical, Taliban-like community Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-tear old man who attempted an arson terrorist attack on the Northwest Airlines’ flight from Amsterdam Friday is a Muslim born and raised in an Islamic, conservative Hausa family; which is settled in the Sunni, Taliban-would-be Northern environment known for its inter-religious, Muslims vs. Christians, deadly clashes and massacres, and for its confrontations between Muslim extremists and the Nigerian authorities. The Taliban-like community claims supremacy over the other Nigerian ethnic groups, over the Christians and Animists in Nigeria, and over the other religions and cultures in the world.

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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Boko Haram breed?

UNITED STATES – LOBBYIST LAW Changing FARA – The Case of Cameroon's Paul Biya Because of his use of corruption to secure Washington’s blessing - which he needs so much to get the international support for his continual stay in power through rigged elections and terror over the People of Cameroon -, Paul Biya’s case should be an emergency call to the Barrack Obama’s administration. The law that regulates foreign lobbyists - the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) - simply is not up to the task.

CAMEROON – STATE PERSECUTION Independent journalist jailed for “Outrage to the Head of State”

FRANCE – AFRICA THE NYT’S LOOK ON A NIGHTMARE Ill Will Grows in a Former Colonial Region as France Consorts With the Powerful

All summer long, while African opposition figures were protesting, demonstrating and fleeing, men in power were coolly visiting Paris, or receiving visits in return. Nicolas Sarkozy promised a departure in relations with Africa three years ago. Instead, the nation appears to be reverting to historic type, looking past unsavory rulers for the sake of a uranium mine in Niger, oil interests in Gabon and a deep-water port in Cameroon. "People don't like France because France isn't helping Africans freely choose their leaders" "And the democratic process is blocked, practically everywhere."

GABON – U.S. Gabon's first lady lives on food stamps in California The new president of Gabon, Ali Ben Bongo, is the son of the country's ruler for the last 42 years and a member of one of the wealthiest families in Africa. Gabon's new first lady is American-born Inge Bongo. But there'll be no inauguration ceremony or redecorating of the presidential palace for her. Inge Bongo lives in California and is on food stamps.

USEFUL LINKS BLACK CIVILIZATION in Antiquity News and Egypt Antiquity with daily evidence of the anteriority of African civilization. Especially works of Cheik Anta Diop and of Moustapha Gadalla at Tehuti.Org, or know about the Edwin Smith Papyrus EGYPT BELONGS TO AFRICA by Conrad W. Worrill at NBUF AFRICANA STUDIES by Dr. Manu Ampin

LIBYA - ISRAEL Kadhafi blasts Israel over Africa's woes at AU summit Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi blasted Israel at a special African Union summit on Monday on the eve of celebrations to mark his 40-year rule, accusing the Jewish state of causing all the woes facing Africa. Israel is "behind all of Africa's conflicts,"

LIBYA HAS hinted for the first time that it is considering compensating the families of IRA victims in recognition that it armed the paramilitaries. Colonel Muammar Gadaffi supplied arms and explosives to IRA paramilitaries during the Troubles and the recent release of the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, has seen renewed calls for an apology and compensation from Tripoli for its role in the IRA killings.

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LYBYA – THE WEST AND LOCKERBIE Tainted evidence of Libyan terrorism A former director of the French intelligence services, DST, told TV5 television channel journalists on August 31, 2009 that Libya and Kadhafi have nothing to do with the 1988 terrorist attack on the PanAm flight over the Scotland’s town of Lockerbie that killed 270 people, including 170 Americans. The French high ranking intelligence operative said Palestinians supported by Iran are responsible, confirming the demonstration based on evidences brought by the specialist of the French dirty African politics, the “French Bob Woodward,” Pierre Péan in his book published in early 2001.

FRANCE - CAMEROON French press slam African leader’s lavish holidays The French press have been spattering ink over the lavish holidays of Cameroonian President Paul Biya, whose country is to receive 537 million euros in French aid over the next five years. The presidential couple, Paul, his wife Chantal and their followers, have taken up residence in two luxury hotels in the western resort, occupying 43 rooms for three weeks at an estimated total cost of 800,000 euros, according to French media reports. And that’s not including restaurants, shopping sprees and luxury spas.

THE STEEP PATHS OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA - Legitimacy of the State and ethnic solidarities vs. COMMUNAL FEDERALISM Unyielding Contempt of Nationalities - "House Negroes", the Black Africa's Wreckers WAR AND TERRORISM

NIGERIA - NIGER DELTA Don't Ethnicise Mend's Struggle, Soyinka Tells Yoruba Leaders Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has described the attitude of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) to the attack on Atlas Cove as an unnecessary ethnicisation of a genuine cause.

WORLD Obama expands health agenda, but not funding At a time when many Americans are preoccupied with the economic crisis on their doorsteps, President Barack Obama has asked Congress to approve US$63 billion for global health over the next six years.

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