Nigeria’s cabinet dissolved by acting president

Thursday, March 18, 2010 Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has announced the dissolution of the country’s cabinet. In a statement after a cabinet meeting, Nigeria’s information minister, Dora Akunyili, said that “the acting president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolved the Federal Executive Council [cabinet].” In the same statement, Akunyili said that Jonathan had provided no reason for the move, although analysts said that it was due to the impediment of the cabinet to Jonathan’s efforts to put his own mark on the office. According to Akunyili,…

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Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans graduate students

See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list.Tuesday, September 13, 2005 NAICU has created a list of colleges and universities accepting and/or offering assistance to displace faculty members. [1]Wednesday, September 7, 2005 This list is taken from Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students, and is intended to make searching easier for faculty, graduate, and professional students. In addition to the list below, the Association of American Law Schools has compiled a list of law schools offering assistance to displaced students. [2] As conditions vary…

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The 5 Killer Tips To Make Money Online With Affiliate Program Website}

Read More About: School Of Performing Arts Sydney Acting Classes Sydney The 5 Killer Tips To Make Money Online With Affiliate Program Website by Juhani Tontti This team 5 owns something what we all want to learn, because we are here to make money, not just trying to do it. You are lucky, because I have searched those tricks, even executed them regularly, and succeeded to make them work. Here they come. 1. Make Your Homework About Your Audience. To know your target group is the starting point, which is…

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American TV personality and “Tonight Show” sidekick Ed McMahon dies at 86

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Ed McMahon, the long time announcer of The Tonight Show, has died age 86. McMahon, who joined The Tonight Show in 1962, died at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center shortly after midnight on June 23. Made famous by his “Here’s Johnny!” catchphrase, McMahon worked with Tonight Show host Johnny Carson for 30 years. In recent years, McMahon had battled several health issues. In 2007, he fell and broke his neck through which he suffered pain until his death. He began to suffer from pneumonia in…

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Jamie Lee Curtis quits acting

Monday, October 9, 2006 Jamie Lee Curtis, 47, has stated that she will end her acting career, but said that she will continue writing. “I’m not an actor anymore,” she told Access Hollywood host Nancy O’Dell. “I really don’t imagine I’ll do that again.” She later said in the conversation, “I’m just focused on my family and just can’t imagine anything that’s going to pull me away from them right now.” Curtis appeared on the Access Hollywood show to promote her newest children’s book, Is There a Human Race?. The…

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America’s Cup: Team New Zealand wins over Alinghi in second race

Monday, June 25, 2007 Team New Zealand have defeated Swiss syndicate Alinghi in the second race of the 32nd America’s Cup Challenge on Sunday, making the overall score equal with one win for each team. Team New Zealand, racing with NZL-92, crossed the start line three seconds ahead of Alinghi’s yacht, SUI-100. But Alinghi led the race at the first mark by 13 seconds, though near the ending of the race, Team New Zealand managed to overtake Alinghi to lead the final leg of the race by 28 seconds. Former…

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Burj Khalifa Is Worlds Tallest Structure In The World}

Read More About: Debtor Finance Sydney Cash Flow Finance Submitted by: Rohan Mustafa Burj Khalifa What comes to your mind at the mention of Burj Khalifa? Magnificence, wonder, or what exactly do you think? A good guess would be affluence and beauty. The spectacular skyscraper is undoubtedly Dubais most iconic destination as it gracefully soars high at over 828 meters with over 160 stories making it the tallest building in the world. Viewing Burj Khalifa at a distance, one would be forgiven for thinking its metallic. It looks like a…

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On the campaign trail, June 2012

Thursday, July 5, 2012 The following is the eighth in a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2012 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after a brief mention of some of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail, a Green Party presidential candidate who announced his 2012 plans to Wikinews four years ago speaks to Wikinews once again, the candidate leading the California American Independent Party presidential primary discusses his campaign, and Wikinews explores whether Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky will…

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Acting teacher and director Milton Katselas dies at age 75

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Acting teacher and director Milton Katselas died Friday at age 75, after suffering from heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He began the Beverly Hills Playhouse in 1978 and taught acting classes there to noted actors including George Clooney and Gene Hackman. Katselas is survived by a sister and two brothers. Katselas directed an off-Broadway production of Edward Albee‘s The Zoo Story, and received a Tony Award nomination for his 1969 direction of Butterflies are Free. Actress Blythe Danner won a Tony…

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