Monday, January 21, 2013

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Jailed Liberian ex-president wants his pension
FILE - In this April 3, 2006 file photo, former Liberian President Charles Taylor makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Charles Taylor may be locked up while appealing his 50-year prison sentence for war crimes, but the former Liberian president still wants his impoverished country to pay his pension. The 64-year-old who was once one of West Africa's most powerful figures has written Liberia's Senate seeking at least $25,000 pe   r year in retirement pay he insists he's owed under the constitution. (AP Photo/George Osodi, Pool, File)MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Charles Taylor may be locked up while appealing his 50-year prison sentence for war crimes, but the former Liberian president still wants his impoverished country to pay his pension.


Attack in Nigeria's northwest kills at least 3
KANO, Nigeria (AP) -- A witness and official say that gunmen attacked the convoy of a religious leader in Nigeria’s northwest, killing at least three people.


Algerian assault ends crisis, 19 hostages dead
CAPTION CORRECTION, CORRECTS TO THE CITY OF AMENAS, ALGERIA, NOT THE AMENAS GAS FIELD, WHICH IS 45 KM FROM THE CITY AND NOT VISIBLE IN THIS IMAGE - This Oct. 8, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows the city of Amenas, Algeria. At the Amenas Gas Field, 45 km from the city and not shown in this image, Algerian special forces launched a rescue operation Thursday and freed foreign hostages held by al-Qaida-linked militants, but estimates    for the number of dead varied wildly from four to dozens. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe)AIN AMENAS, Algeria (AP) -- In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 19 hostages and 29 militants dead. Dozens of foreign workers remain unaccounted for, leading to fears the death toll could rise.


Cricket-South Africa v New Zealand, first ODI scoreboard
Jan 19 (Reuters) – Scoreboard after the first one-dayinternational between South Africa and New Zealand at BolandPark in Paarl on Saturday. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first South Africa innings H. Amla lbw b Mills 13 G. Smith lbw b McClenaghan 7 C. Ingram c N. McCullum b Williamson 29 A.B.de Villiers lbw b McClenaghan 7 F. du Plessis c Nicol b Williamson 57 Q.de Kock c N. McCullum b Franklin 18 R. McLaren c B. McCullum b Williamson 33 R. Peterson lbw b McClenaghan 0 R. Kleinveldt c Mills b Williamson 26 D. Steyn b McClenaghan 0 L. …


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