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PR Web (The Free Wire Service) Government News
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Kidnapped Nigeria State Governor Visits New YorkWill address his vision, challenges, and achievements; woo investors and condemn abuse of victims of human trafficking. (Oct 16 2003 23:18 GMT) - On April 10th 2003, Governor Ngige made history and world news as the first Nigerian elected state chief executive to resist the corrupt practices of sharing the state allocation with the Nigeria political godfathers, a practice which is the standard operating procedure in most Africa countries. This very corrupt practice has been identified as the root cause of under-developed state of African nations. Poor economy is one of the key causes of rising cases of children trafficking in Africa. For his resistance, he was kidnapped in a terrorist style operation arranged by the brother-in-law of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and other cronies one of who was a reported international felon wanted in US and Italy.The kidnappers physically assaulted the governor, locked him in a toilet and forced him to sign a resignation letter and video taped his forced resignation speech while gun was pointed at his head. |
Sgt. Stryker's Daily Briefing
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Oh...Wonderful (Oct 16 2003 23:18 GMT) - Pentagon Acknowledges Background Checks for Some Translators Were Limited: A senior defense official has acknowledged translators were hired for terrorist interrogations at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba with only limited security checks. Guard towers at Guantanamo Bay detention facility Charles Abell, the principal deputy undersecretary of... |
The Road to Surfdom
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Open-mike (Oct 16 2003 23:17 GMT) - While the two sheriffs are whispering sweet nothings into each other's ears, please take the opportunity to fill the comments... |
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Not I (Oct 16 2003 23:17 GMT) |
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Jumpers (Oct 16 2003 23:16 GMT) - The fatal grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge, "a threshold that presides over the end of the continent and a gangway to the void beyond." The essay starts with an arresting story, as is often the case in New Yorker style, in which one of only twenty-six survivors of jumps or falls from the Golden Gate gets a second chance... to jump again. It goes on to discuss the romance of jumping from the bridge, as contrasted to its sister the Bay Bridge, to suicide from which is considered tacky. "Almost everyone in the Bay Area knows someone who has jumped, and it is perhaps not surprising that the most common fear among San Franciscans is gephyrophobia, the fear of crossing bridges. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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NeL: The Software Behind the Next Great MMORPG? (Oct 16 2003 23:15 GMT) - Several people have theorized that the best mix of open source and gaming is to release the engine's source code while keeping the art, levels, and music restricted. Nevrax is doing just that with their upcoming Ryzom game. NeL, the engine code, is an actively-developed open source project. Howard Wen examines the company and the project and talks with a founder and a lead developer. |
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