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...apartment block, hours after registering his Liberal Russia Party to compete in December's parliamentary elections. Yushenkov's colleagues accused the government of inaction in the face of a wave of politically motivated crime. He is the second senior party member killed in nine months. Poll Protest NIGERIA President Olusegun Obasanjo's People's Democratic Party won a majority in both houses of parliament. Opposition parties rejected the results, claiming the election was marred by widespread abuses. The legislative elections and last weekend's presidential ballot - which Obasanjo was favored to win - are seen as a key test of Nigerian...
When Nigeria chooses a President this weekend, Olusegun Obasanjo will likely win a second term, despite a lackluster first. Of the 19 other candidates, only Muhammadu Buhari, like Obasanjo an ex-military ruler, poses a real threat. But who wins may matter less than how this vote happens. Neither candidate has done much on the campaign trail to bridge the religious and regional divides that split Nigeria's 120 million people...
...ACCUSED. OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, 65, Nigerian President; of ordering soldiers to massacre civilians; by lawmakers from his own ruling party, in Abuja, Nigeria. The accusation is the latest in a series of attempts by the legislature to impeach the beleaguered leader. Obasanjo, a former general whose election in 1999 brought an end to more than 15 years of military rule, has described the impeachment efforts as "a joke taken a little...
Lawal may yet prevail. She has the support of the national government of Nigeria, which did not back the decision of the country's 12 predominantly Muslim northern states to adopt shari'a in criminal cases two years ago. The government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, a born-again Christian, has promised to back Lawal in another appeal. The case may end up in the country's supreme court. In March, Safiya Husseini, the first Nigerian woman sentenced to stoning for adultery, had her sentence dismissed by an Islamic appeals court in another state, in part because she was accused...
...Ministry officials said no ransom had been demanded for Erkel, and M.S.F. said it had not been contacted by his yet-unknown abductors. NIGERIA Resign or Else The ruling People's Democratic Party said it will take strong action against its members who voted to impeach Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo. The lower House of Representatives backed a resolution calling on Obasanjo to resign or else face impeachment on charges of misrule. SAUDI ARABIA Bent Out of Shape The axis of evil developed a kink in it when Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal revealed that Iran...