Togo Turns Back Plane Carrying Nigerian Team
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Togo has refused landing to a plane  carrying a Nigerian team sent to resolve a constitutional  crisis, Nigeria's presidential spokeswoman said on Friday.
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GRAHAM HENRY last night defended his decision to pick a less than full strength New Zealand team against Wales on Saturday. Amongst Henry&#39;s omissions is his captain Tana Umaga - one of nine changes from the side who beat Italy in Rome at the weekend.
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Most of a Haitian national youth soccer team apparently deserted the squad during an airport stopover hours before a planned Wednesday trip to South Korea to prepare for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup.
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Foreign diplomats and top Nigerian officials will no longer be exempt from security searches before they board flights at Nigeria's airports, Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode said.
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England's controversial tour to Zimbabwe took another dramatic twist when Michael Vaughan's team called off their scheduled flight to Harare.
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Ethiopia's government reverses its opposition to an international ruling on its border with Eritrea.
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Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng has his red card against Tottenham rescinded following an appeal.
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Togo's military appears to agree to a "constitutional return to order" after talks with West African envoys.
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Four people were killed and eight others injured during a stampede at the end of an African World Cup qualifying match between Togo and Mali.
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Â· Watford's Bangura gets work permit to stay at club  Â· Home Office drops bid to return him to Sierra Leone
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Israel has turned away a Lufthansa passenger plane bound for Tel Aviv due to a bomb threat. The plane landed safely in Cyprus on Tuesday after it was escorted by Israeli air force fighters.
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Ivory Coast secured a major victory against fellow favourites Nigeria in the first match to be held in Sekondi.
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The England cricket team have cancelled their planned flight to Zimbabwe following the African country&#39;s president&#39;s decision to ban British journalists.
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Angola make it through to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals for the first time after a goalless draw with Tunisia.
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Ghana had one man sent-off but still moved a step closer to a record-equalling fifth African Nations Cup title with a thrilling 2-1 quarter-final success over Nigeria here on Sunday.
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NIGERIA LAGOS -- The Nigerian government yesterday disclosed a foiled coup plot, charging four military officers and a civilian with conspiring to topple the government by shooting down a helicopter carrying President Olusegun Obasanjo. Major Hamza al-Mustapha, former chief of personal security to the late military dictator General Sani Abacha, and four others, were each charged with two counts of ...
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Morocco take on Namibia in Group A while in Group B Nigeria face Ivory Coast and Benin meet Mali.