Nigeria Slams Togo After Plane Turned Back
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Togo turned away a plane carrying  Nigerian peacemakers Thursday night, drawing threats of  sanctions and accusations from Nigeria that it was blocking  efforts to resolve a crisis widely condemned as a military  coup.
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Morocco take on Namibia in Group A while in Group B Nigeria face Ivory Coast and Benin meet Mali.
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An Algerian asylum-seeker attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on an internal flight in Norway yesterday as the plane came in to land.
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A British Airways flight from London to New York was forced to turn back Wednesday after U.S. authorities refused to allow one of the passengers to land, saying he posed a terrorist threat, the airline said.
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POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa  - England captain Michael Vaughan admitted his team had received a &quot;kick up the backside&quot; when they crashed to a seven-wicket defeat against South Africa A at Sedgars Park.
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LAGOS: A four-day general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s largest oil producer. The largest trade union grouping in the country, the Nigerian Labour Congress, said more strikes
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen attacked an oil drilling rig and kidnapped five expatriates in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria early on Wednesday, dealing a blow to a fledgling peace process in Africa's oil heartland.
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Nigeria's Africa Cup of Nations' fate is now in the hands of their Group B rivals after they draw 0-0 with Mali in Sekondi.
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Four people were killed and eight others injured during a stampede at the end of an African World Cup qualifier between Togo and Mali.
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Nigerian police say at least 26 people have been killed after thieves set alight a fuel pipeline in the commercial capital Lagos. The fire around the pipeline, which belongs to state energy
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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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Nigeria are relishing the chance to play the role of party wreckers when they tackle Ghana in Sunday's African Nations Cup quarter-final.
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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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Ivory Coast, one of the hot tournament favourites, beat fellow west African giants Nigeria 1-0 in the crunch Group B tie of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations here on Monday.
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France finally won its game of brinkmanship and a World Cup game for the first time since capturing the title eight years ago. Teetering on the edge of another embarrassing first-round elimination from the World Cup, the 1998 champion beat Togo 2-0 on Friday to advance to the final 16 for a game against Spain.
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 9 (IPS) - France is coming under fire for its  heavy-handed  action in destroying virtually the entire air force of its   former colony C- te d'Ivoire in retaliation for the  killings of nine French  soldiers and a U.S. aid worker last  week.
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Ten of Nigeria's most senior army commanders are killed when a military plane crashes.