In Lagos, amid hope they cope
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LAGOS, Nigeria -- Leave it to the industrious residents of this steamy megacity to find opportunity in a traffic jam.
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The Angels have been here before, and in that they find some solace.
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LAGOS : The death toll from an explosion at a fuel pipeline on the outskirts of the Nigerian city of Lagos has risen to around 60 as more bodies were recovered from the scene.
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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama did his best to highlight reasons for optimism in what might be Africa's largest slum during his brief stop there Sunday.
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Government response has been praised, but the poorest are still looking for work or new homes.
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The relief on the faces of many of the England squad to be back in Johannesburg after nine days in Zimbabwe was clear to see. Normal service was resumed, and the business part of this winter&#39;s tour - the
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Health workers in the northern Nigerian city of Kano said they were buoyed by the positive response to a polio vaccination campaign, and were confident they would be able to protect millions of children from the crippling disease.
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Obie Sesay has stood on the pitches of Old Trafford and Anfield, the hallowed homes of Manchester United and Liverpool soccer clubs, but on the streets of Freetown he has to beg to survive.
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Pakistanis are hopeful about the future and the changes a new government will bring
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In tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh, Indonesia, survivors have a gritty determination to start over.
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LAGOS, NIGERIA - Streets in the Nigerian capital of Lagos are deserted Tuesday as the country enters the second day of a general strike to protest a 25 per cent hike in oil prices.
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Euphoria still lingers in the air after the triumphant homecoming of two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq. But concern intensified
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria implored dozens of fellow African leaders yesterday to work together to overcome the poverty, disease, and conflict afflicting the world's poorest continent.
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The African Union chairman headed to  Kenya on Tuesday to help end turmoil that has killed almost 500  people, but hopes of a swift breakthrough seemed to falter.
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STOCKHOLM -- The question rises from the rubble of the earthquake in Sumatra. It echoes on the Indian Ocean shores where bodies are still piled high and in homes halfway around the world where loved ones wait for news of the missing: How could God let this happen?
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Rarely in Africa has the human cost of war and greed been clearer than in this dingy, broken, sweltering corner of hell. Yet nowhere has the expectation of change created so much hope.
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As the faithful marked Christmas Day, political and religious leaders called for peace and reconciliation amid flickers of hope in places long plagued by conflict.