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Equatorial Guinea arrests opposition leaders over march
ReutersMALABO (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea arrested at least four members of the opposition for seeking to organize a protest ahead of an legislative election this month, Amnesty International and a local rights activist said on Wednesday. The founders of...Tags: Human Rights, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Amnesty International, Elections
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Africa loses benefit of billions of dollars annually, report says
JOHANNESBURG -- Africa loses the benefit of billions of dollars each year through illegal tax evasion, money transfers and secretive business deals, more than all the money coming into the continent through aid and investment, according to a report...
Tags: Human Development Index, Africa, Energy Resources, Politics, Government
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Pirates kidnap four off Equatorial Guinea
Reuters* Crewmen from Ukraine, Russia and Kiribati seized * Gulf of Guinea oil region vulnerable to pirates LONDON/ABUJA, April 25 (Reuters) - Pirates kidnapped four crew members when they attacked a container ship off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, the...Tags: Guinea, Petroleum Industry, Kiribati, Piracy, Nigeria
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Norway wealth fund mulls selling oil firms that work in E.Guinea
Reuters* Fund looking into firms active in Equatorial Guinea * Fund had $2.71 bln invested in Exxon at end-2012 * Fund is 10th-largest investor in Exxon * Also invested in Marathon Oil and Hess By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, April 24 (Reuters) - Norway's sovereign...Tags: The Babcock & Wilcox Co., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., World Bank Group, Religion and Belief, Guinea
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High-flying son of African president wanted by French authorities
World NowThe son of the autocratic president of Equatorial Guinea is wanted by French authorities investigating him for alleged corruption. Police have already confiscated 14 luxury cars belonging to Teodoro Obiang.... -
New of the Weird: Which Buffoon Dictator Will Be Fired Next?
![Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the "buffoon dictators," asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-old-man scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, "One day [Gadhafi] was a Motown [backup] vocalist with wet-look permed hair and tight pants. The next, a white-suited comic-operetta Latin American admiral, dripping with braid." Nonetheless, Gadhafi had competition, according to an October report in the journal <em>Fo</em><em>reign Policy</em>. For example, the son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator owns, among other eccentric luxuries, a $1.4 million collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia. North Korea's Kim Jong Il owns videos of almost every game Michael Jordan ever played for the Chicago Bulls.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66553539-06132409.jpg "Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the \"buffoon dictators,\" asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-old-man scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, \"One day [Gadhafi] was a Motown [backup] vocalist with wet-look permed hair and tight pants. The next, a white-suited comic-operetta Latin American admiral, dripping with braid.\" Nonetheless, Gadhafi had competition, according to an October report in the journal <em>Fo</em><em>reign Policy</em>. For example, the son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator owns, among other eccentric luxuries, a $1.4 million collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia. North Korea's Kim Jong Il owns videos of almost every game Michael Jordan ever played for the Chicago Bulls.")
Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the "buffoon dictators," asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-old-man scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, "One day [Gadhafi] was a Motown [backup]...Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, Kim Jong Il, Michael Jackson, Guinea, Condoleezza Rice
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U.S. seeks to seize Malibu home, memorabilia from Equatorial Guinea official
L.A. NOWThe federal government is moving to seize $70.8 million in assets, including a Malibu mansion, a Gulfstream jet and $2 million worth of Michael Jackson memorabilia, from the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, alleging that the wealth was...... -
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Sign up to win the Fox Rocks Lunchbox! K-Mack announces a new winner every Monday and Thursday at 10am drawn from all entries. We visit the winner at work and deliver the coveted FOX ROCKS LUNCH BOX, filled with great prizes every Tuesday and Friday...Tags: Comoros, Jamaica, Philippines, Tajikistan, Syria
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Cold cash: Ex-congressman convicted
The Swampby Richard Simon Former Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), who gained national attention after federal agents found $90,000 in his freezer, was convicted Wednesday of political corruption. Jefferson, 62, was found guilty in federal court in Alexandria,...Tags: Justice System, Corporate Crime, Guinea, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Oil Boom Enriches African Ruler
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- As vast offshore oil fields generate hundreds of millions of dollars for tiny Equatorial Guinea, there are few signs of the petroleum boom in the impoverished West African nation. Most of the population lives on about a dollar a day, and...Tags: Homes, Prisons, Heads of State, Amerada Hess Corporation, Justice System
May 15, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Jul 13, 2012
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Dec 6, 2011
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Oct 25, 2011
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Oct 21, 2010
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Aug 6, 2009
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Jan 20, 2003
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