http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/-t1.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:40:12 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver/site_logo.gif http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/-t1.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/harpo-president-confirms-oprah-winfrey-ending-talk-show-run-on-network-tv-t266.htm Admin Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday that her popular daytime talk show, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," will end its run in 2011, Tim Bennett, the President of Harpo, announced in a letter released to ABC affiliates on Thursday. "Tomorrow, Oprah will announce live on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' that she has decided to end what is arguably one of the most popular, influential and enduring programs in television history," he wrote in the letter, obtained by Access Hollywood. " ... News and Events Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:40:12 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/harpo-president-confirms-oprah-winfrey-ending-talk-show-run-on-network-tv-t266.htm#459 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/harpo-president-confirms-oprah-winfrey-ending-talk-show-run-on-network-tv-t266.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/ted-kennedy-the-last-of-the-great-irish-dealmakers-t255.htm Admin A prosaic survivor, he was not a romantic, but the one who carried the load WASHINGTON - To understand American politics — and what we are losing with the passing of Ted Kennedy — you need to know Ireland. For 150 years, Irish-Americans have been lubricant in the machinery of public life. Their jovial, boastful, shrewd, and calculating (but ultimately companionable) sense of politics has been the heart and the hope of who we are as Americans. With Kennedy’s death we have ... News and Events Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:01:27 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/ted-kennedy-the-last-of-the-great-irish-dealmakers-t255.htm#434 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/ted-kennedy-the-last-of-the-great-irish-dealmakers-t255.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/uk-s-jewish-school-ruling-who-decides-who-is-a-jew-t250.htm Admin Faith schools across Britain are holding their breath and waiting to see if they will need to change their admissions procedures after Europe's largest Jewish school was last week given the right to appeal a court decision saying its entry policy was racist. In June, the British High Court of Appeals exposed a rift within Britain's Jewish community when it ruled that the admissions policy run by JFS School in North London was in breach of the Race Relations Act. The school's admissions ... News and Events Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:22:16 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/uk-s-jewish-school-ruling-who-decides-who-is-a-jew-t250.htm#425 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/uk-s-jewish-school-ruling-who-decides-who-is-a-jew-t250.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/why-african-union-endorsed-a-new-land-policy-by-unhabitat-t249.htm Admin HEADS of State and Government of the African Union recently adopted a new set of policy guidelines to ensure that landless people, women, youth, displaced people and other vulnerable groups have equitable access to land._ _In a joint declaration adopted at their 13th Ordinary Session last month, the African leaders said that they resolved to "ensure that land laws provide for equitable access to land and related resources among all land users including the youth and other landless and ... News and Events Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:20:48 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/why-african-union-endorsed-a-new-land-policy-by-unhabitat-t249.htm#424 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/why-african-union-endorsed-a-new-land-policy-by-unhabitat-t249.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/giant-cattle-herd-flees-kenya-drought-t244.htm Admin A giant herd of cattle has fled from northern Kenya into the Borena zone in Ethiopia to escape a drought, according UN agriculture chiefs. They say it is one of the largest movements of cattle in 10 years. Kenya's cabinet is meeting later to discuss the drought, which has seen farmers abandoning their villages in search of water in recent months. Government measures to allow duty-free maize imports and subsidise fertiliser have failed to help the situation. Disease risk ... News and Events Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:44:51 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/giant-cattle-herd-flees-kenya-drought-t244.htm#413 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/giant-cattle-herd-flees-kenya-drought-t244.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/michael-jackson-passes-on-t233.htm Admin LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop" who reigned over the music world like no other, died Thursday as he prepared for a comeback bid to vanquish nightmare years of sexual scandal and financial calamity. He was 50. Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him. "It ... News and Events Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:08:36 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/michael-jackson-passes-on-t233.htm#387 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/michael-jackson-passes-on-t233.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/strong-quakes-hit-japan-and-india-t243.htm Admin A strong earthquake has struck Tokyo and central Japan, halting train services, closing motorways and causing a nuclear power station to shut down. At least 43 people were injured by the magnitude 6.4 quake, many of them by falling objects, officials said. No deaths have been reported. Separately, there was another powerful earthquake off India's Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. Both earthquakes triggered tsunami alerts, which were later cancelled. 'Huge tremble' In ... News and Events Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:37:53 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/strong-quakes-hit-japan-and-india-t243.htm#411 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/strong-quakes-hit-japan-and-india-t243.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/sri-lanka-rebels-concede-defeat-in-civil-war-t225.htm Admin Sun May 17, 1:07 pm ET COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Tamil Tigers admitted defeat Sunday in their fierce quarter-century war for a separate homeland as government forces raced to clear the last pockets of rebel resistance from the war zone in the north. Far from the battlefield, thousands of Sri Lankans danced in the streets of Colombo, celebrating the stunning collapse of one of the world's most sophisticated insurgencies. But with rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran still at large, the ... News and Events Sun, 17 May 2009 22:13:29 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/sri-lanka-rebels-concede-defeat-in-civil-war-t225.htm#376 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/sri-lanka-rebels-concede-defeat-in-civil-war-t225.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/swine-flu-prompts-eu-warning-on-travel-to-us-t222.htm Admin MADRID – The top EU health official urged Europeans on Monday to postpone nonessential travel to parts of the United States and Mexico because of the swine flu virus, and Spanish health officials confirmed the first case outside North America. Russia, Hong Kong and Taiwan said they would quarantine visitors showing symptoms of the virus amid a surging global concern about a possible pandemic. World stock markets fell as investors worried that the deadly outbreak could go global and ... News and Events Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:46:04 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/swine-flu-prompts-eu-warning-on-travel-to-us-t222.htm#368 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/swine-flu-prompts-eu-warning-on-travel-to-us-t222.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/italy-buries-first-quake-victims-t219.htm Admin Italy has held the first funerals for victims of the powerful earthquake which struck the country's central Abruzzo region. Officials say 260 people are now known to have died in Monday's quake and about 28,000 are homeless. As aftershocks continue to rattle the region, hopes are fading of pulling any more people alive from the rubble. A mass funeral will take place in the the regional capital L'Aquila on Friday as well as a day of national mourning. The Bishop of L'Aquila, ... News and Events Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:11:03 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/italy-buries-first-quake-victims-t219.htm#361 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/italy-buries-first-quake-victims-t219.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/israeli-jews-bless-the-sun-in-rare-28-year-prayer-t218.htm Admin JERUSALEM (AFP) – Tens of thousands of Jewish faithful turned out before sunrise on Wednesday in front of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and elsewhere in the country to bless the sun in a prayer said once every 28 years. Dressed in white prayer shawls, men and women, adults and children filled the plaza in front of the wall, Judaism's holiest site, and crowded onto nearby rooftops to catch a glimpse of the sun rising over the Holy City. As the faithful swayed back and forth in prayer, ... News and Events Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:10:53 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/israeli-jews-bless-the-sun-in-rare-28-year-prayer-t218.htm#357 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/israeli-jews-bless-the-sun-in-rare-28-year-prayer-t218.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/castro-criticises-obama-s-economic-recovery-plans-t193.htm Admin AS United States (U.S.) Vice President, Joe Biden, seeks to break with the unilateralist tilt of the George W. Bush years by emphasising cooperation and diplomacy in a major weekend foreign policy speech in Germany, the ailing former Cuban President, Fidel Castro, has accused Barack Obama of intending to print "enormous sums of money" to keep American society from grinding to a halt. Biden's remarks tomorrow to the Munich Security Conference, a gathering of defence and security ... News and Events Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:10:33 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/castro-criticises-obama-s-economic-recovery-plans-t193.htm#324 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/castro-criticises-obama-s-economic-recovery-plans-t193.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/tens-of-thousands-more-layoffs-are-announced-t184.htm Admin WASHINGTON – It's already been a lousy year for workers less than a month into 2009 and there's no relief in sight. Tens of thousands of fresh layoffs were announced Monday and more companies are expected to cut payrolls in the months ahead. A new survey by the National Association for Business Economics depicts the worst business conditions in the U.S. since the report's inception in 1982. Thirty-nine percent of NABE's forecasters predicted job reductions through attrition or "significant" ... News and Events Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:46:27 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/tens-of-thousands-more-layoffs-are-announced-t184.htm#315 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/tens-of-thousands-more-layoffs-are-announced-t184.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/iceland-s-government-collapses-over-financial-crisis-t181.htm Admin REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – Iceland's ruling coalition collapsed on Monday under the pressures of the country's financial meltdown, the first government to fall as a direct result of the global economic crisis. Prime Minister Geir Haarde said he would hand in his resignation to President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson after talks to save his government failed. Developments on Monday were uncertain with all political parties jockeying for position to replace Haarde's coalition. "I really ... News and Events Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:04:03 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/iceland-s-government-collapses-over-financial-crisis-t181.htm#312 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/iceland-s-government-collapses-over-financial-crisis-t181.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/obama-halts-trial-of-guantanamo-bay-suspects-calls-m-east-leaders-t178.htm Admin PRESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday began his first full day as United States President with a full menu of reality on his table at the Oval Office where the buck stops. Among his major actions was to suspend the trial of Guantanamo Bay suspects and a reported phone call to some Middle East leaders on solving the many problems of the region. "Tonight we celebrate, but tomorrow the work begins," Obama had told troops on Tuesday night at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball, one of 10 official ... News and Events Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:57:29 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/obama-halts-trial-of-guantanamo-bay-suspects-calls-m-east-leaders-t178.htm#308 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/obama-halts-trial-of-guantanamo-bay-suspects-calls-m-east-leaders-t178.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/obama-takes-historic-spot-as-first-black-us-president-t175.htm Admin WASHINGTON – Before a jubilant crowd of more than a million, Barack Hussein Obama claimed his place in history as America's first black president, summoning a dispirited nation to unite in hope against the "gathering clouds and raging storms" of war and economic woe. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people of all colors and ages waited for hours Tuesday in frigid temperatures to witness the moment as a young black man with a foreign-sounding name took command of ... News and Events Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:41:09 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/obama-takes-historic-spot-as-first-black-us-president-t175.htm#304 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/obama-takes-historic-spot-as-first-black-us-president-t175.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/a-schedule-of-events-for-obama-s-inauguration-t162.htm Admin A schedule of some official and unofficial activities surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20: ___ SATURDAY, JAN. 17 • President-elect Barack Obama and his family ride the train from Philadelphia to Washington, stopping in Wilmington, Del., for Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his family. Train will stop in Baltimore for speech before heading south. • BET Honors, an awards ceremony, at the Warner Theater. • People's Inaugural Gala Celebration at the Grand ... News and Events Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:53:31 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/a-schedule-of-events-for-obama-s-inauguration-t162.htm#289 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/a-schedule-of-events-for-obama-s-inauguration-t162.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/burris-takes-his-place-as-obama-s-senate-successor-t160.htm Admin WASHINGTON – Roland Burris took his place as Barack Obama's successor in the Senate on Thursday, ending a standoff that embarrassed the president-elect and fellow Democrats who initially resisted the appointment by scandal-scarred Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. "I do," Burris said with a grin as Vice President Dick Cheney administered the oath of office to the former Illinois attorney general who takes Obama's place as the Senate's only black member. More than a week after ... News and Events Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:49:27 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/burris-takes-his-place-as-obama-s-senate-successor-t160.htm#287 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/burris-takes-his-place-as-obama-s-senate-successor-t160.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/bush-defends-2-tumultuous-terms-in-farewell-speech-t159.htm Admin WASHINGTON – Unpopular but unbowed, President George W. Bush defended his tumultuous two terms in a farewell address to the nation Thursday night, claiming a hard-won record of achievement. Reaching back to the Sept. 11 attacks, when the public rallied behind him, Bush declared the United States will "never tire, never falter and never fail." Leaving office with the highest disapproval rating since Richard Nixon, Bush said, "You may not agree with some of the tough decisions ... News and Events Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:48:14 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/bush-defends-2-tumultuous-terms-in-farewell-speech-t159.htm#286 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/bush-defends-2-tumultuous-terms-in-farewell-speech-t159.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/all-155-safe-after-pilot-ditches-jet-in-nyc-river-t158.htm Admin NEW YORK – A cool-headed pilot maneuvered his crippled jetliner over New York City and ditched it in the frigid Hudson River on Thursday, and all 155 on board were pulled to safety as the plane slowly sank. It was, the governor said, "a miracle on the Hudson." One victim suffered two broken legs, a paramedic said, but there were no other reports of serious injuries. The US Airways Airbus A320 bound for Charlotte, N.C., struck a flock of birds just after takeoff minutes earlier ... News and Events Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:47:14 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/all-155-safe-after-pilot-ditches-jet-in-nyc-river-t158.htm#285 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/all-155-safe-after-pilot-ditches-jet-in-nyc-river-t158.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/uproar-in-australia-over-plan-to-block-web-sites-t153.htm Admin SYDNEY, Australia - A proposed Internet filter dubbed the "Great Aussie Firewall" is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries. Consumers, civil-rights activists, engineers, Internet providers and politicians from opposition parties are among the critics of a mandatory Internet filter that would block at least 1,300 Web sites prohibited by the government — mostly child pornography, excessive violence, instructions in crime or ... News and Events Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:58:52 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/uproar-in-australia-over-plan-to-block-web-sites-t153.htm#272 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/uproar-in-australia-over-plan-to-block-web-sites-t153.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/guinea-coup-leader-offers-safety-guarantee-t152.htm Admin (CNN) -- The leader of this week's coup in Guinea assured senior officials Thursday "they are safe," a journalist with the state-run newspaper told CNN. Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara with Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare. 1 of 2 Coup leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara met with Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare and about 30 other top officials at a military camp in Conakry, the nation's capital, said Ousmane Barry, a correspondent for the state-run Horoya newspaper. Camara ... News and Events Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:20:00 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/guinea-coup-leader-offers-safety-guarantee-t152.htm#271 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/guinea-coup-leader-offers-safety-guarantee-t152.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/at-least-82-killed-as-gunmen-rampage-in-india-city-t138.htm Admin MUMBAI, India – Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital, killing at least 82 people, taking Westerners hostage and leaving parts of the city under siege Thursday, police said. A group of suspected Muslim militants claimed responsibility. Police and gunmen were exchanging occasional gunfire at two luxury hotels and an unknown number of people were held hostage, said A.N. Roy, ... News and Events Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:10:50 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/at-least-82-killed-as-gunmen-rampage-in-india-city-t138.htm#254 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/at-least-82-killed-as-gunmen-rampage-in-india-city-t138.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/gates-to-stay-as-pentagon-chief-t130.htm Admin US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to stay on in charge of the Pentagon when Barack Obama takes office as president, according to US media reports. Mr Gates was nominated to the role by President George W Bush in 2006 and has overseen a change of strategy in Iraq. ABC News and Politico.com quoted officials saying Mr Gates would remain in the job for at least the first year of Mr Obama's administration. Mr Obama will give his third news briefing in as many days on Wednesday. ... News and Events Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:44:56 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/gates-to-stay-as-pentagon-chief-t130.htm#248 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/gates-to-stay-as-pentagon-chief-t130.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/malaysian-islamic-body-bans-yoga-for-muslims-t128.htm Admin KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's top Islamic body fresh from banning tomboys issued an edict Saturday that prohibits Muslims from practicing yoga, saying that elements of Hinduism in the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt them. The National Fatwa Council's chairman, Abdul Shukor Husin, said many Muslims fail to understand that yoga's ultimate aim is to be one with a god of a different religion — an explanation disputed by many practitioners who say yoga need not have a religious element. "We ... News and Events Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:24:59 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/malaysian-islamic-body-bans-yoga-for-muslims-t128.htm#246 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/malaysian-islamic-body-bans-yoga-for-muslims-t128.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/somali-pirates-in-their-biggest-raid-yet-t125.htm Admin It's a scene out of another century. On Tuesday night an Indian Navy vessel in the Gulf of Aden approached a ship thought to be manned by pirates operating from lawless Somalia. Although it was dark, Indian officers told news-agency reporters that they could see crew members on deck brandishing guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Volleys were fired, fire broke out on one of the pirate ships, and it sank. The crew escaped in a speed boat, the Navy ship in hot pursuit. Banks and automakers ... News and Events Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:50:01 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/somali-pirates-in-their-biggest-raid-yet-t125.htm#243 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/somali-pirates-in-their-biggest-raid-yet-t125.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/scientists-find-new-penguin-extinct-for-500-years-t121.htm Admin WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. The research suggests that the first humans in New Zealand hunted the newly found Waitaha penguin to extinction by 1500, about 250 years after their arrival on the islands. But the loss of the Waitaha allowed another kind of penguin to thrive — the yellow-eyed species that now also faces extinction, Philip Seddon of Otago ... News and Events Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:11:39 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/scientists-find-new-penguin-extinct-for-500-years-t121.htm#239 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/scientists-find-new-penguin-extinct-for-500-years-t121.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/record-number-of-voters-expected-to-deluge-polls-t119.htm Admin A likely record voter turnout on Election Day has polling officials across the country braced for problems, and some difficulties surfaced early Tuesday as people turned out in droves even before balloting began in Eastern Seaboard states. Voters needed to use paper ballots because of problems with electronic voting machines in some New Jersey precincts, and in Virginia, long lines of voters waited longer than necessary in one instance because, poll workers said, the head of a branch library ... News and Events Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:30:46 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/record-number-of-voters-expected-to-deluge-polls-t119.htm#234 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/record-number-of-voters-expected-to-deluge-polls-t119.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/prehistoric-age-reptile-found-in-new-zealand-t118.htm Admin WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, officials said Friday. Four leathery, white eggs from an indigenous tuatara were found by staff at the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in the capital, Wellington, during routine maintenance work Friday, conservation manager Rouen Epson said. "The nest was uncovered by accident and is the first concrete proof we ... News and Events Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:21:06 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/prehistoric-age-reptile-found-in-new-zealand-t118.htm#233 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/prehistoric-age-reptile-found-in-new-zealand-t118.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/liger-attack-kills-animal-handler-t114.htm Admin An animal handler with thousands of hours of experience has died after being mauled by a 1,000-pound lion-tiger hybrid he was feeding at an Oklahoma animal sanctuary. Peter Getz, 32, had entered the big cat’s enclosure on Wednesday while it was feeding, a violation of standard procedures. The hybrid cat, called a liger, bit Getz on the neck and back before other handlers rescued him and called 911. He was taken to a Tulsa hospital, where he died Thursday night. A powerful creature On ... News and Events Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:08:47 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/liger-attack-kills-animal-handler-t114.htm#229 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/liger-attack-kills-animal-handler-t114.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/churches-are-looking-at-hard-times-t113.htm Admin CHARLESTON, W.Va. - On a recent Sunday, the Rev. Richard Mahan scrapped a sermon on forgiveness. He felt compelled instead to address the economic turmoil battering the nation. "Everybody's facing hard times," he told worshippers at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Charleston. "If you're not, you're going to." Include churches in that dismal forecast. With the economy in crisis, congregations around the country are cutting expenses at the very moment many members ... News and Events Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:04:15 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/churches-are-looking-at-hard-times-t113.htm#228 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/churches-are-looking-at-hard-times-t113.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/israel-considers-question-who-is-a-jew-t112.htm Admin JERUSALEM - Raised without religion in Maryland, Shannon sought to make a new life for herself as a Jew in Israel. In a rigorous conversion process, she studied religious law for a year, took a Hebrew name and changed her wardrobe to long skirts and sleeves as dictated by Orthodox Jewish custom. Finally, a panel of rabbis pronounced her Jewish. But five years later, she and some 40,000 like her have suddenly had their conversions annulled by Israel's Rabbinical High Court. The court ... News and Events Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:01:15 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/israel-considers-question-who-is-a-jew-t112.htm#227 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/israel-considers-question-who-is-a-jew-t112.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/cameroon-militia-threaten-to-kill-oil-workers-t109.htm Admin YAOUNDE, Cameroon – A Cameroon militia group took 10 mostly foreign oil workers hostage Friday off the West African nation's coast, and threatened to kill the captives if demands for autonomy talks with the government are not met. Militia commander Ebi Dari told The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location that his group and an allied militia seized six French, two Cameroonians, one Senegalese and one Tunisian from a boat off Cameroon's coast early Friday. "We ... News and Events Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:34:13 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/cameroon-militia-threaten-to-kill-oil-workers-t109.htm#224 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/cameroon-militia-threaten-to-kill-oil-workers-t109.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/african-free-trade-zone-is-agreed-t107.htm Admin The leaders of three African trading blocs on Wednesday agreed to create a free trade zone of 26 countries with a GDP of an estimated $624bn (£382.9bn). It is hoped the deal will ease access to markets within the region and end problems arising from the fact several countries belong to multiple groups. The deal also aims to strengthen the bloc's bargaining power when negotiating international deals. Analysts say the agreement will help intra-regional trade and boost growth. ... News and Events Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:35:20 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/african-free-trade-zone-is-agreed-t107.htm#222 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/african-free-trade-zone-is-agreed-t107.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/iraqis-have-money-but-lack-know-how-in-spending-it-t106.htm Admin BAGHDAD – Iraq's government has an unusual money problem as much of the world grapples with a credit crunch — it can't spend its oil riches fast enough.The U.S. is trying to change that by training Iraqi bureaucrats struggling to emerge from a centralized system in which nearly all decisions — from where to build a water treatment plant to which workers would do the job — came from the top.Money also was scarce for more than a decade after the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions to punish ... News and Events Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:15:29 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/iraqis-have-money-but-lack-know-how-in-spending-it-t106.htm#220 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/iraqis-have-money-but-lack-know-how-in-spending-it-t106.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/polar-bears-dying-out-in-russian-region-expert-t105.htm Admin MOSCOW (AFP) – Polar bears are dying out in the remote Arctic region of Chukotka because of melting ice and increased killing by humans, an expert with the International Fund for Animal Welfare warned on Friday. "If this tendency continues, the population will disappear very quickly, said Nikita Ovsyanikov, a researcher from Wrangel Island natural park in Chukotka who has spent the past 18 years studying polar bears in the region. "We need to create new protected areas in ... News and Events Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:13:16 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/polar-bears-dying-out-in-russian-region-expert-t105.htm#219 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/polar-bears-dying-out-in-russian-region-expert-t105.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/us-waives-visas-for-7-countries-t103.htm Admin WASHINGTON - President Bush, trying to eliminate a major source of contention with allied nations, announced Friday that the United States is rescinding visa requirements for citizens of six European countries and South Korea.Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and South Korea will be added to the U.S. visa waiver program in about a month. Each of those countries allows U.S. citizens to visit without obtaining a visa. Some lawmakers worry that visa waivers could ... News and Events Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:30:42 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/us-waives-visas-for-7-countries-t103.htm#215 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/us-waives-visas-for-7-countries-t103.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/titanic-survivor-sells-items-to-pay-bills-t102.htm Admin http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27254357/ Nearly $54,000 raised at auction to help 96-year-old British woman LONDON - When 2-month-old Millvina Dean arrived in New York with her mother and brother after surviving the Titanic sinking, city residents gave them a suitcase full of donated clothing to help rebuild their life. Now, more than 96 years later, that gift is helping the world's last Titanic survivor live out her old age. Dean sold the small wicker suitcase, along ... News and Events Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:29:04 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/titanic-survivor-sells-items-to-pay-bills-t102.htm#214 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/titanic-survivor-sells-items-to-pay-bills-t102.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/us-senate-backs-new-bail-out-bill-t87.htm Admin The Senate has approved a new version of a $700bn (£380bn) rescue plan for the troubled US financial system. Senators voted 74 to 25 in favour of the emergency legislation designed to stabilise volatile markets and limit further damage to the economy. It included an increase in the level of government insurance for bank deposits and a raft of targeted tax breaks. The plan will now go before the House of Representatives, which narrowly rejected a similar bill on Monday. US ... News and Events Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:11:40 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/us-senate-backs-new-bail-out-bill-t87.htm#164 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/us-senate-backs-new-bail-out-bill-t87.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/forecasters-see-us-leading-global-downturn-t99.htm Admin WASHINGTON - The world economy will slow sharply this year and next, with the United States likely sliding into recession reflecting mounting damage from the most dangerous financial jolt in more than a half-century.The International Monetary Fund, in a World Economic Outlook released Wednesday, slashed growth projections for the global economy and predicted the United States — the epicenter of the financial meltdown — will continue to lose traction. "The world economy is now entering ... News and Events Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:18:53 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/forecasters-see-us-leading-global-downturn-t99.htm#208 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/forecasters-see-us-leading-global-downturn-t99.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/riding-out-ike-on-an-island-with-a-lion-t78.htm Admin Many years from now, a small group of Hurricane Ike survivors will probably still be telling the story of how, on the night the storm flattened their island, they took sanctuary in a church — with a lion. The full-grown lion was from a local zoo, and the owner was trying to drive to safety with the animal when he saw cars and trucks stranded in the rising floodwaters. He knew he and the lion were in trouble. He headed for the church and was met by a group of residents who helped the ... News and Events Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:04:31 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/riding-out-ike-on-an-island-with-a-lion-t78.htm#125 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/riding-out-ike-on-an-island-with-a-lion-t78.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/deadly-train-crash-in-los-angeles-t76.htm Admin At least 10 people have died and some 100 have been hurt in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train near Los Angeles. The crash derailed both trains and forced the engine of the passenger train back into one of its coaches. Fire-fighters put out a blaze under one of the carriages and have been cutting through metal to rescue trapped people. The exact cause of the crash - believed to be one of the worst in Los Angeles' history - is not yet known. The ... News and Events Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:58:09 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/deadly-train-crash-in-los-angeles-t76.htm#122 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/deadly-train-crash-in-los-angeles-t76.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/new-face-of-canada-s-lumberjacks-t77.htm Admin It is already 4am, a little late for breakfast. In a fiercely-lit canteen, dozens of forestry workers in oilskin jackets are swallowing eggs and ham. It is a typical work-camp meal in northern Canada. Yet these workers are not typical - most hail from Africa. The loggers are employed by a forestry management company, Amenagement Myr, which is based in a town called Dolbeau-Mistassini, 300km (186 miles) north-west of Quebec City. The company has hired some locals, but none are around. ... News and Events Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:00:58 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/new-face-of-canada-s-lumberjacks-t77.htm#123 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/new-face-of-canada-s-lumberjacks-t77.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/chunnel-fire-a-reminder-of-uk-s-ties-to-europe-t71.htm Admin Above ground, the fire would have been minor. Breaking out deep below the English Channel, it has stranded thousands of travelers, imperiled millions of dollars in trade and starkly demonstrated the importance — and fragility — of Britain's only land link to Europe. The Channel Tunnel remained closed Friday after a fire that started on a truck being carried on a train to France. Firefighters battled through the night trying to quell a blaze that caused temperatures to soar above 1,800 degrees ... News and Events Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:04:42 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/chunnel-fire-a-reminder-of-uk-s-ties-to-europe-t71.htm#117 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/chunnel-fire-a-reminder-of-uk-s-ties-to-europe-t71.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/europe-s-downturn-deters-african-migration-t66.htm Admin DAKAR, Senegal - Europe's economic downturn is deterring would-be migrants in Africa from making the often perilous journey to the continent in search of work, migration experts said. Thousands of illegal migrants from Senegal, Mali, Ghana and other West African states attempt to enter Europe every year, drawn by dreams of riches far exceeding those available in their own poverty-stricken countries. But as work dries up in Europe they are returning to warn others that they may be better ... News and Events Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:20:10 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/europe-s-downturn-deters-african-migration-t66.htm#108 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/europe-s-downturn-deters-african-migration-t66.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/angry-readers-dump-us-magazine-over-palin-t64.htm Admin http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26549704/ ST. PAUL, Minn. - Three celebrity weeklies — OK!, People and Us Weekly — featured Sarah Palin on their cover, but one of those magazines is reportedly losing subscribers because of it. Us Weekly, which unlike People and OK!, chose a rather caustic cover line (“Babies, Lies and Scandal”) is said to have lost thousands of subscribers in just the first 24 hours following the printing of the issue. “I’m hearing it’s 5,000, maybe more,” says ... News and Events Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:28:58 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/angry-readers-dump-us-magazine-over-palin-t64.htm#105 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/angry-readers-dump-us-magazine-over-palin-t64.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/brazil-declines-opec-invitation-t63.htm Admin Brazil has turned down an invitation to join the oil producers' cartel, Opec, according to the country's energy minister, Edison Lobao. He told a local TV station that Brazil had been formally invited to join Opec by Iran two weeks ago. However, he said that Brazil had declined the offer, saying his country has "other priorities". Brazil says the recent discovery of massive offshore oil fields could turn the country into a major oil exporter. Untapped oil Mr ... News and Events Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:24:13 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/brazil-declines-opec-invitation-t63.htm#104 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/brazil-declines-opec-invitation-t63.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/palin-prepares-to-speak-to-delegates-other-americans-amid-political-and-personal-revelations-t62.htm Admin ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Buffeted by revelations both political and personal, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin prepared Wednesday to speak to GOP delegates and other Americans wanting to know more about the person John McCain picked for his running mate. Palin's experience - she has been mayor of tiny Wasilla, Alaska, and has served as the state's governor for less than two years - and her commitment to resisting politics-as-usual government have been questioned since McCain ... News and Events Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:48:35 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/palin-prepares-to-speak-to-delegates-other-americans-amid-political-and-personal-revelations-t62.htm#102 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/palin-prepares-to-speak-to-delegates-other-americans-amid-political-and-personal-revelations-t62.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/google-launches-new-chrome-browser-t61.htm Admin The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers. The free browser, called "Chrome," is being promoted as a sleeker, faster, safer and reliable alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which has been the leading vehicle for surfing the Web for the past decade. Despite recent inroads by Mozilla Foundation's Firefox, Internet Explorer is still used ... News and Events Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:45:53 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/google-launches-new-chrome-browser-t61.htm#101 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/google-launches-new-chrome-browser-t61.htm http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/bakassi-ceding-cameroon-moves-to-boosts-oil-output-t58.htm Admin Cameroon has moved swiftly to reap from the huge dividend of the ceding of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula by Nigeria penultimate week, calling for the registration of more exploration and production oil companies to help it take full advantage of the development of the hydrocarbon in the area. The country, which is already priming to join the league of major oil exporting nations in Africa, according to the Fact Book of Central Intelligent Agency (CIA), was before the ceding of Bakassi producing ... News and Events Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:47:56 GMT http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/bakassi-ceding-cameroon-moves-to-boosts-oil-output-t58.htm#97 http://lagosisland.forumotion.net/news-and-events-f1/bakassi-ceding-cameroon-moves-to-boosts-oil-output-t58.htm