A giant "digital cloud" that would "float" above London's skyline has been outlined by an international team of architects, artists and engineers. The construction would include 120m- (400ft-) tall mesh towers and a series of interconnected plastic bubbles that can be used to di …

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Nigeria's most prominent rebel group says it carried out an "unprecedented attack" on an oil tanker facility close to the main commercial city of Lagos. "The depot and loading tankers moored at the facility are currently on fire," said the Movement for the Emancipation …

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This is the second time in two months that this facility will be attacked by MEND. The group has shut in an estimated one third of Nigeria's crude oil production capacity.

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As promised, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has proceeded on attacks at the Shell Well Head 20, located at Cawthorn Channel 1 at 0300 Hrs today.

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Shell has (finally) suspended its operations in the Western Niger Delta, giving into increasing pressure from the MEND rebels in the region. Shell confirmed the closure of its oil plants in the region following a spike in attacks on the company's facilities and employees, Nige …

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The Nigeria Police Force has begun a manhunt for the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and Chief Innocent Ogbuawa over allegations of their involvement in serial kidnappings in the South-East.

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As part of programme to celebrate the 10 anniversary of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), the organisation has launched what it called "the Biafran International Passport".

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Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahideen Dokubo-Asari, was arrested at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday by the operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on his way from Germany.

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Ojo Maduekwe, the Nigerian foreign minister, came close last week to admitting that our government is prepared to accept foreign mediation in an effort to defuse the Niger Delta crisis.

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Leader of Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has appealed to the security agencies to decisively deal with kidnappers whenever and wherever they are caught.

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Enugu-THE South Eastern States of Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo have been under the siege of kidnappers who have in the last one year made life unbearable for the residents especially the wealthy and foreign nationals.

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A mobile phone based health project is helping the Peruvian military to keep disease at bay. The initiative, dubbed Alerta DISAMAR, has allowed doctors in the navy to report disease outbreaks and ask for help with treatment.

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A Nigerian oil militant leader has been shot dead in police custody. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) claim Ken Niweigha known as "Daddy Ken" was executed by the police.

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More than 1,500 Mexican troops have moved into a city on the US border being fought over by rival drug gangs. Soldiers moved into Ciudad Juarez to try to regain control of a city in which more than 2,000 people have been murdered over the past year.

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A disabled CBeebies presenter has been the victim of a disturbing campaign after parents complained that she was scaring toddlers. They claimed that host Cerrie Burnell - who was born with one arm - is not suitable to appear on the digital children's channel.

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Mexico is in the grip of vicious drug-related violence as traffickers battle each other and the authorities. Nowhere has seen more bloodshed than Ciudad Juarez, a sprawling city on the US-Mexico border.

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A seventh grade schoolgirl in the north-western Pakistani district of Swat has been writing a diary after Taleban militants there ordered schools to close as part of an edict banning girls' education.

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They may look slow and clumsy, but underwater cameras have revealed that grizzly bears can perform some fancy footwork when a meal is on the cards.

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Nasa and the European Space Agency have decided to forge ahead with an ambitious plan to send a probe to the Jupiter system and its icy moon Europa.

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Sky News announced today that it was joining the BBC in refusing to broadcast an emergency appeal for Gaza.

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British regulators rejected a plan on Friday to add locally focused video news to BBC Web sites in Britain, dealing a setback to the digital ambitions of the BBC, which has expanded aggressively on the Internet.

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The bill should give greater protection to groups such as children, the elderly and those with learning difficulties, it said in a report. The committee said the bill should include rights to housing, education and a healthy environment.

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BBC News: Voters in Switzerland have rejected a move to make it even harder for foreigners to obtain citizenship. In a referendum, they voted 64% against a bid to revive the practice of approving citizenship candidates by secret ballot and scrapping appeals.

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The sister of a teenage girl, hit and killed by a police car in Newcastle, has vowed to win justice for her.

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The BBC reports: A slash-proof backpack, an alarmed laptop case and a pub chair with space to hide your handbag inside are among the creations of a research centre fighting crime with design.

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