GRAPHITTI NEWS : 2014-11-16

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Rising Suicide Rate For Indian Farmers Blamed On GMO Seeds

Reuters/Ajay Verma

Monsanto, which has just paid out US$2.4 million to US farmers, settling one of many lawsuits it’s been involved in worldwide, is also facing accusations that its seeds are to blame for a spike in suicides by India farmers.

United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon

The deadly Ebola outbreak can be ended “by the middle of next year” if the world speeds up its response, United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has said.

Reuters / Dado Ruvic

EU lawmakers are proposing a breakup of Google’s monopoly that will split its search engine from the rest of its operations in Europe as the EU parliament prepares to vote on a resolution suggesting a way to diminish the Internet giant’s influence.

AFP Photo / Timothy A. Clary

A man in Washington state was freed Thursday after serving 19 years behind bars on child molestation charges that turned out to be fake. His accuser came forward two years ago to admit she made up the accusations to receive more of her mother’s attention.

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (Reuters / Valentyn Ogirenko)

The Australia Foreign Minister has slammed discrimination against nationals of Ebola-hit West African countries while chairing the UN Security Council. Her statement has prompted accusations of hypocrisy as Australia has imposed travel bans on these states.

Nico Rosberg will start Sunday's Abu Dhabi GP from pole position (Photo: Press Association)

Nico Rosberg grabbed a crucial pole position ahead of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the build-up to the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Soccer enthusiast Iyke Igbokwe has alleged that Stephen Keshi was sabotaged by his employers not to qualify for next year’s African Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea.

Alhaji Garba Umar, Taraba State Acting Governor or Deputy Governor

It is all over for Alhaji Garba Umar, whether as acting governor or deputy governor of Taraba State.

A Toyota Camry has a caved in roof after a window washer fell at least 11 stories onto the moving vehicle in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Police say the San Francisco window washer survived the falling on Friday. (AP Photo/Lisa Leff)

A worker fell screaming 11 stories from the roof of a bank building Friday morning onto a moving car, crushing its roof and sending shattered glass flying into the street, police and witnesses said.

NAF Choppers

Adesola Amosu, an Air Marshall and the Chief of Air Staff, on Friday said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) would ensure a strict maintenance culture for all its operational aircraft.

Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles, California, where officials have agreed to a US$139 million settlement 2014 for victims of a teacher jailed for lewd conduct with students, in what lawyers said was the biggest ever such payout ©Krista Kennell (AFP)

Los Angeles school officials agreed to a US$139 million settlement Friday for victims of a teacher jailed for lewd conduct with students, in what lawyers said was the biggest ever such payout.

Reuters / Soo Hoo Zheyang

A team of scientists is working to create a product that can mimic or enhance the fat-burning effects of physical exercises. The key to the magic drink is in a special protein the team is trying to extract from fruit.

"After the Kremlin" - A New World Order? Gorbachev Proposes New Global Forum To Augment 'Lame UN'

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev speaks during the presentation of his new book "After the Kremlin" in a book store in Moscow on November 20, 2014.(AFP Photo / Vasily Maximov)

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev says that he’s working on a strategy of stabilizing the international situation by introducing a new effective global dialogue platform to augment the “lame UN.”

Walter Magaya is one of Zimbabwe's most popular preachers

Eleven people have been killed in a stampede after a religious service in a stadium in Zimbabwe, police say.

In this picture taken Thursday Nov. 20, 2014, an MSF Ebola heath worker is sprayed as he leaves the contaminated zone at the Ebola treatment centre in Guéckédou, Guinea. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Officials in Guinea say bandits during a roadside robbery stole a cooler containing blood samples that are believed to have Ebola, from a vehicle traveling from Kankan prefecture in central Guinea to a test site in Guéckédou, in the south.

The African Cup Of Nations Trophy

Togo were outclassed by a better team as Ghana won 3-1, according to Tchakala Tchanile.

Emmanuel Adebayor

The same story, everywhere. Why does it all have to boil down to the money? Now this “Juju” or no “Juju” palaver. Why do others wait for other people’s properties rather than going to strive for their own?

Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina State

The United States of America, USA, the United Kingdom, UK, and the European Union, EU, yesterday condemned the statement credited to Kastina State Governor, Alh. Ibrahim Shehu Shema, purportedly calling for the killing of the “cockroaches of politics”.

Then Burkina Faso's president, Blaise Compaore attends a high-level meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, November 12, 2008 ©Fabrice Coffrini (AFP)

Burkina Faso's deposed president Blaise Compaoré arrived in Morocco from Côte d'Ivoire, where he has been in exile since his ouster in a popular revolt last month, the Moroccan foreign ministry announced early Friday.

A five-day ordeal in the hands of abductors ended yesterday for The Nation’s Abia State Correspondent, Mr. Ugochukwu Ugorji-Eke.

Photo courtesy: Shimizu Corp.

Will people ever live in underwater cities? Japanese construction firm says it is possible by 2030. The visionaries revealed a US$25 billion deep-sea eco-city plan called Ocean Spiral for 5,000 people that will produce energy from sea resources.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday swore in Mahmud Mohammed as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Earlier on Tuesday, the senate confirmed his nomination.

Journalists wait to take photos of the first cargo train "Yixinou" from China's Yiwu to Spanish capital Madrid in a train station in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang province on November 18, 2014. (AFP Photo/China Out)

The 82-wagon cargo train is expected to take 21 days to travel 6,200 miles, passing through six countries between China and Spain.

AFP Photo/Justin Tallis

A woman has opened a professional cuddling shop in Portland, Oregon, where customers pay US$60 dollars for 60 minutes worth of cuddling, spooning, or general platonic human contact, with interest so high that she has received 10,000 requests in a week.

Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu

Well, Super Eagles have managed to garner a growing band of people and pundits who are rather taken aback that they would not see the reigning African champion defend the crown come January 2015.

President Jonathan (Photo: The Nation)

These are indeed testy times for the relationship between the executive and the legislature.

With Parents Like These…? Parents Bankrupted NHL Star

NHL Star Jack Johnson of the Columbus Blue Jackets (Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)

Blue Jackets player Jack Johnson of the US National Hockey League (NHL) has filed for bankruptcy.

Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, in white caftan, with handkerchief pressed to his face, during the tear-gas episode. (Photo source: Lailasblog.com)

Nigerian police today fired tear gas and prevented speaker Aminu Tambuwal from presiding over a session at the National Assembly in Abuja.

Nigerian police fired teargas inside the parliament complex on Thursday, apparently trying to block opposition lawmakers, including the speaker of the lower house, from entering the building for a key security vote.

Reuters / Stringer

After getting a rice grain sized microchip inserted into her hand for unlocking her office door, a Swedish woman can stop worrying about losing her work keys.

Reuters/Bernadett Szabo

If you recall the scandals with Nigerian banks some of which cases are still creeping through the labyrinth of the Nigerian justice system, you would wonder why bankers seem obsessed with greed. Now some researchers have uncovered an interesting trend.

Japanese woman Chisako Kakehi has reportedly received US$6.8 million over the last two decades -- in the form of insurance payments and other assets she received after the deaths of her seven partners

Japanese police on Thursday raided the home of a 67-year-old multi-millionaire arrested on suspicion of poisoning her latest husband after six other partners also died, and reportedly recovered cyanide from her trash.

Reuters / Stefan Wermuth

Scientists at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University have created a new biological marker for cancer patients that lights up tumor cells and treats disease with drugs at the same time.

Senate (Photo: wikipedia.org)

Senators failed again yesterday to agree on President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for an extension of the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.

African champions Nigeria crashed out of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday after playing a 2-2 draw with Bafana Bafana of South Africa in Uyo.

The Maglev (magnetic levitation) train (AFP Photo / Toru Yamanaka)

2015 AFCON QUALIFIERS: Nigeria 2 - 2 South Africa; South Africa Edges Nigeria Out!

Na wa o! Super Chickens!

Keshi spoke too soon. He had said the Super Eagles would have the last laugh, but many of the pundits who know full well that Keshi is a journeyman rather than a true football tactician were sure the coach would wind up with eggs (totten ones for that matter) in his face.
What manner of defending champion is this?

Or did someone encourage/induce/coerce/motivate/negotiate/motivate/balckmail/bully someone to keep the Super Eagles out of AFCON 2015?

Let the yapping begin!!!

Me, I dey laugh o.

Military Leader Becomes Burkina Faso Prime Minster

In this file photo taken Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, Burkina Faso Lt. Col. Issac Yacouba Zida, during a press briefing in the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (AP Photo/Theo Renaut)

The military colonel who briefly seized control of Burkina Faso after the longtime president stepped down was chosen Wednesday to serve as prime minister, casting doubt that the army will stay out of politics as demanded by the international community.

Cote d’Ivoire qualified for the African Nations Cup finals on Wednesday after a tepid 0-0 draw with 10-man Cameroon, who had Stephane Mbia sent off just before the hour in Abidjan.

Ricky Jackson – Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction

Reuters/Alex Lee

French surgeons have successfully operated on a fetus in its mother’s womb – for the first time in the country. They have corrected a defect which could lead to the baby’s legs being paralyzed – a procedure available in only a dozen hospitals worldwide.

Bob Marley (Photo from (www.bobmarley.com)

The family of reggae legend Bob Marley have teamed up with Washington-based investors to raise more than US$50 million for the launch of Marley Natural, the world’s first global cannabis brand.

Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma arrives for the 44th ordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States Heads of State in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, on March 28, 2014 ©Issouf Sanogo (AFP)

A Sierra Leonean doctor died of Ebola on Tuesday, a medical source said, bringing to seven the number of doctors killed by the virus savaging the nation’s healthcare system.

Twenty-six filmmakers, who applied for the film intervention fund grant made available by President Goodluck Jonathan under the Project ACT Nollywood, knew their fate Tuesday, as they were called to Abuja for the presentation of the grants.

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris. (Reuters/David McNew)

California Attorney General Kamala Harris may have won re-election in the state last month by beating the pro-weed Republican candidate Ron Gold, but recently she said she has no “moral opposition” to marijuana and is “not opposed” to legalizing the drug.

PHOTOS: "Lennon Wall" — Prague Wall Dedicated To John Lennon Painted Over

A woman walks past Prague's "Lennon Wall" that was recently painted white in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Prague's colorful wall dedicated to the memory of John Lennon has been painted over, leaving just a single message: "Wall is over!"

Sierra Leone's Paramount Chiefs

Sierra Leone's president has suspended his uncle from a prestigious position as a tribal chief for flouting laws designed to contain Ebola, officials said on Tuesday.

Selenium - found in nuts, red meat and seafood - could be crucial in the development of healthy ovarian follicles, which are responsible for the production of eggs in women, research found

Scientists found that selenium, a natural antioxidant, plays a crucial role in the early stages of conception - and of all foods, Brazil nuts have the highest level.

Reuters / Thomas Peter

A Muslim convert stripped of his British citizenship by Home Secretary Theresa May for alleged extremism has launched an appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn her decision on the grounds it would render him stateless.

Fearful of a surge of Ebola cases, Mali placed nearly 600 people under surveillance, as the country battles to contain the spread of the deadly tropical virus.

Reuters / Desmond Boylan

Nearly 36 million people across the world are involved in some form of slavery, from forced labor to forced marriage, a survey by a global human rights organization has revealed, describing modern slavery as a "hidden crime" and "big business."

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