VIDEO: Watch ANGRY President Jonathan Talks To BBC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSmVU1SUuX_esVbYmrCg6bHcHuk_qlsnxco3VSiT2AUk-zayRbk47Kj7jcWLp0UFIAFMoaxDUrilPLPunicjk7EZQARN9cphJ-221QSUy3ivI2QNu9zoYC9T2f9NV_3-4UC025t5xxJus/s1600/Goodluck+Jonathan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSmVU1SUuX_esVbYmrCg6bHcHuk_qlsnxco3VSiT2AUk-zayRbk47Kj7jcWLp0UFIAFMoaxDUrilPLPunicjk7EZQARN9cphJ-221QSUy3ivI2QNu9zoYC9T2f9NV_3-4UC025t5xxJus/s1600/Goodluck+Jonathan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan seems to have been frustrated and he responded angrily in this BBC’s interview conducted by Will Ross.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The president lost his cool at some point during the interview suggests that Mr Jonathan may just be tired of it all.</div> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ejWQTKkC16c" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Video Credit: BBC</b>

VIDEO: Watch ANGRY President Jonathan Talks To BBC

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan seems to have been frustrated and he responded angrily in this BBC’s interview conducted by Will R...

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We'll Recapture Remaining Lost Territories In One Month - Jonathan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSCyq69XBrOLK5bdC1Rg5k6YzwZjUNyMRgHIg52_TM0PLksYDXUteTQQCdpW5gkeBuK7ZPzBcdL93ME6oTyFOun4udL4t9-90tRixkJ78kv6NU2o629NptIvMVSx3nBN0P148xww4Uuzn/s1600/Goodluck+Jonathan2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSCyq69XBrOLK5bdC1Rg5k6YzwZjUNyMRgHIg52_TM0PLksYDXUteTQQCdpW5gkeBuK7ZPzBcdL93ME6oTyFOun4udL4t9-90tRixkJ78kv6NU2o629NptIvMVSx3nBN0P148xww4Uuzn/s1600/Goodluck+Jonathan2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said he hopes that all territory seized by Islamist militant group Boko Haram will be retaken within a month.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "They are getting weaker and weaker by the day," he told the BBC.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But the president - who faces elections in a week - admitted the response to the insurgents' initial advance in north-east Nigeria had been too slow.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The army has claimed recent victories over Boko Haram in a conflict that has killed thousands since 2012.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Backed by neighbouring countries Chad, Niger and Cameroon, Nigeria's army has recaptured many towns and villages from the militants.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Jonathan's government has been heavily criticised for its failure to end the insurgency.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The government has made similar claims in the past about defeating or driving back Boko Haram within a specific period - but these have not been borne out by events.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The president postponed February's election by six weeks, saying the armed forces needed more time to secure the country.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Abducted girls 'alive'</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Will Ross in the capital Abuja, President Jonathan said: "I'm very hopeful that it will not take us more than a month to recover the old territories that hitherto have been in their [Boko Haram's] hands."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nigerian government troops recently recaptures several towns, the military says.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Earlier this week, the Nigerian army said the militants no longer controlled any urban centres in Yobe and Adamawa - two of the three worst-affected states in the north-east.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Recently, the military also pledged that Borno state, the birthplace of Boko Haram, would soon be freed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, President Jonathan admitted in the interview that the authorities had "under-estimated" the militants and had initially lacked the resources to fight them.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Analysis: Will Ross, BBC News, Abuja</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> President Jonathan may have faced huge criticism at home and abroad for his handling of the insecurity in the north-east but he seems unwilling to concede any mistakes have been made.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr Jonathan clearly inherited a military beset by corruption and one which for decades has demonstrated an extraordinary inability to build up a decent array of weaponry - hence the recent scramble for military hardware including helicopters and tanks as well as the involvement of troops from neighbouring countries.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His assessment of the Boko Haram crisis is perhaps a little closer to the mark than the euphoric PR statements that are sent out on behalf of Nigeria's military suggesting this is a won war.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Yes, some jihadists have been killed in battle, he told me, but many have fled - either over the borders or into Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Mountains, whilst some he says have melted back into towns.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They may no longer control much territory but the Boko Haram crisis grew too deep to disappear in a hurry.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Ashes and death in recaptured town</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr Jonathan said that newly acquired military equipment, as well as co-operation with neighbouring countries, had helped push the jihadists out of towns and villages.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The president also said the authorities would continue the search for the 219 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok by Boko Haram last year.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The interview comes just days before Nigerians vote in presidential elections. Despite many analysts predicting the most fiercely contested poll since the end of military rule in 1999, Mr Jonathan said: "I'll surely win."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31979524">BBC</a></b></div>

We'll Recapture Remaining Lost Territories In One Month - Jonathan

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said he hopes that all territory seized by Islamist militant group Boko Haram will be retaken ...

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Indian Parents Climb School Walls To Hand Their Kids Cheat Sheets

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdwXC-1ihHpySBkOkcxNrmk8656thksNZZIs5RwFX9ooW2Sj3owDwPS3SVqgzX-vp8V_53FD3Qi1mUghXfHPAqegfGSE7AGAXH9hkHbmzxouHq02CK6nOAUkxaCai3Ow3_fyMgP2TTO87/s1600/India+Cheats.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdwXC-1ihHpySBkOkcxNrmk8656thksNZZIs5RwFX9ooW2Sj3owDwPS3SVqgzX-vp8V_53FD3Qi1mUghXfHPAqegfGSE7AGAXH9hkHbmzxouHq02CK6nOAUkxaCai3Ow3_fyMgP2TTO87/s1600/India+Cheats.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Cheating in school tests is an old Indian problem.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But the malpractice literally scaled new heights this week in the eastern state of Bihar when relatives of 10th-grade students climbed the wall of a school building and perched precariously from windows of classrooms as they handed cheat sheets to children writing the tests inside.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Videos also showed school inspectors slapping young girls as they pulled out cheat sheets from under their tables.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Cheating is common in schools in remote rural areas in India, where jobs and seats in college courses are few but competition is fierce. But the sight of parents risking their life and limbs to climb the walls shocked many Indians.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Under Bihar's anti-cheating law, dozens of 12th-grade students were expelled and their parents detained last month in cases of cheating in tests.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Many students in India drop out of school because they fail to pass the tough standardized tests in their 10th and 12th grades.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Education experts say that cheating is just a symptom of the deeper problems that plague India's education system, such as teacher absenteeism, emphasis on rote learning and inadequate school infrastructure.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A recent study by the Pratham Education Foundation showed that only 48 percent of fifth-grade students could read a second-grade textbook.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Authorities expelled nearly 500 students from the tests, according to local media reports.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-indian-parents-help-students-cheat-20150319-story.html">Chicago Tribune</a></b></div>

Indian Parents Climb School Walls To Hand Their Kids Cheat Sheets

Cheating in school tests is an old Indian problem. But the malpractice literally scaled new heights this week in the eastern state ...

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