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US Reopens Embassy In Cuba 54 Years After Closure

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<b>HAVANA, CUBA - The US has reopened its embassy in Cuba more than 54 years after it was closed, in a symbolic step signalling the warming of ties between both countries.</b></div>
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John Kerry, the first US Secretary of State to visit Cuba in 70 years, presided over the ceremony in Havana.</div>
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The US flag was presented by the same US marines who brought it down in 1961.</div>
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Cuba reopened its embassy in Washington last month but the former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has blasted the US for not lifting its trade embargo.</div>
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In an open letter on Thursday, Mr Castro said the US owed Cuba millions of dollars because of its 53-year-long embargo. The letter makes no mention of the reopening of the US embassy.</div>
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Mr Kerry described the hoisting of the flag as a "historic moment" speaking during the ceremony on Friday.</div>
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But he also warned that the US would not stop pressing for political change in Cuba.</div>
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"The people of Cuba would be best served by a genuine democracy, where people are free to choose their leaders," he told a crowd of hundreds gathered outside the embassy building.</div>
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US Reopens Embassy In Cuba 54 Years After Closure

HAVANA, CUBA - The US has reopened its embassy in Cuba more than 54 years after it was closed, in a symbolic step signalling the warmin...

[VIDEO]: I'll Go Slow and Steady, President Buhari Tells Diaspora Nigerians

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<b>WASHINGTON DC, USA - President Muhammadu Buhari who is presently on a state visit to the United States of America has said he was aware that people call him <i>"Baba Go Slow"</i> and asserted that he would rather be slow and steady than be hasty without achievement.</b></div>
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President Buhari said this while addressing some Nigerians living in the US at a town hall meeting where he interacted with Nigerians in Diaspora.<br />
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Some Nigerians are calling me <i>Baba Go Slow</i>. I'm going to go slow and steady.</blockquote>
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AIT AMERICA Some People are calling me Baba Go-Slow, Then I'll Go-Slow and Steady - President Buhari tells Nigerians in Diaspora during the bilateral visits to the United States. Coming up tonight on AIT News Hour<br />
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[VIDEO]: I'll Go Slow and Steady, President Buhari Tells Diaspora Nigerians

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[PHOTO NEWS]: President Buhari Meets US Secretary of State John Kerry

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<b>WASHINGTON DC, USA - As part of his schedules at the ongoing 4-day State Visit of the Nigerian President to the United States of America, President Muhammadu Buhari today led the visiting Nigerian delegation to a meeting with the US Secretary of State, Senator John Kerry, at the State Department.</b></div>
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Buhari Chides CBN Governor For Coming To US Dinner With Jim Ovia

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<b>WASHINGTON DC, USA - President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday openly objected to Nigeria Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele letting Jim Ovia, the former Managing Director of Zenith Bank, into his dinner party.</b></div>
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The event was organized for the President by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and The Corporate Council on Africa.</div>
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During his remarks, Buhari departed from his prepared text to tell the surprised crowd he was surprised to see Mr. Ovia, and that he thought the CBN Governor had brought him along.  He also expressed surprise at the presence of Wale Tinubu, who happens to be a good friend of Buhari's All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu. </div>
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The crowd, which mostly comprised of US businessmen, did not fully understand the heart of Buhari's position which wasn't part of his prepared speech for the evening.</div>
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<b><a href="http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/21/buhari-admonishes-cbn-governor-bringing-jim-ovia-washington-dc-dinner">SaharaReporters</a></b> had exclusively reported earlier in the day that Buhari warned his aides not to smuggle Nigerian businessmen into his meetings throughout his US visit. SaharaReporters learnt that as a result of the warning, most of the businessmen and politicians who had streamed into the US capital in the hope of meeting with Buhari did not openly attend his events.</div>
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It was also learned that Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa, who was at the dinner yesterday, was only allowed to greet Buhari when it was over.</div>
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Elumelu and Ovia were formidable supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan but since Buhari's victory, these and many other businessmen have been looking for ways to warm themselves into the Buhari fold.</div>
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Buhari Chides CBN Governor For Coming To US Dinner With Jim Ovia

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OP ED: Nigeria Committed to Good Governance and Fighting Terror - By Muhammadu Buhari

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<b>This month, the world moved a step closer to the defeat of Boko Haram, the jihadist group that has terrorised hundreds of thousands in the northern states of Nigeria. In one of my first acts since taking office as president six weeks ago, I have replaced the heads of Nigeria’s army, navy and air force. Our new military leadership has not been chosen because of their familiarity with those in government, as was too often the case in the past, but on their track records and qualifications alone.</b></div>
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These new military leaders will be based in Borno State in northern Nigeria, where the headquarters of the armed services has been relocated. This shift of resources and command directly to the front line, in addition to the replacement of the head of the State Security Service, Nigeria’s intelligence organisation, and a new emphasis on working in partnership with our neighbours, has equipped us to take the fight directly to Boko Haram.</div>
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Already we are beginning to see a degrading of Boko Haram’s capabilities as a fighting force. In recent weeks, it appears to have shifted away from confronting the military directly to an increase in attacks on civilian areas, as we saw only last week when an elderly woman and 10-year-old girl blew themselves up at a Muslim prayer gathering in northeastern Nigeria. We should not be confused by this change, hateful as it is: It does not mean that Boko Haram is succeeding in its aims - it shows that it is losing.</div>
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<span style="font-family: '';"><i>We seek the support and partnership of the United States in these tasks. The importance of the fight against terrorism and corruption in Nigeria, Africa’s most powerful economy and largest populace, cannot be underestimated. Our allies can provide much-needed military training and intelligence as our soldiers take the war effort to Boko Haram. Similarly, we look to U.S. businesses as well as the Obama administration to help develop governance initiatives that can ensure that Nigeria’s wealth benefits all its people, not just a few. By taking these steps, we will be positioned to benefit from increased investment - particularly in energy and electricity - from the United States.</i></span></blockquote>
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While we work to defeat the terrorists, I ask the people of Nigeria and the world for resolve and fortitude. The campaign we will wage will not be easy; it may not be swift. We should expect stages of success and also moments when it may appear that our advances have been checked. But no one should have any doubt as to the strength of our collective will or my commitment to rid this nation of terror and bring back peace and normalcy to all affected areas.</div>
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Similarly, my determination should not be underestimated in other matters. This includes instilling good governance and tackling the scourge of corruption that has held Nigeria back for too long.</div>
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As I meet with President Obama today - the first time a president of the United States will encounter a Nigerian counterpart following the peaceful transfer of power in a contested election in our history - I will be discussing my plans for critical reforms. So, too, will I discuss why the formation of my administration is taking time and, crucially, why it must. Already there are voices saying these changes are taking too long - even though only six weeks have passed since my inauguration. I hear such calls, but this task cannot and should not be rushed.</div>
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When cabinet ministers are appointed in September, it will be some months after I took the oath of office. It is worth noting that Obama himself did not have his full Cabinet in place for several months after first taking office; the United States did not cease to function in the interim. In Nigeria’s case, it would neither be prudent nor serve the interests of sound government to have made these appointments immediately on my elevation to the presidency; instead, Nigeria must first put new rules of conduct and good governance in place.</div>
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<span style="font-family: '';"><i>I was elected on a platform of change. I know this is what the people of Nigeria desire more than anything else. I know they are impatient for action. I realise the world waits to see evidence that my administration will be different from all those that came before. Yet reforming my country after so many years of abuse cannot be achieved overnight. In our campaigns against both Boko Haram and corruption, we should remain steadfast and remember, as it is said: "Have patience. All things become difficult before they become easy."</i></span></blockquote>
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I cannot stress how important it is to ensure that this process is carried out correctly, just as it has been crucial to first install the correct leadership of the military and security services before we fully take the fight to Boko Haram.</div>
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There are too few examples in the history of Nigeria since independence where it can be said that good management and governance were instituted at a national level. This lack of a governance framework has allowed many of those in charge, devoid of any real checks and balances, to plunder. The fact that I now seek Obama’s assistance in locating and returning $150 billion in funds stolen in the past decade and held in foreign bank accounts on behalf of former, corrupt officials is testament to how badly Nigeria has been run. This way of conducting our affairs cannot continue.</div>
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Indeed, the failure of governance, it can be argued, has been as much a factor in Nigeria’s inability thus far to defeat Boko Haram as have been issues with the military campaign itself.</div>
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So the path we must take is simple, even if it is not easy: First, instill rules and good governance; second, install officials who are experienced and capable of managing state agencies and ministries; and third, seek to recover funds stolen under previous regimes so that this money can be invested in Nigeria for the benefit of all of our citizens.</div>
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We seek the support and partnership of the United States in these tasks. The importance of the fight against terrorism and corruption in Nigeria, Africa’s most powerful economy and largest populace, cannot be underestimated. Our allies can provide much-needed military training and intelligence as our soldiers take the war effort to Boko Haram. Similarly, we look to U.S. businesses as well as the Obama administration to help develop governance initiatives that can ensure that Nigeria’s wealth benefits all its people, not just a few. By taking these steps, we will be positioned to benefit from increased investment - particularly in energy and electricity - from the United States.</div>
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I was elected on a platform of change. I know this is what the people of Nigeria desire more than anything else. I know they are impatient for action. I realise the world waits to see evidence that my administration will be different from all those that came before. Yet reforming my country after so many years of abuse cannot be achieved overnight. In our campaigns against both Boko Haram and corruption, we should remain steadfast and remember, as it is said: "Have patience. All things become difficult before they become easy."</div>
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<b>Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) is President and Commander-In-Chief of Nigeria’s Armed Forces.</b></div>
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<i>This Op-Ed was initially published in <b>The Washington Post </b>on July 20 in preparation for President Buhari's meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House during his State Visit to the United States.</i></div>
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[PHOTOS] See How Nigerians Compared US' Receptions For Then President Jonathan and President Buhari

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<b>LAGOS, NIGERIA - Some guys can go to any length defending who they like and castigating who they dislike. Such is the way <i>TNN.ng</i> sees the comparison made by some Nigerians on how the US government received ex-President Goodluck Jonathan during his state visit and how President Muhammadu Buhari was received yesterday by the US government during his ongoing state visit.</b><br />
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Earlier in the day, a pro-Jonathan community on Facebook, <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hopefornigeria?fref=ts">Hope for Nigeria</a></b> had posted a story on the reception with an alarming headline. See it embedded below:</div>
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Later in the day, a tweeter (<b><a href="https://twitter.com/MusadiqZ">@MusadiqZ</a></b>) tried to draw a comparison between the receptions of the two Nigerian leaders. See his embedded tweet below:</div>
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Pic 1. US welcoming Buhari 
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We know who they respect. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericaKnows?src=hash">#AmericaKnows</a> <a href="http://t.co/JRcD2K7vTx">pic.twitter.com/JRcD2K7vTx</a></div>
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If we should agree with <b>Hope for Nigeria</b> that President Buhari was received with "a half" red carpet, would we be wrong to say President Jonathan was received with "a quarter" red carpet? You be the judge!!!</div>
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[PHOTOS] See How Nigerians Compared US' Receptions For Then President Jonathan and President Buhari

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Buhari Has "Clear Agenda" To Defeat Boko Haram - Obama

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<b>WASHINGTON DC, USA - US President Barack Obama has praised Nigeria's leader Muhammadu Buhari, saying he has a clear agenda to defeat militant Islamist group Boko Haram and to tackle corruption, <i>Reuters </i>news agency reports.</b></div>
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Buhari Has "Clear Agenda" To Defeat Boko Haram - Obama

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[PHOTOS]: President Buhari Arrives The US On Official Visit

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<b>WASHINGTON DC, US - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday began a 4-day official state visit to the United States of America on the invitation of the US President Barack Obama.</b></div>
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Buhari left Nigeria with a 33-man delegation for a meeting with US officials.</div>
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<b>NEW YORK, USA - When Faatimah Knight reached out to her Muslim friends and acquaintances to try and help black churches that had been destroyed by fire, she had no idea how much they could raise.</b></div>
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Today, they have managed to raise just under $30,000 - money that will be used to help up to seven churches that were destroyed in the American south in the aftermath of the Charleston shooting and the campaign against the Confederate flag.</div>
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"We have been overwhelmed by how generous people have been," Ms Knight, 23, told <i><b><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/american-muslims-raise-30000-to-help-repair-black-churches-destroyed-by-fire-10375704.html">The Independent</a>. </b></i>"We will stop it today...We will figure out how to distribute the money."</div>
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Ms Knight's campaign – carried out as Muslims around the world marked the festival of Ramadan - followed a smaller, more modest enterprise she had set in action in the days after the shooting dead of nine people at Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17. She and some friends wanted to raise $500 to send flowers; they ended up raising $900.</div>
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And when she and the same friends read about the series of churches that were burned down and the probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, they similarly wanted to act.</div>
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A number of Muslim organisations have responded to her call Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, the Arab American Association of New York and Ummah Wide - but she said people of other faiths had also donated.</div>
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"It's Ramadan and we are experiencing firsthand the beauty and sanctity of our mosques during this holy month," says a message posted on the launchgood.com website.</div>
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"All houses of worship are sanctuaries, a place where all should feel safe, a place we can seek refuge when the world is too much to bear."</div>
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Ms Knight, a Masters student at the Chicago Theological Seminary, said of her acquaintances some people had questioned the campaign and asked why she was raising money for Christian houses of worship, as opposed to a Muslim cause. But most were supportive.</div>
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She Islam taught of the need to protect the weak and vulnerable. She said while the black Christian communities of the South might not be weak, they were vulnerable.</div>
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Oklahoma's highest court said the Ten Commandments chiseled into the 6-foot-tall granite monument, which was privately funded by a Republican legislator, are "obviously religious in nature and are an integral part of the Jewish and Christian faiths."</div>
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The 7-2 ruling overturns a decision by a district court judge who determined the monument could stay.</div>
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Attorney General Scott Pruitt had argued that the monument was historical in nature and nearly identical to a Texas monument that was found constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Oklahoma justices said the local monument violated the state's constitution, not the U.S. Constitution.</div>
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"Quite simply, the Oklahoma Supreme Court got it wrong," Pruitt said in a statement. "The court completely ignored the profound historical impact of the Ten Commandments on the foundation of Western law."</div>
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Pruitt said his office would ask the court for a rehearing and request that the monument be allowed to stay until the court considers his request.</div>
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Since the original monument was erected in 2012, several other groups have asked to put up their own monuments on the Capitol grounds. Among them is a group that wants to erect a 7-foot-tall statue that depicts Satan as Baphomet, a goat-headed figure with horns, wings and a long beard.</div>
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A Hindu leader in Nevada, an animal rights group, and the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster also have made requests.</div>
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Rep. Mike Ritze, a Republican from Broken Arrow whose family paid about $10,000 for the monument's construction, pushed the bill authorizing the monument. He said Tuesday he hoped the attorney general would appeal the ruling.</div>
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The original monument was smashed into pieces in October, when someone drove a car across the Capitol lawn and crashed into it. A 29-year-old man who was arrested the next day was admitted to a hospital for mental health treatment, and formal charges were never filed.</div>
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LOLS!...Colorado Man Presents Owl In Court As His Lawyer

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Aspen, Colorado, man Charles Abbott was in court accused of violating a protection order involving his former roommate, Michael Stranahan. Abbott was alleged to have entered Mr Stranahan's room while he was out of town and retrieved some belongings.</div>
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Taking his seat in court on Tuesday, Abbott sat a fuzzy horned owl on the defence table with him, telling the court its name was Solomon and it would be representing him in court, the <a href="http://www.aspentimes.com/news/16415230-113/aspen-defendant-enlists-stuffed-animal-as-his-attorney"><b>Aspen Times</b></a> reports.</div>
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Incredibly, Pitkin County Court Judge Erin Fernandez-Ely ignored the owl, instead asking the victim if he would be willing to amend the protection order to allow mediation.</div>
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The hearing ended with the protection order remaining as it was. Abbott was told he may attend the same church as Mr Stranahan as long as he doesn't have contact with him.</div>
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US Authorities Slam $5.7 Billion Record Fine On 5 Big Banks

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US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said that "almost every day" for five years from 2007, currency traders used a private electronic chat room to manipulate exchange rates.</div>
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Their actions harmed "countless consumers, investors and institutions around the world", she said.</div>
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The fines break a number of records. The criminal fines of more than $2.5bn are the largest set of anti-trust fines obtained by the Department of Justice.</div>
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The £284m fine imposed on Barclays by Britain's Financial Conduct Authority was a record by the regulator.</div>
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Obama Under Pressure To Attend Buhari's Inauguration

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<b>As the May 29 inauguration of Nigeria's President-elect and the Vice President-elect draws closer, pressure is mounting on the White House on who to represent the United States at the event.</b></div>
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While the immediate past U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Johnnie Carson, is asking President Barack Obama to send his deputy, Vice President Joe Biden, to lead the American delegation to the event, a pro-Africa U.S. lobby group in Washington DC and the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans, CANAN are requesting President Obama to attend the event himself.</div>
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In a press statement over the weekend Mr. Carson, who had advised Obama as the most senior government official on Africa (after the Secretary of State) until late 2013, however, requested that the U.S. President visit Nigeria in July while heading out to East Africa as already announced.</div>
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The U.S. President is not ready yet to announce a delegation to the Nigeria's presidential swearing-in ceremony on May 29. according to Natalie Wozniak, a White House spokesperson.</div>
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But such an announcement is expected in the forthcoming week based on traditional practices by the White House. There has been news reports and claims that Mr. Obama is planning to send a high-powered, presidential scale delegation possibly led by his wife, the VP or the U.S. Secretary of State.</div>
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Specifically regarding the Buhari-Osinbajo inauguration, Ambassador Carson noted that "President Obama should send a high level delegation to President Buhari's inauguration in Abuja on May 29.</div>
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According to him, "this delegation should be led by Vice President Joe Biden, who engaged with both President Jonathan and president-elect Buhari in the run-up to the presidential election."</div>
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Continuing, the former U.S. official said if Mr. Biden "is unable to go, Secretary of State - John Kerry, National Security Advisor - Susan Rice, Homeland Security Secretary - Jeh Johnson or Agriculture Secretary - Thomas Vilsack should lead the delegation, which should include senior officials from several cabinets departments, including the Department of Defense."</div>
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In a similar vein, CANAN and another leading U.S. group released separate statements outrightly asking the US President to be personally present at the May 29 event in Abuja.</div>
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The group - Constituency for Africa - is considered one of the leading organizations in the US "committed to educating and mobilizing the US public on matters pertaining to Africa."</div>
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Its president, Melvin Foote, in the statement argued that "last month, Nigeria completed its election process in a peaceful and transparent manner. While the U.S. applauded this positive feat, our involvement cannot conclude just yet. In fact, in some ways, it is only just beginning - which is why I strongly urge President Barack Obama to attend the inauguration of President-Elect Mohammadu Buhari on May 29."</div>
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He stated that "President Obama's presence at this historic inauguration would send the right signal at the right time. This election was a landmark victory for democracy in Africa and for struggling people elsewhere around the world, and his participation would make a powerful statement of hope and renewal. Nigeria is in the balance. While it is dealing with a brutal terrorism campaign in the north, and multiple other development challenges elsewhere across the country - still it is the largest economy in a very important part of the world and - is poised to achieve much more in the years ahead."</div>
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CANAN, in its own statement asked Mr. Obama to consider attending the Buhari-Osinbajo inauguration as a means of further spurring the democratic fervour and ferment which is currently at play in the country.</div>
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According to the National Secretariat of CANAN, "while with the help of the LORD, Nigerians take the lead in the credit for the successful elections, the role of the US President and government cannot be over-emphasized.</div>
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"We remember how President Barack Obama took time to personally record and send an official White House video message to Nigerians ahead of the presidential elections, saying all the right things.</div>
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"By attending the inauguration personally, Obama will cap the whole affair graciously and end the controversial fallouts of the exclusion of Nigeria in his prior visits to Africa. CANAN wishes the President take a very deep reflection on this matter and add a great spur to the ferment of change that is ongoing in Nigeria by being personally present at the Buhari-Osinbajo inauguration on May 29. It will set a new tone not only in US-Nigeria relations, but in US relationship with Africa as a whole."</div>
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In his statement urging Mr. Obama to visit Nigeria in July when he is scheduled to visit Kenya and Ethiopia, Mr, Carson said: "it would be deeply troubling for many Nigerians to see Africa's largest democracy snubbed at this important moment in its history".</div>
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Mr. Carson who advised Obama on Africa all through his first term in office and beyond conceded that: "relations between Abuja and Washington have frayed over the past two years, largely over security issues and differences over the handling of Boko Haram."</div>
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He suggested that by sending a high powered delegation to the presidential inauguration in Nigeria and then dropping by in Nigeria on his way to East Africa in July, President Obama can bring about a new beginning between Nigeria and the U.S. with the emergence of the Buhari-Osinbajo presidency.</div>
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Fake 'Jesus' Arrested in the US for Walking on Water

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<span style="text-align: justify;">Do you remember </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Jesu Oyinbo</i><span style="text-align: justify;">? Okay, we're not reporting about him now but our story is about </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Jesu Philadelphia, </i><span style="text-align: justify;">or </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Philly Jesus</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> as he's known and called there </span><span style="text-align: justify;">in the US. This young man has been doing what the greatest miracle-working Nigerian man of God, T B Joshua, has not done.</span><br />
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<i>Philly Jesus</i> has been arrested after performing one of his signature moves - <b>walking on water</b> - and it proved as much of a hit in Philadelphia's Love Park as it was in the Gospel of Matthew.</div>
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Except for the police, of course, who say he's not the Messiah… he's a very naughty boy.</div>
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<i>Philly Jesus</i> (real name is Michael Grant) performs Christ-like stunts in the park every day by walking on water in the park's fountains, and occasionally baptising people.</div>
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So when a policeman arrested the popular local figure for disorderly conduct when he refused to leave the park, <i>Philly Jesus</i> had no shortage of disciples to help him out.</div>
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The performer claims that the heavy-handed policeman threatened to ‘f*** him up’ - not exactly an appropriate thing to say to the fake risen Christ.</div>
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Hundreds of online protests have now sprung up with the hashtag <b>#FreePhillyJesus</b>, campaigning to have charges against Grant dropped.</div>
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<i>Philly Jesus</i> is a recovering drug addict, but says he does not panhandle in the park - he just spreads God's message via the medium of splashing about in fountains.</div>
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Where's the harm in that?</div>

Fake 'Jesus' Arrested in the US for Walking on Water

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