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PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON THE END OF THE COMBAT MISSION IN IRAQ

Aug. 31, 2010 Time - 8:00 pm

Weird Stories

CALIFORNIA LADY DOCTOR DIES WHILE STUCK IN CHIMNEY TRYING TO ENTER BOYFRIEND'S HOME

A DOCTOR involved in an "on-again, off-again" relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney, police said on Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later. (READ MORE)

MAN REPLACES EX-GIRLFRIEND WITH CUSTOM-MADE SEX DOLL

A SEX-starved businessman was so hung up on his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him that he paid $18,000 to recreate her as a life-sized sex doll.(READ MORE)

ORJI UZOR KALU FREE TO RETURN TO NIGERIA

Death of a Nigerian Woman in Potomac - Playground of Nigeria's Rich, Notorious and Tainted Politicians

Above photos, left: deceased woman former Mrs. Chinwe Masi-Ogbonna and right, former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu

Former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State in Nigeria is free to return to Nigeria, according to a source at the Montgomery County Police Department, in Maryland, U.S. "Mr. Kalu is free to go anywhere or return to Nigeria, if he wishes, he is not implicated in the death of Chinwe Masi-Ogbonna," according to the police source.

The Potomac area of Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC, has become a playground of Nigeria's rich, notorious and tainted politicians, including Nigeria's former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, one of the most corrupt politicians in Nigeria. (READ MORE)

NIGERIAN PASSENGER DIES ON DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM NIGERIA TO ATLANTA

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines says a 57-year-old passenger was found dead aboard a flight from Nigeria to Atlanta.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said an autopsy determined Aolatou Assani died of ovarian cancer.

Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott says she was found unresponsive early Monday aboard Delta Flight 53, about an hour out of Atlanta and about 11 hours after it took off from Lagos.

FBI Special Agent Steve Emmett says the FBI was initially involved in the investigation because the woman died aboard an international flight.

ARIK AIR OBTAINS U.S. CATEGORY 1 STATUS

Arik Air, Nigeria and West Africa’s leading commercial airline, has described Nigeria’s attainment of the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) certification, known as Category 1, as a welcome development and one that will significantly boost its Lagos-New York JFK operations. (READ MORE)

TIGER WOODS AND WIFE ELIN NORDEGREN OFFICIALLY DIVORCED

IGER Woods and Elin Nordegren are officially divorced, with the pair agreeing to share parenting over their children.

Woods appeared in a Panama City, Florida court overnight with Nordegren to finalise the couple’s divorce.

“We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future,” they said in a statement released by their lawyers. (READ MORE)

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ANOTHER IGBO MAN IN AMERICA KILLS WIFE

The spate of wife killings by Igbo men in America reached its highest level on Sunday, August 15, when a professor of English at Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, shot his wife several times and then turned the gun and shot himself once in the temple. Both wife and husband died instantly. With the exception of Nigerian-born pharmacist, Olufemi Ademoye, who bludgeoned his wife to death with a baseball bat in June, 2010, all the killings have been by Igbo, and their victims have been registered nurses; again with the exception of Ademoye. (READ MORE)

NIGERIAN WHO DESIGNED GM CAR LAUNCHED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA

Today President Obama visited a U.S. auto plant that makes the battery-powered Chevrolet Volt. Some analysts think the Volt could revitalize the struggling American auto industry with its high-tech battery component and environmentally friendly power source.

However, what is not known to the American public or the world is that the Volt's lead designer is Mr. Jelani Aliyu, a Nigerian. In 2007, General Motors brought Mr. Aliyu to New York, and invited the African Sun Times Publisher to a dinner hosted for Mr. Aliyu and other minority stars with the General Motors. Now that (READ MORE)

NEW YORK TIMES ON THE AFRICAN SUN TIMES

New York World | Gooooal!

Soccer Fever in the City’s Immigrant Enclaves

By KIRK SEMPLE

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On June 11, play began in that international ritual of soccer, barstool debate and workplace underproductivity known as the World Cup. While much of America views the event with faint curiosity, its immigrants follow it with microscopic attention. Below, excerpts of World Cup articles from local ethnic newspapers. KIRK SEMPLE

Africa, the World Cup and Heartache

The Odabro Restaurant, at 236 South Essex Street in Orange, N.J., is a watering hole for Africans. ...

According to the proprietor, Mr. Andrew Onyenwenyi, “I love the fact that the World Cup is being played in Africa. But as a businessman, I want to know what kind of profit is going to be generated for Africa for hosting the World Cup. It is not just having the fame; it is what do we get in return. As for the African teams, I am highly disappointed, except, of course, with Ghana.”

In seeking the answer to what the World Cup really meant for Africa and Africans, it was Mr. Kofi Boateng, the C.O.O. of the World Trade Association, who provided the answer. “The 2008 Olympic Games,” said Mr. Boateng, “was the moment for China to make the official announcement that they have arrived on the world scene, and so it is that the 2010 World Cup is Africa’s moment to announce that we have arrived on the world scene as equal partners.”

CHIKA A. ONYEANI, June 21

The African Sun Times is a pan-African weekly with a circulation of 45,600, and is published in East Orange, N.J.

Senegalese Debate Whether President Too Old For Third Term

The director of African Studies at New York’s Columbia University has expressed shock that Senegal’s 84- year old President, Abdoulaye Wade, is considering running for a third term in the West African country’s 2012 general elections. (READ MORE)

Kenyan Chosen to Strengthen Ties Between United Nations and the African Union

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this week appointed an experienced Kenyan diplomat as the first Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (AU), established earlier this year to strengthen links between the two organizations. (Read more)

Opinion

Obama's "Mongrel" Statement: A Manifestation of Strategy and Indifference

By Frederick Alexander Meade

In the last few weeks much discussion regarding a unique matter involving race has surfaced within the African-American community. Such is the case, as President Barack Obama's appearance on the daytime talk show, The View, in which he classified African Americans as a "mongrel people" has provoked feelings of displeasure among some members of the group. (Read more)

Opinion

A Third Party: The Choice for African-Americans and Other Marginalized Groups

By Frederick Alexander Meade

In the many months since the 2008 presidential election, an increasing number of those within the African-American community have begun to question whether the electing of the United States first African-American President, Barack Obama, has functioned to yield any significant results in regard to remedying the abject condition of many of the group's members. (READ MORE)

Short Story

Wedlock Deadlock

By Roland Bankole Marke

At twenty-eight, Philip worked for the US Embassy in Freetown as personnel officer earning a lucrative salary. Sabina was now a bank manager at Sierra Leone Commercial Bank. Their income placed them in the middle-class bracket. After dating for several years and getting to know each other very well, it was time to move the relationship to a higher level. (READ MORE)

Entertainment

Soweto Street Musicians Fight Their Way to the Top

Much-praised guitarist and singer duo battle to succeed in “dog-eat-dog” industry

Singer Bertha Matthews and guitarist Sipho Dube make their living playing for money in the streets of Soweto, where a lot of development is bringing tourists into the famous township

"Our main work is to get ourselves out there every day and to expose our music. The more people see us, the more we entertain."

A pack of excited, chattering Chileans rushes towards the gaunt young man with a guitar in his hand and his female companion. Her sequined, turquoise dress glimmers in the fading afternoon sun. (READ MORE)