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WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has blasted the mainstream media, Washington, banks and the internet itself as he addressed journalists in Hong Kong via videolink from house arrest in England.

Fresh from accepting a Walkley award for journalism yesterday, Assange spoke to the News World Summit in Hong Kong today before keeping a regular appointment with the police.

He defended his right to call himself a journalist and said WikiLeaks' next "battle" would be to ensure that the…

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WASHINGTON — A spokesman for George W. Bush says the former president has declined an invitation from President Barack Obama to attend an observance at New York’s ground zero.



Obama plans to visit the site of the destroyed World Trade Center towers Thursday in the aftermath of a Navy SEALs raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The al-Qaida attack, which killed about 3,000 people, occurred in the early months of Bush’s presidency in 2001.



The spokesman,… Continue

By GILBERT EKEZIE 



Sunday, February 27, 2011

 

The Okoye family in Awgu Enugu State is battling to come to terms with what became of their… Continue

February is popularly known as the month of love and romance. This is because a special day in this month, February 14, is dedicated to the celebration of universal love. It is no wonder then that today is often called Lovers' Day.

Saint Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is observed worldwide and Nigeria is definitely no exception. Romantic gifts such as cards, flowers, sweets,… Continue

Argentina woman survives 23-storey hotel fall



The aftermath of the fall was captured by a passer-by with a mobile phone

A woman has survived after falling from the 23rd floor of a hotel in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

Her fall was broken by a taxi, whose driver got out moments before the impact crushed the roof and shattered the windscreen.

Eyewitness said the woman had climbed over a safety barrier and leapt from a restaurant at the top of the Hotel Crowne…

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