[NEWS.YAHOO] Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday slammed the state of the country's finances, claiming his predecessor had left Africa's biggest economy deep in debt and the treasury "virtually empty".
There are high expectations that Buhari, who defeated Goodluck Jonathan ... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau... in March elections, will turn around Nigeria's fortunes, with the country riddled with corruption and the crude-dependent economy reeling from global oil shocks.
But the 72-year-old, elected on a promise of cleaning up Nigeria's dirty politics and ending Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... 's Islamist insurgency, indicated the funds to deliver were not immediately available to do so.
"I hope we are starting and this culture of 100 days (in power) is bringing so much pressure, with (the) treasury virtually empty, with debts in millions of dollars, with state workers and even federal workers not paid their salaries," he told news hounds in Abuja.
The former military ruler, whose 20-month tenure in the 1980s was characterised by a war against graft and "indiscipline", described the situation as "a disgrace for Nigeria" and warned people could take to the streets if nothing was done.
Nigeria, which is Africa's leading oil producer and dependent on crude for a massive 90 percent of foreign earnings, was already feeling the effect of the halving of global oil prices from mid-2014 even before Buhari took over.
Squeezed government revenues forced this year's budget to be revised and federal projects scrapped or halted while state employees have gone months without being paid.
In the week he took office on May 29, the country virtually ground to a halt because of fuel shortages linked to alleged government defaults on subsidy payments to fuel importers.
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Dutch Disease in the form of the Devils excritment hits formerly prosperous African nation-like country.
[Defense Web] The United States plans to provide $5 million (£3.2 million) to help support a regional military force fighting Nigeria's Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a state department official said on Tuesday.
Boko Haram last year held a vast swathe of territory in northeastern Nigeria of just over 30,000 square kilometres (11,500 square miles), about the size of Belgium. The militants have since been beaten back but are still blamed for isolated attacks such as in Chad's capital on Monday where at least 27 people were killed.
The United States is already providing bilateral aid to Chad, Niger and Cameroon for logistics and other equipment worth about $34 million, the official said.
The additional funding for the new force, composed of troops from Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin, will be channeled via the African Union. £.02 million after AU shrinkage. A pair of low mileage 1987 Unimog's are being considered.
[DAWN] Prominent holy man and head of Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) Tahirul Qadri ...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him... launched a "counter-terrorism" curriculum in London on Tuesday, to rebut the message of krazed killer groups such as the self-styled Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (IS) and stop young people becoming radicalised and heading to Syria.
Qadri said he wanted his 900-page curriculum, containing theological and ideological arguments to undermine bully boys, to be taught not just at mosques and Islamic institutions but at schools across Britannia.
"We want to make clear that all activities being carried out by IS or any other terroristic and bully boyic organization either in the name of God or religion or establishing any kind of Islamic state by acts of violence ... are totally in violation of the Koran and Islam," he told Rooters.
The launch of the curriculum comes after Prime Minister David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... called on Moslem communities to do more to stop young people being radicalised by groups such as IS, saying some Moslems were quietly condoning bully boy views.
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[DAWN] Finance Minister Ishaq Dar emphatically said in the National Assembly on Tuesday that Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK) were part of Pakistain and not disputed territories.
The statement came when the minister referred to India's objections to the planned China-Pakistain Economic Corridor on the ground that its route passed though "a disputed territory in Pakistain-controlled part of Jammu and Kashmire state".
The Foreign Office has already rejected the Indian objection.
"What disputed territory," Mr Dar angrily asked as he cited the expected economic benefits of the corridor as a "game-changer" in the region and said: "Gilgit-Baltistan is part of Pakistain. Azad Kashmire is part of Pakistain."
Part of the 3,000km corridor, a mega project to link Pakistain's Gwadar port with Kashgar in China's north-western autonomous region of Xinjiang, will pass through the Gilgit-Baltistan region. China has pledged an investment of $46 billion for the project.
Gilgit-Baltistan has always been described by Pak authorities as part of Pakistain, citing circumstances, which some consider equivalent to an accession, following the 1947 ouster by the local people of the territory's governor, a representative of the then Maharaja of Kashmire. The region has a special status with a Pakistain-appointed governor and a chief minister elected by its legislative assembly.
Azad Jammu and Kashmire, which is overseen by Pakistain under UN resolutions on Kashmire, has its own elected president and prime minister, both elected by the region's legislative assembly.
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[DAWN] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... reaffirmed on Tuesday his support for military-led "actions against criminals" and gave his assent for taking the fight against turbans to urban centres.
During a meeting with Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif, the prime minister emphasised on consolidating the achievements made during the operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... , which is set to enter next phase in July.
The meeting, according to the Prime Minister's Office, was held to review the progress in Zarb-e-Azb and the internal and external security situation in the country.
"It was decided that operation against criminals and turbans would continue unhindered across the country. It was reiterated that Zarb-e-Azb would be taken to its logical conclusion, regardless of the cost, and turbans and criminals would be hunted down indiscriminately," the PM Office said.
Reiteration of the commitment to fighting terrorism has regularly been expressed in statements issued after similar security meetings held in the past. But reference to actions against criminal elements under the military's watch has been made for the first time.
A source in the PM Office said the comment "action against criminal elements" was in response to PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari's tirade against the army which had been accused by him of overstepping its mandate.
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[DAWN] Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Home Minister Shuja Khanzada on Tuesday disclosed to the members of the Punjab Assembly that Indian intelligence agency RAW sent a text message to the manger of Zim-bob-wean cricket team in Dubai threatening them with "possibility of terrorism in Pakistain and cancellation of tour".
He said the message received by the team manager was finally tracked down and it was found that it had come from New Delhi and that RAW was behind this conspiracy to malign Pakistain.
"A majority of countries pressed hard the Zim-bob-wean cricket team not to visit terrorism-hit Pakistain and when they decided in principle and left for Pakistain to play matches, the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... terror attack occurred. We assured the hesitant Zim-bob-weans of full security. When the team reached Dubai airport they received a text message which threatened them with the treatment IS gives others by cutting people's throats," he revealed.
He said India wanted that the cricket series should be cancelled so that Pakistain's image could be tarnished but all-out security was assured to the Zim-bob-wean cricket team to foil nefarious designs of India.
The minister said the biggest challenge for Pak law-enforcement agencies including the police was to ensure security of cricket series which was restored by the ICC after a lapse of six years, thanking LEAs for protecting the foreign team and helping conduct the five-match series successfully.
He said international agencies including RAW were responsible for 90pc of the terrorism in Pakistain.
Khanzada, who was replying to the cut motions moved by the opposition members on police, said India and other countries were opposing the Pak-China Economic Corridor Project as they could not see healthy activities in Pakistain.
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RAW is nothing but a puppet of MOSSAD, the Zionist intelligence agency, which recently has been stealing shoes.
[Rudaw] TIKRIT, Iraq -- Abdel Mowgood Hassan climbs over toppled bricks and a torn-away front door to enter his uncle's house in Tikrit, the first of his relatives to make a cautious return home since Islamic State
But laying there, undamaged, is a white T-shirt bearing the smiling image of Saddam. The Arabic script on it offers a once-popular phrase from the days of his rule, a remnant of a very different Iraq that, for many, seems so long ago: "If Saddam Says, Iraq Says."
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... snuffies were driven out.
"It's safe," Hassan calmly says. "I checked for booby traps."
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Activists say Kurdish fighters and their allies have captured an ISIS military base in northern Syria, AP reported.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based activist group, and Kurdish activist Mustafa Bali said Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units, or YPG, captured the base known as Brigade 93 Monday night.
Bali and the Observatory said Tuesday that YPG fighters and their allies have entered parts of the nearby town of Ein Eissa, the last major residential area north of the hard boys' de facto capital of Raqqa.
Last week, YPG fighters and allied rebel factions captured the Syrian town of Tal Abyad on the Turkish border, in a major setback for ISIS.
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is it me, or is the title for another article?
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[AnNahar] Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei restated his country's red lines for a nuclear deal Tuesday, during a meeting with President Hassan Rouhani and brass hats in Tehran.
Banking and other economic sanctions imposed by the U.N. and the United States must be lifted "immediately" if a nuclear deal is signed, he said, according to a transcript posted on his official website.
Iran will not accept inspections at its military sites or "unconventional inspections" of other facilities, he added.
The right answer to that, it seems to me, is to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities to rubble, including the one under the mountain. Possibly this is why I've not been invited to join the negotiating team.
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TW, another answer, though not as satisfying, would be to cancel the talks and increase the sanctions. If they can't live with inspections we can't live without them.
Of course we all know why neither of our answers would fly.
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] The head of the Internal Security Force's Information Branch vowed to block attempts to usher Leb's largest prison back to an era of impunity, five months after security forces first stormed the notorious facility.
"We will not allow a return to the emirate that is Roumieh [prison] after it had been abolished irrevocably," Brig. Gen. Imad Othman told the Al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... newspaper Tuesday. "No matter what sacrifices this might require."
The conditions in Roumieh Prison have come under scrutiny this week after footage leaked online showed ISF officers torturing inmates. The video, according to Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk, was filmed when security forces quelled riots by Islamist inmates last April.
Five ISF officers were locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! this week after the footage surfaced on social media websites.
Othman asserted that all those who are proven to have been involved in the torture of inmates will be subject to arrest and will face strict punitive measures.
He revealed that investigations into similar cases of torture were carried out in the previous month, noting that the perpetrators were severely chastised.
The Information Branch chief lambasted the media for framing the ISF in a negative light, following its extensive coverage of the torture incident.
He said that in the past when mistakes would happen, the bureau would admit to the fault and correct it away from any media attention.
Roumieh's notorious Block B building was temporarily emptied and shut down after a large-scale police operation in January.
Inmates had enjoyed relative autonomy in Block B and prevented security forces from entering.
After the clearing operation took place, television footage showed that prisoners had no cell doors and operated a barber shop and a coffee shop in Block B.
Footage also showed inmates on Block B had a large amount of electronic equipment, including TV sets and mobile phones.
Some of the prisoners are members of Islamist fundamentalist groups and had also been imposing Shariah law inside Block B, reports said.
Roumieh prison has been the scene of repetitive riots in past years, with inmates protesting crowded cells and slow trials.
The largest riot occurred in April 2011, when inmates set their beds on fire and broke down cell doors, in protest over subpar living conditions.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday the United States wanted to destroy entirely the Islamic republic's nuclear industry, state TV reported. "America is after destroying our nuclear industry altogether," he said. "Our negotiators' aim is to safeguard Iran's integrity ... and our nuclear achievements during the talks."
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Again, OWG Globalist-desired "US-Style", US-par, Co-Superpower = Iran M-U-S-T have Nukes, + a strong viable Military-Industrial Complex, etc. to support its new status.
"PARITY" WID THE US, NOT "INFERIORITY" TO THE US.
DITTO AS PER SSSSHHHH ... CCCCCCC PUTINIST RUSSIA + CHINA, ETAL.
But youse didn't hear it from the Globies + Amerika's mighty Unitarian GOP-Dem Establishment in Washington ...
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[Defense Web] The United States plans to provide $5 million (£3.2 million) to help support a regional military force fighting Nigeria's Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a state department official said on Tuesday.
[DAWN] Prominent 
David Cameron
