Outcry mounts over killings of Nigerian protesters (Another Bush ally)

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/CH081254.htm

ABUJA, July 8 (Reuters) - Nigeria's top union official called on Tuesday for a public inquiry into the alleged killing of at least 10 protesters as the oil-producing country waited desperately for an end to a week-long general strike over fuel prices. snip

The violence has cast a shadow over a scheduled July 12 visit by U.S. President George W. Bush to the country Washington sees as bulwark against instability in West Africa and which is a major supplier of oil to America.

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[study_war_no_more]

1. Isn't this Taylors new home to be?

:nuke: :hurts: :nopity:

[Nambe]

2. Oil and blood. Where's my SUV?

I suppose they are showing dimson they have the right stuff.

[dArKeR]

3. Mobs burnt cars and looted shops and private homes

A traveller from Uyo who managed to reach the nearby town of Calabar at the extreme end of Nigeria's south-eastern coastline said: "The people are not organised and the police don't seem to be able to contain the situation."

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