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Explosion hits Nigeria's Kano City, casualties feared: police
Xinhua News ^
| May 18, 2014
| Editor: Shen Qing
Posted on 05/18/2014 4:58:01 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
ABUJA -- An explosion hit a Christian- dominated area in Nigeria's northern city of Kano on Sunday night, triggering fears that there might be huge casualties, local police said.
The suspected car bomb ripped through a busy road in Sabon-Gari at about 9:30 p.m. local time when the area was crowded with street hawkers and traders, state police spokesman Musa Majiya told Xinhua by phone.
"It was a loud bang, but we cannot confirm the figure of casualties for now," said the police spokesman, adding that police officers and bomb disposal experts had been dispatched to the scene.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: nigeria
Inspired by a YouTube video?
To: All
(Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed five people on a street of popular bars and restaurants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday evening, in an area mostly inhabited by southern Christians, police said.
Kano police spokesman Musa Majiya said the bomber struck Gold Coast Street in the Sabon Gari or “foreign quarter” of the North’s biggest city.
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05/18/2014 5:00:00 PM PDT
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Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
No it was inspired by a twitter tag.
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05/18/2014 5:00:21 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The ROP showing true colors as usual.
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05/18/2014 5:29:21 PM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Inspired by a YouTube video? Yeah. This one...
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05/18/2014 5:35:03 PM PDT
by
null and void
(When was the last time you heard anyone say: "It's a free country"?)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
05/18/2014 6:11:46 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Can't wait to hear Obama's spin on this. /s
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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05/18/2014 8:44:36 PM PDT
by
expat1000
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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05/18/2014 9:27:05 PM PDT
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Nifster
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