Nigeria braces for more strikes, but demos cancelled

Nigeria braced for more strikes on Monday after last-minute talks failed to resolve a dispute over fuel prices, though the country's unions sought to call off street protests due to security concerns.

Violence-hit Nigeria braces for fuel strikes

Nigeria on Sunday braced for nationwide strikes over fuel prices while also seeking to stop a wave of attacks on Christians claimed by Islamists as anger mounted in Africa's most populous nation.

Before the gold rush: Burma braces for march of the multinationals

As foreign investors get ready to strike it rich once sanctions are lifted, Rangoon's poorest fear they will lose out again In the single street of Rangoon's crowded Bothun San neighbourhood, attention is focused on the daily afternoon lottery. Hugely popular among the near-destitute labourers and their families, and played between neighbours on the flattened earth, it offers the prospect of a ...

Stent like device effective for removing blood clots

Washington, Feb 6 : An experimental stent-like device removed blood clots in stroke patients more effectively than standard mechanical treatment, a study reveals.

Nigeria braces for fuel strikes

Nigeria is bracing for nationwide strikes while also seeking to stop a wave of attacks claimed by Islamists.

Nigeria braces for oil strikes

Nigeria braced for a nationwide strike on Monday over soaring fuel prices amid increasingly volatile protests and with security forces already under pressure over spiralling violence blamed on Islamists.