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Nov 28 (Reuters) – At least 81 people were killed in a gun and bomb attack on a mosque in Nigeria’s second biggest city of Kano on Friday, sources from two hospitals visited by Reuters said. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/z1V05XVPVmc/idAFL6N0TI4EE20141128

This story, which started off with a bang — or rather banging, memorialized in nude photos — ends with a whimper. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/uDNqWKYPsTs/story01.htm

YENAGOA, Nigeria, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Three expatriate construction workers were kidnapped on Friday in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state in the delta region, a security forces spokesman said. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/zyvLQWTdZE4/idAFL6N0TI45O20141128

LONDON/MILAN, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices slid this week as weakening demand and a narrowing premium to European gas markets cut trade flows to the east. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/lOpo1ww6c8Y/idAFL6N0TI42520141128

YENAGOA, Nigeria, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Three expatriate construction workers were kidnapped on Friday in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state in the delta region, a witness and a security source said. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/N6UpLCOH_5E/idAFL3N0TI49V20141128

* Attack occurred in mosque of 2nd highest Muslim authority Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/qj8hHW2HwKg/idAFL6N0TI36320141128

How can you tell if you need to be working on Black Friday? Allow us to help make your decision easier. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/Mvt9kURduvE/story01.htm

Ed. note: As mentioned previously, we’ll be on a reduced publication schedule today. * John Altorelli, the finance lawyer who allegedly had an affair with sexy Russian spy Anna Chapman, is indeed screwed — he’s the second former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner to file for personal bankruptcy in the wake of the firm’s collapse. [American […]

Stories from a career of Supreme Court advocacy; what one learns about necessary skills and the value of experienced counsel; and just how hard it is to explain how different Supreme Court advocacy is from anything else a lawyer does. “Just the way they say, ‘Battle plans never survive contact with the enemy,’ oral argument […]

Lobbyists, consultants and advisers, these top 10 UK and US firms all have a finger in the African pie. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/o0Z9c6GUSXk/lobbyists-whos-who-in-image-consultancy.html