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Tuesday, 22 October 2013

#HEADLINES

= The Federal Government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are to establish 774 dental clinics across the country. 
 = Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina has said the Federal Government will cut down wheat importation by 20% and save over N127 billion from its annual wheat import bill of over N635 billion as from 2014.
 
 = A former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Walter Carrington, has said that insecurity and the developmental challenges confronting Nigeria is caused by corruption
 
= Mozambican ex-rebel group Renamo has staged an attack on a police station, hours after it declared the end of a peace deal signed 21 years ago. 
 
= The UK's foreign secretary has said bolstering Syria's moderate opposition is crucial to excluding extremists from power in the war-gripped country.
 
= The international human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released today that the United States “appears to have committed very serious” human rights violations with its drone program in Pakistan, some of which could even amount to war crimes.
 
= Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is to be paid a whopping $300,000 when he qualifies the Black Stars for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
 
= Danny Welbeck, Tom Cleverly, Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand were all absent from Manchester United's training session ahead of Wednesday's Champions League match against Real Sociedad.
 
= British actress Julie Walters fears she lives in a haunted house after witnessing a series of ghostly activities. The Harry Potter star shares a 16th Century former inn on the south coast of England with her husband Grant, and both have noticed various odd incidents over the years.

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