 McChrystal's ouster:
Did he do it on purpose?By Jean MacKenzie
GlobalPost/TheUrbanFly Published: June 24, 2010 13:17 ET in Asia KABUL, Afghanistan — Here in Kabul the U.S. command is changing. The worries are not. A day after the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the profound challenges the United States and its allies face on the ground here remain and some are brought more sharply into relief by the surprising turn of events this week, particularly the deep divisions within the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.  for more
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 While world empathizes with US Gulf spill, Nigerians suffer in silence.
By Mel Reeves
TheUrbanFly
Published: June 24, 2010
No one could blame the Nigerians, especially those living in the Niger Delta, if they wondered what all the fuss over the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was about. The Gulf of Mexico spill is child’s play, when compared to the estimated 11 million gallons of oil that has spilled yearly, in the Niger Delta since oil exploration and extraction began in earnest in the region in 1958. These were the estimates given in a 2006 report compiled by Nigerian and International...
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 Oil spills are not as
rare as we think.By Mel Reeves TheUrbanFly Published: June 24, 2010 While the Gulf Oil spill has brought lots of attention to the problem of offshore drilling most aren’t aware that oil spills are not an aberration. Oil is spilled inland in the United States every year.
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India's Bharti bid
redefines the race for
the African continent.
By Jason Overdorf - GlobalPost/TheUrbanFly Published: June 21, 2010 05:58 ET in Asia Photo: Manoj Kohli
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 The Amazing Play
Of Didier DrogbaBy Mark Starr with Kimberly Johnson
GlobalPost Columnist/TheUrbanFlyPublished: June 2, 2010 06:53 ET in Sports
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Afrikaner TribalismBy Nicolas Brulliard
GlobalPost/TheUrbanFly Published: June 21, 2010 05:59 ET in Africa
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Get Out Your
Big Shovels Boys.
By Jean MacKenzie
GlobalPos/TheUrbanFly Published: June 16, 2010 14:15 ET in Asia
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 The Taliban send
a morter round,
not a rep.By Jean MacKenzie
GlobalPost/theUrbanFly Published: June 2, 2010 12:08 ET in Asia
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I'll have coffee with my oil spill.TheUrbanFlyMay 31, 2010 Photo courtesy: NASA
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Next Stop, the
2011 Referendum
on the South.By Maggie Fick
Special to GlobalPost/TheUrbanFlyPublished: May 29, 2010 09:12 ET
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