Putin: Libya, Russia Agree $1.8 Billion Arms Deal: Reuters (Fox News)
Putin: Libya, Russia Agree $1.8 Billion Arms Deal: Reuters
Russia, Libya sign $1.8 billion arms deal (UPI)
MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (UPI) — Russia and Libya have signed a $1.8 billion arms deal, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Saturday.
Libya, Russia agree $1.8 billion arms deal: Putin (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Libya has signed an arms deal with Russia worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.8 billion), Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Gandhi’s ashes scattered off South Africa coast (AP via Yahoo! News)
Six decades after his death, some of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s ashes have been scattered off the coast of South Africa, where he was confronted by racial discrimination and developed some of his philosophies of peaceful resistance.
Togo banned for leaving Africa Cup of Nations after attack (CNN)
Togo, who pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations soccer competition after a terrorist attack on their team bus, have been suspended from taking part in the next two competitions.
AP sources: Military boss arrested in Guinea (AP via Yahoo! News)
A military hard-liner who was among the most vocal supporters of Guinea’s exiled coup leader and who chartered a private plane to try to force him to return to Guinea was arrested overnight Saturday, according to two sources close to the junta.
Nigeria beat Algeria to finish third in Africa Cup of Nations (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Striker Obinna Nsofor’s second half goal gave Nigeria a 1-0 win over Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations third-place playoff here on Saturday.
Nigeria defender Mohammed operated in South Africa (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Nigeria defender Yusuf Mohammed underwent surgery at a Johannesburg clinic in South Africa on Saturday, according to an official statement by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Togo banned from next Nations Cups after ambush (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
*Togo banned from next two Nations Cups
Straw refuses to release notes on talks with BP executive over Libya (The Scotsman)
JACK Straw is refusing to release notes of a conversation with a senior oil executive who lobbied him over Britain’s relations with Libya just weeks before he allowed the
Libya strikes billion-dollar Russian arms deal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Libya has struck a deal to buy Russian arms worth almost two billion dollars, Russian news agencies quoted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as saying Saturday.
Report: Russia to sell Libya weapons in $1.8 billion deal (CNN)
Russia signed a deal with Libya to provide nearly $2 billion in arms to the North African nation, Russian state media reported Saturday.
