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France Wants To Add Nigeria To "risk List" by deor03(m): 4:27pm On Jan 07, 2010
PARIS (Reuters) - France's interior minister wants to add 23 countries to a list of places whose air travelers face tighter security measures, in response to the botched bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner last month.

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In comments published in Le Figaro newspaper on Wednesday, Brice Hortefeux did not specify which countries he wanted to add to a list that now includes only Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Algeria and Mali.

The paper speculated Nigeria would feature, given that the suspected bomber was from there. The United States has already added it to its own watch-list, drawing angry protests from the Nigerian government.



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Re: France Wants To Add Nigeria To "risk List" by AmakaOne(f): 5:02pm On Jan 07, 2010
Makes one wonder what it will take to get those power crazy fools in Abuja to see the writing on the wall?

How much worse do things have to get before they do the right thing?

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