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Nigeria plans sharp spending rise on oil delta, power 17:55 GMT

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria plans to increase spending by a third next year, to help lift itself out of an economic downturn, overhaul its shambolic power sector and develop the Niger Delta, the restive heartland of its mainstay oil industry.  Full Article

 

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A mine worker looks on underground in Modderfontein east mine, outside Johannesburg, February 3, 2009.   REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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