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Pilgrims, Did Jesus Read The Bible?

Dont try to avoid the question.
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Notice that the Pilgrims version of the bible is only avalaible online on Nairaland, and the book of Lies is included in it.

We should add more questions to Pilgrims (The liar):
Which version of the bible Jesus was reading?
1-The King James version?
2-The Pilgrims version?
3-Another version?

Apart from being demonic, which is the main issue about it, i see no sense in it at all, yet they celebrate it as if its something important.

Halloween, The Evil One’s Sabbats

Halloween is a European custom, which was brought to America in the nineteenth century by the Irish and the Scotish. Halloween is nothing more than[b] a day of honor and tribute to Satan[/b], the malevolent one.
An organized coven of witches have two types of meetings a weekly “Esbat,” which is a meeting of the local coven and a “Sabbat,” which is a much larger feast. The word Sabbat is derived from the Aramic (Hebrew) word “to rest.” The word Sabbat as used by Satanic worshippers, attracts evil worshippers from all over the world and is held mainly four times a year.

February 2: Candlemas
August 1: Lammastide Day
October 31: Halloween
April 31: May Eve

The oldest Sabbats of them all, May Eve and Halloween belong to an ancient calendar which was based upon the mating times of animals. Other days on which the Sabbats are held are: New Year’s Day, Saint Thomas Day (December 21), Midsummer’s Eve (June 23), Christmas (December 25), and Easter.
In Europe several places are known to be the gathering places for witches on their Sabbats. The Blocula in Sweden was one well known place, the Puy De Dome in France is another. The Harz Mountains, a famous region in Germany is the most well-known sacred spot for witches.
The number in a coven of witches is traditionally thirteen. Twelve members and the thirteenth member is the Grand Master Azazl. The types of activities performed in these covens varies in degrees of rituals, rites and worship. As you will see, people like the[b] Pope[/b], and Queen of England and various political leaders of various countries and some members of the clergy gather at the major Sabbats to invoke the malevolent one. On each of these occasions an African man is sacrificed. The witches light fires, dance and feast, and sacrifice on the nights of the Sabbats. The blood of the sacrificed victims is sprinkled all about the place. In the year 1970 AD, the public witch-in was held in Central Park, New York on Halloween during the evening hours.

when white peoples visit Egypt today, the locals immediately recognize them as Khawaaga or foreigners. On the other hand, African Americans [/b]traveling in Egypt are very often mistaken for [b]native Egyptians, and are usually referred to as Masri or Egyptians. That is because, The simple truth is that Egypt is, and always has been a black African nation. Once you leave the great Arab cities of Cairo and Alexandria, and go into the Nile valley, you are in black Africa. Now, Egypt has been ruled by an Arab minority since the 9th century A.D., a minority that is extremely sensitive to race, and one which behaves in the manner chided by Ahmed Ben Bella, the late president of Algeria - "We (Arabs) have been in Africa for 1200 years, and yet we still behave as colonialists."This Arab minority control the images you see on television about Egypt.

Source: http://www.geocities.com/wally_mo/mod_egyptians.html

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Young Black Egyptian, Mostafa

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Black Egyptian musician, Upper Egypt

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Black Egyptian driver, Luxor

Source: http://www.geocities.com/wally_mo/mod_egyptians.html

Pilgrims is hiding 
Where are your answers Pilgrims? 

The modern holiday we call Halloween has its origins in the full moon closest to November 1, the witches’ New Year. It was a time when the "spirits" (demons) were supposed to be at their peak power and revisiting the earth planet." He went on to say, "Halloween is purely and absolutely evil, and there is nothing we ever have or will do that would make it acceptable to us.
Let me explain. The origin of Halloween is the Celtic Festival of Samhain, lord of death and evil spirits. Long time ago (at least 2000 years), Druids in Britain, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany and other Celtic countries observed the end of summer by making sacrifices to Samhain. The Celts considered November 1st as being the day of death because the leaves were falling, it was getting darker sooner and temperatures were dropping. They believed Muck Olla, their sun god was losing strength and Samhain, lord of death, was overpowering him. Further, they believed that on October 31st Samhain assembled the spirits of all who had died during the previous year. These spirits had been confined to inhabit animals’ bodies for the past year, as punishment for their evil deeds. They were allowed to return to their former home to visit the living on the eve (Oct. 31) of the Feast of Samhain. Druid priests led the people in diabolical worship ceremonies in which horses, cats, black sheep, oxen, human beings and other offerings were rounded up, stuffed into wicker cages and burned to death. This was done to appease Samhain and keep spirits from harming them. It is clear to see that HALLOWEEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CELEBRATION OF DEATH.

This is a very interresting topic
Did Jesus read the bible?

Nigeria Introduces Stricter Road Safety Rules After Crash

Abuja

The Nigerian government has announced plans to enforce stricter safety regulations in a bid to stem spiraling road accidents. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja the announcement follows an accident that killed at least 30 people on a busy highway in Southern Nigeria.
Traffic accidents are frequent in Nigeria, where roads are riddled with potholes; drivers drive recklessly and disregard traffic rules.
Nigeria has one of the highest mortality rates in road traffic accidents, with more than 5,000 killed each year.

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Jolted by the death of at least 30 people in Monday's road crash, Nigeria's road safety agency announced the introduction of a new plan to enforce safety on Nigerian roads.
"We are not tolerating these types of accidents," said Yakubu Attah, the spokesman of the agency.  "It is becoming frequent and the year is going to run out, the fatality is very high."
"We on our part, the chief executive Osita Chidoka is inviting all stakeholders in the transport industry for a meting, for the immediate implementation of the road transport safety standardization scheme that was recently launched. Even though this was supposed to take effect from January 2008, with the spate of increase, we are forced to commence implementation," he added.
Most Nigerian motorists have never taken driving lessons because a license can be bought easily. Attah says the agency plans to withdraw all licenses for recertification because at least half of them were faked.
"The new initiative is such that all vehicle operators that have more than five vehicles in their fleet must register with the FRSC [Federal Road Safety Corp]," said Attah. "They must have safety managers, the vehicles must be of standard. All vehicles will be subjected to checks on Nigerian highways every Saturday. We are going to invite all owners of drivers' license to rectify them, because 50 percent of them are faked."
A fully loaded tanker truck overturned and caught fire while traffic was tied up during the rush hour early Monday on the Lagos-Ibadan highway. A huge fireball spread to three commuter buses and four cars.
Several survivors are in critical condition in local hospitals. Officials are investigating the crash.

Source: http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-30-voa67.cfm

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This image shows a computer reconstruction
of what is believed to be the face of Nefertiti.

[size=16pt]Could this be the profile of Nefertiti? [/size]

By Tim Friend, USA TODAY

Is this Nefertiti? Two months ago, a team of Egyptologists led by British scientist Joann Fletcher of the University of York announced that a neglected mummy collecting dust in a nondescript tomb was actually that of ancient Egypt's most famous female ruler.
In an effort to confirm her identity, two British experts have applied their forensic skills to digital X-rays of the skull.
Neither Damian Schofield of Nottingham University nor Martin Evison of Sheffield University knew in advance the identity of their "victim." They specialize in reconstructing human faces from skulls for murder cases in which the victim is unknown.
Schofield and Evison created a 3-D computer mesh of the skull, then placed a series of markers to designate where tissue would be added. Next, they added facial muscles to give the face its full depth and contour. Finally, a graphic artist added skin texture, eye color, lips and the crown.
Schofield and Evison say the reconstruction does not prove the skull belongs to Nefertiti. But they were surprised at the similarities with Nefertiti's bust, which was made during her lifetime and is displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin.
Says Fletcher: "I was bowled over by it, to be honest. The face is that of a very strong individual indeed. She has such a beautiful profile. She is stunning."
Nefertiti's image is one of the most popular today from ancient Egypt. But the real queen was hated by Egyptian society after her reign ended. An unusually powerful queen, she reigned with her husband, Akhenaten, who ruled from 1352 to 1336 B.C., during the late 18th dynasty. Nefertiti may have ruled as pharaoh for three years after his death.
Nefertiti vanished from Egyptian history with no trace of a royal tomb or evidence of a burial.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2003-08-12-nefertiti-usat_x.htm

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Haru[b] “Horus”[/b] is symbolic of the Rising Son. Jesus is also symbolic of the rising son. Jesus was the son (sun) who died (set) on the cross by crucifixion and he will resurrect (rise) according to the Christians. When the son came down and apparently sets or dies into the darkness and he raises or resurrects back to life. It is the story of the Christian’s God Jesus.
What religious fanatics don’t realize is that if the sun shuts down that would be the end of life as you know it. This is what Egipt teaches about the sun: If I say I worship the sun, people say oh that’s sun worship. I know that. The reason why I say worship the sun, s-u-n and laugh at you who worship the son, s-o-n is because my sun is an obvious provider. If my sun doesn’t come up in the morning, we can chalk it. Jesus (the son) went to sleep 2,000 years ago, has not gotten up yet, and you all are still doing fine. Yet you are still waiting for your son to rise. If my sun doesn’t rise each day, it’s over for Jesus and you. Now with this reasoning, I can live without your son. Can you live without your son? Can you live without my sun? The answer is simply NO.
If you look throughout Egyptian history, you see that many of the characteristics of Horus existed long before 2,000 years ago, and parallels that of Jesus of 2,000 years ago. For instance it is said:

Jesus performed the miracle of turning five loaves of bread in one case and seven in another to feed the many multitudes of people. This ties in with Horus who makes seven[b] loaves of bread[/b] for Osiris to live by.
Yashua is in the desert and being tempted by the Devil, who said to him, “If he was the son of God, turn a stone into bread.” The[b] stone[/b] of the desert is symbolic of Set.
As the child Horus comes to the Earth, then enters matter or becomes flesh. He is born as the word [/b]of his father who becomes Seb, who consort is Nu whose other name is [b]Meri. Which is the same as Jesus coming down to Earth as the word [/b]of God in the flesh having and adopted father of Joseph (Seb) and [b]Mary his mother.
Jesus said “I and the father are one. He that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.” Horus is the father seen in the son.
Jesus claims to be the son in whom the father is revealed. Horus was the light of the world. The light that is represented by the symbolic eye. The son of salvation.
Yashua is called the ‘Good Sheperd’ with the lamb or kid on his shoulder. Horus was the good shepherd who carries the crook upon his shoulder.
Jesus is called the[b] Lamb of God, the bread of life, the truth and the light[/b]. Horus is called the[b] Lamb of God, the bread of life, the truth and the light[/b].
Jesus was[b] baptized[/b] by John the Baptist. Horus  was baptized [/b]by Anupp the Baptizer.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the[b] ‘House of Bread’. Horus was born in Annu, the ‘Place of Bread.’
Jesus the Christ. Horus the[b] Krist.[/b]
The[b] star [/b]in the east that indicated the birthplace of Jesus. The[b] star[/b], as announcer of the child Horus.
The blind man given sight by Jesus. The blind mummy made to see by Horus.
Jesus walking on water. Horus walking on water.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. This is just to give you clear overstanding that the Jesus of your bible came from the Egyptian diety of Horus, and Christianity came from the various stories from Egypt. The story was just reiterated as most stories in your bible are. They are stories from old tablets such as the Enuma Elish, and the Giglamesh Epic. The names were just changed, in different cultures. In fact, the names of the bible aren’t even names, they are titles. For example the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar [/b]in the bible is just the story of [b]ANU, Antum, and Iyd in the Enuma Elish. The story of Cain and Abel in the bible is just the story of Osiris and Set in the Egyptian records.

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Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi

“You start it, allow it to run for a minute or two and you then shift the accelerator forward and the propeller on top begins to spin. The further you shift the accelerator the faster it goes and once you reach 300 rmp you press the joystick and it takes off,” Abdullahi explained from the cockpit.
The chopper , measuring 12 metres (39 feet) long, seven metres high and five metres wide is considered a big for a four seater aircraft . It has never attained an altitude of more than seven feet.
As he filled the radiator of the banana yellow helicopter which he parks in the grounds of the BUK, Abdullahi said Nigerians were yet to see his best.
He is almost completing work on a smaller helicopter-a two-seater- which he disclosed, is radically different from the first in terms of ‘sophistication and aesthetics.’
Currently just a spindly metal frame in the back yard, the new helicopter will be able to fly at an altitude of 15 feet for three hours at a stretch.
It will be powered by a brand new motor engine.
Abdullahi, who also repairs computers and mobile phones, learned the rudiments of flying a helicopter from the Internet and first got the idea of building one from action films.
The undergraduate whose father teaches at the BUK, hopes and still does hope that Nigerian would one day stop importation of aircraft.
But this,according to him, can only be possible if the Federal Government and wealthy Nigerians come to his aid.(New article below)

Source: http://odili.net/news/source/2007/oct/23/414.html

A LIAR IS INNOCENT !
A dear person whom you trust lies to you and gets caught. What do you feel?

1. Sadness?
2. Anger?
3. Cheated?
4. Disappointment?
5. Compassion?
6. Let down?
7. Loss of respect?
8. Wonder?
9. Shock?
10. Embarrassment?

Recently when someone lied to me, I felt happy and more love, for they were not a good liar. Had they been a good liar, they would not have been caught. I thought they were so innocent that they could not even lie properly. They lie and get caught. If they had not been caught, how would you know they were a liar? So . . . you can never know a good liar. The person you call a liar is not a good liar and they are innocent. Aren't they?
And so . .  . You need not go through all the listed mental gymnastics. Instead melt and dissolve in Love.

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Convicts criticise Dube’s killing 

The death of reggae icon Lucky Dube has touched even convicted prisoners serving time for taking other people’s lives.
Almost 100 inmates at Boksburg Prison signed a petition condemning the killing of Dube, whom they described as a freedom fighter.
“Though we are serving sentences for crimes similar to this one, we feel we have wronged our nation and there is no justification for this barbaric act,” they said.
“This is our way of apologising to the community and a sign that we have changed. We say to our peers, crime does not pay. You don’t know the pain you are causing to (Dube’s) loved ones, friends and fans,” they said in the petition faxed to Sowetan.
They condemned the killing “with the disgust it deserves”, saying the murderers have no respect for human life.
They said serving time in prison had opened their eyes. They acknowledge their past mistakes and “had learnt to accept them”.
“The inmates of Boksburg Correctional Services would like to send our heartfelt condolences to the family of our music icon and hero of the freedom struggle, the late Lucky Dube,” they said.

Source: http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=596770

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Nigeria: Dangers of Drug Counterfeiting

Abuja
25 October 2007

"The problem of counterfeit drugs and other regulated products is rapidly rearing its ugly head in developed countries and this is fueled by purchase of drugs via the internet. The negative impact of counterfeit drugs and other regulated products knows no boundaries. Resistant strains of micro-organisms do not need visa to travel from country to country." -Prof. Dora Akunyili
Sadly, the above quote captures the dilemma the world is facing in the hands of fake drugs manufacturers and distributors. Indeed, the problem of counterfeit drugs is now a global phenomenon with its effects felt adversely in the developing countries.Unfortunately, many countries are increasingly facing hydra-headed problems of counterfeit drugs in various ways, but the problem continues to get worse largely due to the lucrative nature of the business with minimal overhead and easily accessible distribution channel facilitated by the internet. For instance, America's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently revealed publicly, the presence of "counterfeit versions of the cholesterol drugs, Lipitor and Crestor, as well as the painkiller Celebrex, blood-pressure medication Diovan, baldness treatment Propecia and five other prescription drugs" in the drug market.
In his recent study of fake pharmaceuticals, Dr. Paul Newton of Oxford University found a disturbing amount of fake malaria drugs sold in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. He disappointedly concluded, ", about half of the artesunate contained no active ingredient. So, logically, if malaria is a public health problem in Southeast Asia and is potentially fatal, if people are taking these drugs that contain starch and chalk, they are very unlikely to survive their malaria infection." He continued, "In one shop, a hundred thousand fake artesunate were offered for sale. So, they are not being produced in somebody's kitchen. They are produced on an industrial scale. And if organised crime is involved, which seems very likely, then that makes it much harder to do anything about."In the face of the daunted task of safeguarding the public health through the assurance, only genuine drugs make it through the distribution channel.Various countries are working assiduously to combat fake drugs in their respective markets by averting the introduction of counterfeit drugs. They are also working to facilitate the identification of counterfeit drugs and educate the public of the presence of such drugs through various means. Some countries have found successes in their campaign, especially in creating public awareness, while others have employed high technology to help them with the identification process. However, the fight is a daunting one due to greed and corpulent profit for the perpetrators of the ills.In America, and in most other countries with high levels of pharmaceutical manufacturing firms and complex distribution channels, once drugs are manufactured, they go through a multifarious maze of primary and secondary wholesalers before reaching the pharmacy and subsequently the final consumers - the patients.Though drug counterfeiting is a global problem, Nigera is the most lucrative dumping ground for counterfeit drugs and other regulated products with catastrophic public health consequences.
Counterfeit drugs are widespread in Nigeria. Prof Dora Akunyili lamented the enormous problems of fake drugs and the steps NAFDAC has taken to tackle them in her recent speech at the inaugural convention of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas, Inc. (NAPPSA) in Houston, Texas. The progress NAFDAC has made under the leadership of Akunyili has been widely commended. However, Akunyili reminded the audience that, "The fight against drug and other regulated product counterfeiting requires collaboration among all nations. International co-operation is important if trans-national criminal networks are to be dismantled."Dora Akunyili, therefore, pleaded with members of NAPPSA and other Nigerian professionals in America to come home and assist in eradicating fake drugs that have infested the drug supply chain in Nigeria. She pleaded, "I encourage you as pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists to come home and establish drug manufacturing factories and wholesale outlets in Nigeria. You can pool your resources as cooperatives and you will be surprised that the return on your investment will be better than what you can get anywhere in the world."Some of us complain about poor infrastructural facilities like inadequate power supply, water, etc, but Indians, Chinese and other nationals are all over Nigeria making it big, despite these challenges. If foreigners can make it despite the prevailing challenges, you too can," she concluded.Most Nigerians in the audience responded positively to her call. Dr. Funmi Ajayi, Senior Director, Department of Experimental Medicine and Drug Safety, New Technology Development, P&G Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA agreed with Dr. Akunyili. She concurred, "As a firm believer in "to whom much is given, much is required", I see my involvement with NAPPSA as a great opportunity to give back to my country. I obtained all my education in Nigeria and fully appreciate our God-given potential as a nation.It is apparent that fake drugs and counterfeit regulated products have for a long time jeopardized the public health in Nigeria. It is true that there is no mechanism to account for the number of deaths resulting from the consumption of fake and contaminated drugs and other products in Nigeria; one does not have to be a rocket scientist to realize the phenomenal cost, both in human life and economic realm, of the presence these dangerous products in the market. Despite the challenges, it is therefore imperative for everyone to join hands to stamp out fake products in the country. The government should work diligently to strengthen and enforce laws that discourage counterfeiting of drugs and regulated products in Nigeria.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200710250091.html

For criminals Carrying arms is all time legal,they dont care about laws.

Babylon is burning !!

It is the crystal city, or New Jerusalem, also known as Nibiru If you`ve ever heard of the pyramids of Giza, well there are three pyramids of Giza that allign with Orion`s belt constellation. There are also three pyramids in Mars (Lahmu),look up Cydonia that are in the same formation.

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Convicts criticise Dube’s killing 

The death of reggae icon Lucky Dube has touched even convicted prisoners serving time for taking other people’s lives.
Almost 100 inmates at Boksburg Prison signed a petition condemning the killing of Dube, whom they described as a freedom fighter.
“Though we are serving sentences for crimes similar to this one, we feel we have wronged our nation and there is no justification for this barbaric act,” they said.
“This is our way of apologising to the community and a sign that we have changed. We say to our peers, crime does not pay. You don’t know the pain you are causing to (Dube’s) loved ones, friends and fans,” they said in the petition faxed to Sowetan.
They condemned the killing “with the disgust it deserves”, saying the murderers have no respect for human life.
They said serving time in prison had opened their eyes. They acknowledge their past mistakes and “had learnt to accept them”.
“The inmates of Boksburg Correctional Services would like to send our heartfelt condolences to the family of our music icon and hero of the freedom struggle, the late Lucky Dube,” they said.

Source: http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=596770

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Home-made helicopters in Nigeria

KANO (AFP) - Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own helicopters from the parts.
"It took me eight months to build this one," he said, sweat pouring from his forehead as he filled the radiator of the banana yellow four-seater which he now parks in the grounds of his university.
The chopper, which has flown briefly on six occasions, is made from scrap aluminium that Abdullahi bought with the money he makes from computer and mobile phone repairs, and a donation from his father, who teaches at Kano's Bayero university.
It is powered by a second-hand 133 horsepower Honda Civic car engine and kitted out with seats from an old Toyota saloon car. Its other parts come from the carcass of a Boeing 747 which crashed near Kano some years ago.
For a four-seater it is a big aircraft, measuring twelve metres (39 feet) long, seven metres high by five wide. It has never attained an altitude of more than seven feet.
The cockpit consists of a push-button ignition, an accelerator lever between the seats which controls vertical thrust, a joystick that provides balance and bearing.
A small screen on the dashboard connects to a camera underneath the helicopter for ground vision, a set of six buttons adjusts the screen's brightness while a small transmitter is used for communication.
"You start it, allow it to run for a minute or two and you then shift the accelerator forward and the propeller on top begins to spin. The further you shift the accelerator the faster it goes and once you reach 300 rmp you press the joystick and it takes off," Abdullahi explained from the cockpit.
He said he learned the rudiments of flying a helicopter from the Internet and first got the idea of building one from the films he watches on television.
"I watched action movies a lot and I was fascinated by the way choppers fly. I decided it would be easier to build one than to build a car," he said pacing the premises of the security division of the university which he uses as hanger for his helicopter.
He hoped -- and still does hope -- that the Nigerian government and his wealthy compatriots would turn to him and stop placing orders with western manufacturers.
So far, however, government response to his chopper project has been underwhelming to say the least.
Although some government officials got very excited when they saw him conduct a demonstration flight in neighbouring Katsina state, Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has so far shown no interest in his aircraft.
"No one from the NCAA has come to see what I've done. We don't reward talent in this country," he lamented.
Abdullahi does admit that his first helicopter lacks "some basic facilities like devices for measuring atmospheric pressure, altitude, humidity and the like."
In a country with Nigeria's abysmal air safety record officials may be loath to gamble on one student's home-made helicopter.
But Abdullahi, undeterred, has started work on a new flying machine, which, he says, "will be a radical improvement on the first one in terms of sophistication and aesthetics."
Currently just a spindly metal frame in the back yard, the helicopter will be a two-seater and Abdullahi calculates it will be able to fly at an altitude of 15 feet for three hours at a stretch.
It will be powered by a brand new motor -- albeit Taiwan-manufactured and destined for the Jincheng motorbike so common on the streets of Kano.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nigeriahelicopteroffbeat;_ylt=AsIVmuqaLsBZ9aRS3syKSG0DW7oF

Where is hell?

Tears of rage for Lucky 
Khethiwe Mabena Published:Oct 24, 2007

Insults hurled from packed gallery as four accused of Dube’s murder troop into court
Music producer Richie Siluma took one look at the four suspects accused of killing his cousin, reggae legend Lucky Dube, before breaking down and crying in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Sifiso Mhlanga and Julius Gxowa, both Mozambican nationals, appeared with Thabo Maruping and Mbuti Mbele, of Spruitview, east of Johannesburg. The men were provisionally charged with murder, attempted hijacking, and the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.Police said a fifth man, who was arrested on Sunday, would not be charged in connection with Dube’s murder.The public shouted insults from the gallery as the four suspects entered the courtroom.

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'GUARD US’: John Sithole, spokesman for the Dube family, says the public needs more protection against criminals

The accused asked for legal aid. Dube was gunned down in front of his children in Rosettenville last Thursday, in what police have called a botched hijacking.He was travelling in his luxury Chrysler with personalised number plates  when his assailants struck, shooting him three times.Prosecutor Collen Molebatsi opposed bail and asked the court to postpone the case to October 30.When magistrate Albertus Roux asked if the accused had anything to say, Gxowa said that he had “to attend” a theft case in Heidelberg on November 22.‘Don’t worry, your cases will not clash,” Roux assured him.
In an interview outside court, Siluma, who was raised with Dube by their grandmother, told The Times the reggae star was shot outside the home of a close friend.“He had educated him [the friend] from standard 6 and he is now an accountant ,” said Siluma.He said he last spoke to Dube just four hours before he was killed.“I went to his place to apologise for failing to attend his father-in-law’s funeral a week ago.”Siluma said Dube told him that he had built a traditional coffin for his father-in-law.“I asked him to bury me in one of those when I die,” Siluma said.He said Dube laughed and responded: “Who knows, maybe you’re going to bury me first.” Four hours later, while driving to Ermelo, Siluma received a phone call from poet and musician Mzwakhe Mbuli who told him that Dube had been shot."Lucky did not deserve to be killed. “He was a very humble and simple man who would never have harmed anyone,” Siluma said.Dube family spokesman John Sithole said it was high time the government did something about the escalating crime rate."We, as the citizens, expect the government to be able to protect all of us,” Sithole said.

Source: http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=594218

LUCKY DUBE'S DEATH AND THE 2010 WORLD CUP
   
By Chenjerai Chitsaru

LUCKY Dube’s murder last week could not have occurred at a worse time for President Thabo Mbeki’s political image and for South Africa, as we count the months to the 2010 World Cup in that country. 
For Africa, the staging of the soccer festival on the continent for the first time is of such importance nothing on earth should be allowed to gratify the ill-wishes of our detractors.
None of us could help it if a natural catastrophe did occur, but we must guard against any man-made disaster intervening.
The detractors must include extremist Afrikaners, who would love nothing better than for the tournament to be switched to another country because of what they insist is SA’s appalling crime record as if, before 1994, the country was as crime-free as a nunnery.
In an act of insane frustration at the end of apartheid, they murdered one of its fiercest critics, Chris Hani in 1993. He was only 51, a man destined to play a pivotal role in rebuilding the country over the ashes of apartheid.

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Lucky Dube

All the evidence of history points to the propensity among all South Africans including the Afrikaners themselves, for violence, as having been nurtured by apartheid, a system which so alienated people against each other, to this day, death is not the “big deal” that it is in, for instance, Zimbabwe and many other African countries recently freed from the morally and psychologically debilitating trauma of racist colonialism.
For Mbeki, Dube’s assassination [b]there was something carefully planned about the attack on his car [/b]came at the most inauspicious moment: one of his critics had just described the country as having become “a political brothel”.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) was referring to the suspension of the Natioal Director of Prosecutions and the cancellation of the warrant of arrest for the national police commissioner.
Buthelezi, speaking to a conference of his party in KwaZulu Natal, said the incidents highlighted “the mess in our criminal justice system”. 
He wasn’t finished: the mess was created, he said, by a leadership marked by “ineptitude and pettiness”.
That description sounded more appropriate for the goings-on in Zimbabwe, than in South Africa , whose economy, in general, attracts far more foreign direct investment than its neighbour, whose leadership is most decidedly marked by ineptitude and pettiness  witness the preoccupation with the liquidation of journalists and the hounding of creative entrepreneurs.
Mbeki, unfortunately, has been a little weak-kneed in his response to calls for positive and decisive action to halt the descent into more crime around the country.
He was right to ascribe the prevalence of crime to the legacy of apartheid, but this should not hinder radical plans to revamp the law enforcement agencies to a level bringing it to a par with or even higher, in terms of resources and sophistication, than that of the criminals.
Sadly, his response reminded many critics, even those who generally sympathized with his administration, of his tragic dithering over HIV and Aids.
One criticism was that he seemed to lump every criticism as a knee-jerk reaction, particularly among the whites, to the change of government.
There may be a grain of truth in this suspicion, but Mbeki ought to have been pragmatic enough to appreciate that not all the criticism was gratuitous or strictly motivated by racism.
What made his shortcomings worse was the tendency to entrench his position even while the evidence mounted that a logical reaction should have been a thorough re-assessment of his position.
On the HIV and Aids front, his change of tack, in the calculation of many of his critics, was very slow and costly.
The same consequences may result from his laid-back reaction to the rising crime-wave.   
Part of the real tragedy in Africa is the almost routine tendency to treat all criticism of a government as if it was designed solely to destroy, and not to build.
Opposition parties are thus viewed as potential destroyers of what is seen as an excellent government system, anchored on the people’s wishes. There is much evidence of this in both South Africa and Zimbabwe.
In fact, South Africa ’s ruling coalition of the ANC and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is increasingly seen to be campaigning for the creation of a one-party system.
For instance, in the local government politics of Cape Town , the governing coalition seems determined to cripple the opposition so that it had take over the administration lock, stock and barrel.
There is something vaguely sinister about this obsession with hegemony in every sphere of politics.
For many observers, what appears to be the re-emergence of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) as a political force must signal the resistance to the ANC’s push for a near-one-party dispensation. 
Lucky Dube, whose appeal was worldwide, did a few songs which were critical of the new system, as critical as he was of the apartheid regime.
But he was essentially an artiste, not a political activist.
Yet it is common in Africa for even artistes who are not singing the praises of the regime to be treated as if they were “enemies of the state”.
Thomas Mapfumo may not have been the target of any assassination attempt so far, but the campaign to demonise his music has been recognized as signifying an official rejection of his message.
Only his earliest recordings, praising the struggle and those who waged it, are heared on the state electronic media.
Inevitably, what may be called his “rebel” music can be heard on the radio stations considered clandestine and anti-government.
This is one of the unhealthiest aspects of politics in Zimbabwe, the official banning of any music that even remotely criticizes the regime.
It results in the official media favouring “politically correct” music, some of it of such mediocre quality not many foreigners find it inspiring or even truly representative of Zimbabwean culture.
Lucky Dube’s death touched almost all Africans, the exception being those who may have plotted his assassination and their paymasters. How much damage they have done will depend on how the government and people of South Africa will react.
It will be particularly interesting to observe how Mbeki will respond. He publicly expressed his deep sorrow at Dube’s death, but many critics will expect more from him.
If the assassination was indeed intended primarily to tell the world soccer governing body, FIFA, that staging the 2010 tournament in South Africa would be a disaster, then we can expect more such spectacular acts by the authors of Dube’s demise.
The ceremony at which the teams for the African Nations Cup were slotted into their groups for the January 2008 tournament in Ghana was a glittering affair in Accra.
To accompany it was a film depicting the progress South Africa has made in building new stadia or expanding old ones for the 2010 World Cup festival.
Obviously, the successful staging of the tournament would be a victory for Africa as a whole, not only for its soccer, but for its image as a continent capable of successfully organizing such lavish tournaments and not just coups and civil wars.
South Africa staged Afcon in 1996, which it won, only two years after democracy was established. No-one can be under any illusions that[b] there are enemies of Africa who would love for the 2010 World Cup to be a catastrophe.[/b]
Mbeki must know this and must polish up his act, or end up encouraging Buthelezi to coin an even more scabrous epithet than a “political brothel”.

Source: http://www.zimbabwejournalists.com/story.php?art_id=3062&cat=4

Jesus Went To 'HELL'?.They don’t know where hell is, or if such a place really exists. They can’t even decide what hell is. Which one is it? Is it the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10) or the pit (Revelation 11:7) or is it a place where you will be given oozing pus to drink like the Koran describes (Koran 14:16), or a place where you will be roasted (Koran 17:18), or a prison (Koran 17:? Also, how did the pit get there? How did a big place of fire get beneath us? Did God create it down there? [b]Why is it that scientists haven’t discovered it yet being they have dug holes straight down to the center of the Earth? [/b]Why is it that you can’t find hell if it really is a place that exists? Scientists have listened to the ground, they have all kinds of advanced technical equipment with computers. Have they heard crackling fires? No!!! Why? Because hell is a state of mind. It is what you make it. It exists within you, for each one will pattern his or her hell according to what he believes hell is. They don’t hear anybody down there screaming and hollering or any torturing. So what makes you believe that there is some place “down there” that you will go if you are a sinner where there is fire and demons? The Bible? Let’s be for real! There is nothing in the Bible that has been proven to be facts yet. You can’t even prove that the characters in your Bible really exists, let alone a place called hell! The hell that your Preachers, Teachers, Pastors, Rabbis, Imaams, and Sheiks preach to you about is another trick to keep you trapped under religion.