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Race to find new World Bank leader could take power from U.S.

by Andrew Walker
Mar 21, 2012
How would the IMF and the World Bank really change if the new leader was appointed from a developing nation instead of the U.S.?
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Mid-day Extra: Protests in Nigeria over oil subsidy cuts

by Jeremy Hobson
Jan 9, 2012
We speak to Marketplace's senior foreign editor, John Buckley, about protests going on in Nigeria over corruption in the government, and the recent cut of oil subsidies there.
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BBC World Service

Nigeria loses oil subsidy, fuel prices double

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 2, 2012
Nigerians are expressing outrage this morning. The government has just announced it's nixing a longtime fuel subsidy. Gas prices there have more than doubled in many places.
Motorists are lining up today to stock up on fuel as the Nigerian government declared the end of oil subsidies in the country.
PIUS OTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images
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