Yet it also points up just how far even civilian-led Nigeria still has to go before it can assume the leadership role in troubled West Africa that its size and economic potential would seem to fit it for and that outsiders, including America, might wish upon it.

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By comparing DNA from healthy cells with malignant ones, researchers can find genetic differences that might be what led the tumors to go bad in the first place.

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On Wednesday, we learned of a new way that Mr Whyte, the former chairman of the Ibrox club, can have a go at Charles Green, the man who led the purchase of club assets from administrators last year.

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It has led many to predict that Murray can mirror Djokovic's stellar 2011 and go on to add many more majors to his portfolio, and the 25-year-old thinks his longtime friend and rival is more than capable.

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