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They are very aware of, that there's no such political interference. it's certainly not uncommon in nigeriaen elections. observers called it the worst election they ever witnessed, and that has followed on. but there has been, particularly with this election chairman a noticeable improvement. nigerians will tell you they believe in most of what he does, and they put their faith in him. and so far, there have been no big complaints by either of the parties, pdp or apc about the way this has been conducted. but that could change very quickly. and in britain, campaign is officially under way in...

Calm ourself down with this picture that he's now the king of the -- >> reporter: milard and all those who flew with him, the king of the alps. france. let's check some other stories. campaigning in the general election in the united kingdom officially gets under way today. and david cameron asks the queen to dissolve parliament. the election will be held may 7. france's conservative ump party, led by nicolas sarkozy is showing a strong showing. the ruling socialists of francois hollande appear to have lost about 30 departments. sarkozy calls a conservative

May 7, 2009. a gas leak has firefighters from prince george's county busy evacuating a strip mall in forestville, maryland. a camera on board a fire truck shows two firefighters walking in front of the building when suddenly it explodes. the powerful blast blows out several storefronts and causes the ceiling to collapse onto firefighters still inside. other rescue workers rush to aid those caught in the fireball. >> i know i had injured firefighters down on the ground that were clearly hurt laying in front of me. >> battalion chief kenneth mcswain isn't sure how bad the injuries are or if any ...

The engineer condemned our house a couple hours after the explosion. >> linda wood lives a mile from the refinery. the shockwave is so intense, it makes her home uninhabitable. it's not the first time the processing facility has exploded. >> this is the fifth time it's blown up in the six years i've been here. >> it takes five months for woods' home to be repaired, but she feels lucky that she wasn't there when it's blown apart. >> i think that i could have been seriously injured or killed, yes. i do. >> an investigation by the u.s. chemical safety board finds the explosion is the result of a ...

Children. her doctor said it was nothing short of a miracle. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, may 7. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> good wednesday morning. it is hump day finally. but this is a special hump day for you. >> why? >> because at home, there is a special little someone. >> it's my daughter's birthday. she turns 11 today. >> happy birthday to you, alexa. very cool. let's get started. we begin this half hour with those dire climate warnings. >> president obama releasing the latest national climate assessm...