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Israeli settlers riot after 2 killed by Palestinian gunman: ‘Spirit is hot’
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Feb 26, 2023
Nigeria presidential election: Voters face delays in hope of bringing change
There were reports of scattered violent incidents on Saturday, though not on the scale seen in previous elections in the country of over 200 million people.
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Feb 25, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State to visit Middle East as concerns over violence escalate
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend, the State Department announced Thursday.
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Jan 26, 2023
The West Block – Episode 14, Season 12
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Radical sect kills nurse, officer in 2 attacks in Nigeria’s restive northeast, police say
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Radical sect kills nurse, officer in 2 attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast, police say
<p>MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Police say members of a radical sect have killed two people in separate attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast.</p> <p>Borno state police chief Mohammed Abubakar said Monday tha</p>
World
Jun 20, 2011
Nigeria official: radical sect bombs patrol car, wounds 4 soldiers in restive northeast
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Nigeria official: radical Muslim sect kills 2 policemen, customs officer in restive northeast
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A Nigerian official says suspected members of a radical Muslim sect have killed three uniformed men in three separate attacks in the country's restive northeast. Maj. Gen. Jack Nwachukwu Nwao</p>
World
Jul 5, 2011
Nigerian police: attack on headquarters may not have been suicide bomb as initially suspected
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Nigerian police: attack on headquarters may not have been suicide bomb as initially suspected
<p>ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigerian police say they no longer believe an attack last week on police headquarters was a suicide bomb.</p> <p>National police spokesman Olusola Amore distributed a statement </p>
World
Jun 22, 2011
Creator of new Muslim ‘Green Lantern’ super hero, brings some of his past to the comic page
DETROIT - When DC Comics decided to blow up its fabled universe and create a brave, diverse future, Geoff Johns drew from the past for a new character: his own background as an Arab-American.
Entertainment
Sep 4, 2012
Army: Twin suicide bombs at military church kill 11 people, injure dozens in Nigeria
KADUNA, Nigeria - Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an embarrassing attack showing the continued insecurity that haunts Africa's most populous nation.
World
Nov 25, 2012
Army: Twin suicide bombs at military church kill 11 people, injure dozens in Nigeria
KADUNA, Nigeria - Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an embarrassing attack showing the continued insecurity that haunts Africa's most populous nation.
Nov 25, 2012
Gunmen free inmates at Nigeria police station holding radical sect suspects; 2 officers killed
LAGOS, Nigeria - Gunmen attacked a major police station near Nigeria's capital Monday that holds members of a radical Islamist sect, freeing prisoners and killing two police officers in the latest assault on the nation's beleaguered security forces.
World
Nov 26, 2012
Blast near mall in Nigeria capital amid growing sectarian violence; none hurt
ABUJA, Nigeria - An explosion that went off near a popular shopping mall in Nigeria's capital left no one hurt, but it heightened fears of attacks in a city that was once removed from unrest in Africa's most populous nation, authorities said Tuesday.
World
Jul 3, 2012
Security concerns prompt one-day closure of Canadian embassy in Cairo
<p>Canada has shut its embassy in Cairo for the day out of worries about security. A Foreign Affairs spokeswoman says the embassy is a close neighbour of the American mission, which has been the focus of angry protests by mobs.<br /><br /> </p>
Sep 13, 2012
Officials: Gunmen shoot, stab worshippers at a north Nigeria mosque, killing at least 24
LAGOS, Nigeria - Gunmen armed with assault rifles attacked a rural village Sunday in northern Nigeria, killing at least 24 people, including worshippers leaving a mosque after prayers before dawn, officials said.
World
Oct 14, 2012
Police: Relative of slain Nigeria sect leader shot dead after talks with former president
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A relative of the slain leader of a radical Muslim sect in Nigeria was shot dead Saturday, only two days after taking part in peace talks led by a former president, police said.
World
Sep 17, 2011
Nigeria: 4 men charged in UN headquarters bombing that killed 23 could face death penalty
ABUJA, Nigeria - Authorities say four men charged over a deadly bombing at Nigeria's United Nations headquarters could face the death penalty over the attack that killed 23 people.
Sep 16, 2011
Men charged in deadly Nigeria UN bombing could face death
Prosecutors on Friday accused four men of organizing a suicide bombing at United Nations headquarters in Nigeria that killed 23 people, bringing charges that carry the death penalty.
World
Sep 16, 2011
UN car bombing in Nigeria kills 18 as terror feared locally becomes international threat
ABUJA, Nigeria - A car loaded with explosives crashed into the main United Nations' building in Nigeria's capital and exploded, killing at least 18 people in one of the deadliest assaults on the international body in a decade. A radical Muslim sect blamed for a series of attacks in the country claimed responsibility for the bombing, a major escalation of its sectarian fight against Nigeria's weak central government.
World
Aug 26, 2011