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Insight: In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for many Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar accent. Michael...Tags: Religion and Belief, United Kingdom, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nigeria, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger
ReutersNIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 21 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading in West Africa. The...Tags: Mali, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Equipment, France, Terrorism
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Islamists kill 20 in suicide attacks in Niger
ReutersNIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading across West Africa....Tags: Africa, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Equipment, France, Butterfly Ballots
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At least 26 killed in simultaneous car bomb attacks in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring...
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INSIGHT-In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
ReutersBy Michael Holden and Peter Graff LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for Londoners was the man's...Tags: Religion and Belief, United Kingdom, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nigeria, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT May 23
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will vow on Thursday to be more open to the public about the U.S. fight against terrorism and may lay out limits for the use of lethal drones abroad while sketching a vision for closing the...Tags: Bulgaria, Washington, DC, Tehran (Iran), Sweden, Nicolas Sarkozy
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Niger says Areva plant halts production after attack
ReutersPARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - A uranium mine in northern Niger run by French nuclear reactor maker Areva is "badly damaged" and has stopped production for the moment after it was attacked earlier in the day, Niger government spokesman Marou Amadou said on...Tags: Niger
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EU approves sending border security advisers to Libya
Reuters* EU team will advise and train Libyan officials * Worries that militants, guns cross borders freely BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to...Tags: Niger, NATO, Libya, Mali, Africa
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Nigeria says to free all female Boko Haram suspects
ReutersLAGOS, Nigeria, May 21 - Nigeria said on Tuesday it would free a number of detained Islamists, including all female ones, in what a senior security source called a move to build popular support for its offensive against Boko Haram militants entrenched...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria
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Nigeria seeks Niger's military support against Boko Haram
ReutersNIAMEY/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria has asked its northern neighbor Niger for help in an offensive against Boko Haram insurgents, as West African states try to cooperate against a spread of Islamist violence. An intelligence source in Niger...Tags: Religion and Belief, Mali, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Butterfly Ballots, Nigeria
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Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
ReutersLAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to Africa's...Tags: Religion and Belief, Justice and Rights, Africa, Military Equipment, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Hundreds attend funeral for Gov. George Leader
The York Dispatch, Pa.A half-dozen Pennsylvania governors were among the crowd of about 500 people who gathered at the funeral of Gov. George Michael Leader Thursday, with family and friends contributing back-stories of humanity to the litany of eagerly recited public...Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Executive Branch, Tour Operations Industry, Politics, Regional Authority
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