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A bomb killed at least 26 people at a local government building in north-central Nigeria on Tuesday, authorities…

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Britain marked a moment of silence Friday to remember 30 of its citizens killed a week ago in…

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A series of blasts, some of them targeting places of worship, has killed scores of people in Nigeria,…

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