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Ban ‘shocked and saddened’ by civilian deaths in Nigeria violence

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Destruction caused by Boko Haram militia at a police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria.

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Canada Arrests Two in Alleged al-Qaida Supported Terror Plot

Authorities in Canada say they have arrested and charged two residents with conspiring to carry out an al-Qaida-supported terrorist attack against passenger trains.

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Visiting region, top political official assures Central African leader of UN engagement

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Ruined and abandoned house in the northern Central African Republic.

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Syria Activists: Pro-Assad Forces Kill 80 Near Damascus

Syrian opposition activists say pro-government forces have killed at least 80 people in five days of fighting to recapture a rebel suburb of Damascus.

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