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May 07

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Can outside nations help rescue missing Nigerian girls?

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A small team of U.S. specialists will head to Nigeria to help efforts in locating more than 270 girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school -- a provocative attack that has drawn international outrage. To examine expectations for U.S.

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May 07

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U.S., U.K. pledge help finding abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

By PBS NewsHour

Deadly unrest continued in Nigeria, where hundreds of people were killed in another militant attack. The uncertain fate of more than 270 abducted schoolgirls continues to haunt the country and the girls’ community in particular. The U.S. and U.K. are…

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May 07

Mother on Nigeria abductions: Each missing girl ‘is like my own child’

By Larisa Epatko

When more than 200 teenage girls were abducted last month from their boarding school in Nigeria, Angelina Atyam knew firsthand the anguish the parents were feeling.

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May 07

Boko Haram attacks town in Nigeria; police offer reward for schoolgirls

By News Desk

Islamic militants attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, killing hundreds, an official said Wednesday, while police offered a $300,000 reward for information leading to the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls.

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May 06

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News Wrap: More girls abducted in Nigeria after militants went door-to-door, reports say

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In our news wrap Tuesday, Islamist militants have reportedly abducted more girls in Nigeria’s northeast, in addition to the some 270 schoolgirls kidnapped last month. Men went door-to-door, taking girls ages 12 to 15, said witnesses and police. Also, the…

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May 06

U.S. will send team to Nigeria to help search for kidnapped girls

By Joshua Barajas

Islamist extremists known as Boko Haram have kidnapped eight girls, aged 12 to 15, from a village in northeastern Nigeria, local police said Tuesday. The group’s raid of the village comes a day after they claimed responsibility for the abduction…

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May 05

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Distress over kidnapped girls fuels protest against Nigerian government

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The abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Nigeria has provoked strong feelings of distrust and anxiety about the disorganization and vulnerability of the government. Jeffrey Brown talks to Carl LeVan of American University and Mojubaolu Okome of…

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May 05

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Nigerians show outrage over militant’s threat to sell abducted schoolgirls with little government opposition

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Hundreds of protesters in Lagos, Nigeria, demanded its government ramp-up the search for the more than 250 girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school and are still missing. Nigeria’s first lady has accused protest leaders of fabricating the crisis.

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May 05

Boko Haram threatens to ‘sell’ abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

By Justin Scuiletti

A new video, obtained by Agence France-Presse, showed Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau standing alongside masked individuals in front of armored vehicles, threatening to sell the abductees.

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May 02

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Nigerians dissatisfied with government response to Boko Haram’s mass abduction of girls

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In Nigeria, one of Africa’s most prosperous nations, a wave of violence has cast a shadow over plans for an upcoming world economic forum. A bomb blast Thursday killed 19 people in the capital and more than 275 schoolgirls abducted…

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