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Nigeria Islamic group Boko Haram spreads fear far and wide
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — In brutally poor neighborhoods and mansions alike, this city choked by military checkpoints seethes with rumors, paranoia and conspiracy theories. Even academics like to assert a favorite: The homegrown Islamic extremist...
Tags: Politics, Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Human Rights Watch
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U.S. ranks 25th of best places for mothers; Norway 1st, Niger last
The aid organization Save the Children released its annual State of the World’s Mothers report Tuesday. Once again, conditions for moms in the U.S. trailed that of many other developed nations. The country’s position climbed six places to...
Tags: Czech Republic, Demographics, Norway, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health
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Who are the Tuareg and how do they fit into the coup in Mali?
World NowThe Tuareg are nomadic people in much of the central Sahara and Sahel. They’ve been romanticized as “the blue men of the desert” because of the indigo dye used in their traditional flowing garments. They have a common language, Tamasheq,... -
Mexico stops plot to smuggle Kadafi son into country
World NowThe Mexican government Wednesday exposed what it said was a plot to sneak a son of Moammar Kadafi into this country, a plan foiled when authorities busted an international smuggling ring.... -
A million face severe malnutrition in the Sahel, UNICEF warns
World NowA hunger emergency looms in the Sahel: Half a million children face starvation in the Sahel if help doesn’t arrive on time, according to humanitarian agencies. A recent UNICEF survey in the Sahel forecast a million cases of severe malnutrition... -
Prosecutor: Mercenaries aiding fugitive Kadafi son
World NowSeif Islam Kadafi: The International Criminal Court says it will “intercept” any aircraft linked to a mercenary-backed scheme to shield Seif Islam Kadafi, son of deceased Libyan dictator Moammar Kadafi, from arrest.... -
Kadafi son Seif Islam reported captured in Libya
World NowREPORTING FROM BEIRUT -- Forces loyal to Libya’s provisional government have captured Seif Islam Kadafi, the fugitive son and onetime heir apparent of Libya’s late ruler, Moammar Kadafi, according to news agency accounts from Libya. A... -
TUNISIA: Libyan soldier surrenders, details bomb plot
Babylon & BeyondOfficials on Libyan state television have often labeled Qatar and the United Arab Emirates “traitors” for supporting the anti-Kadafi rebels.... -
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Archaeologists get a glimpse life in a Sahara Eden
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe tiny skeletal hand jutted from the sand as if beckoning the living to the long dead. For thousands of years, it had waved unheeded in the most desolate section of the Sahara, surrounded by the bones of hippos, giraffes and other creatures typically...Tags: Death, Indiana University, Gold and Precious Material, Science and Technology, Archaeology
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Court detains preacher with 86 wives
A Nigerian Muslim court Monday detained an 84-year-old Islamic preacher with 86 wives after he failed to heed a call by local leaders to divorce all but four of them. The authorities in central Niger state charged Mohammed Bello with "insulting religious...Tags: Death, Islam
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Robert Novak dies at 78; syndicated columnist and TV commentator
Robert Novak, the longtime syndicated columnist and television commentator who was at the center of a furor late in his career as the first journalist to disclose the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame, died Tuesday. He was 78.
Novak died at home in...Tags: Valerie Plame Wilson, Wars and Interventions, Meet the Press (tv program), Satellite and Cable Service, Defense
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