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| Nigeria army says retakes village of abducted girls from insurgents |
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| LAGOS (Reuters) - The Nigerian army has driven out Boko Haram insurgents from Chibok, the home of over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted by militants of the Islamist group in April, an army spokesman said. The insurgents, who have stepped up their attacks in recent weeks in Nigeria's northeast, attacked the town on Thursday, killing several people and torching homes, villagers who fled told Reuters on Friday. "Terrorists who attacked Chibok town early yesterday have been effectively flushed out. ... |
| Islamic State claims it has beheaded U.S. hostage Kassig |
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 CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria claimed in a video posted online on Sunday that they had beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig. The video did not show the beheading but showed a masked man standing with a decapitated head covered in blood lying at his feet. Speaking in English in a British accent, the man says: "This is Peter Edward Kassig, a U.S. citizen." Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the footage, which appeared on a jihadist website and on Twitter feeds used by Islamic State. ...
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| Four Pakistani soldiers dead, eight missing after checkpoint attack |
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| By Saud Mehsud and Hafiz Wazir DERA ISMAIL KHAN/WANA Pakistan (Reuters) - Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and at least eight were missing after insurgents using rockets and grenades stormed a checkpoint overnight in the remote border region of North Waziristan, security sources said on Sunday. The Pakistani military launched an operation to push the Taliban out of North Waziristan, their key stronghold, in June. Bases there were used by a variety of insurgent groups to stage deadly attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. ... |
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