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May 20, 2013

Air strikes, dozens dead in Nigeria assault on Islamists
Kano, Nigeria (AFP) May 17, 2013
Nigeria's military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist strongholds across the northeast, launching air strikes on insurgent camp with dozens of militants killed in the fighting, the military said. Several thousand soldiers have spread across three northeastern states where President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency, saying Boko Haram had seized territory and declared war on the government. Forces have also been deployed to seal some of the region's porous borders and block the ... read more

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