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  US troops join search for Nigerian girls

  World | May 13, 2014 8:06 IST

  Washington: A total of 16 military personnel from US Africa Command have joined the effort to help find hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists, a Pentagon spokesperson said Monday.The personnel, including experts

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  Hundreds Protest in Ghana for Nigerian Girls

  World | May 12, 2014 10:25 IST

  Accra:  Hundreds of women here on Sunday staged a peaceful protest against the kidnapping of the over 200 students from a school in Nigeria by extremist Islamic militant group Boko Haram.The women marched through some

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  Michelle Obama slams kidnapping of Nigerian girls

  World | May 11, 2014 7:54 IST

  Washington: US First Lady Michelle Obama on Saturday criticized the kidnapping of scores of Nigerian schoolgirls as an “unconscionable act” by “grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls.”Taking over the president's

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  UNSC warns action against Nigerian girls' abductors

  World | May 10, 2014 8:10 IST

  United Nations: The UN Security Council Friday strongly condemned the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria and attacks by extremist Islamic group Boko Haram, threatening to take measures against the insurgents."The members of the