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November 15, 2014

Militants seize hometown of kidnapped schoolgirls

By HARUNA UMAR and MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists in Nigeria have seized Chibok, forcing thousands of people to flee the town where insurgents kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls in April, a local official

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