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Nigerian militants threaten oil tankers
Feb 19 2006 4:48PM (CT)
WARRI, Nigeria (AP) - Militants who kidnapped nine foreign oil workers in a flurry of attacks that forced a 20 percent cut in Nigerian crude exports vowed Sunday to escalate the violence, threatening for the first time to fire rockets at international oil tankers.
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Drought kills wildlife in East Africa
Feb 19 2006 4:17PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A searing drought has killed dozens of hippopotamuses and other wild animals in Kenya and neighboring Tanzania, and disrupted the annual migration of wildebeests and zebras between the two East African nations, conservation officials said.
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At least 15 die in Nigeria cartoon protest
Feb 19 2006 8:52AM (CT)
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings.
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