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Nigeria violence underscores lawlessness
Oct 6 2006 2:17PM (CT)
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Attack helicopters battled speedboats full of armed fighters for control of key oil installations. Seven foreigners were abducted from a residential compound, and militants claimed dozens of soldiers were killed. Even by the standards of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta region, it has been a bloody week.
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U.N. agency: Somali refugees strain aid
Oct 6 2006 10:02AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The number of Somalis fleeing fighting to seek refuge in Kenya has risen dramatically and could stretch the capacity of aid organizations to critical levels, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.
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