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Can a hashtag offer any help to abducted girls?

Parents of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are hoping for a miracle. So far, all they have is a hashtag. More than three weeks after Islamic...

Abducted Nigerian girl scared to go back to school

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — One of the teenagers who escaped from Islamic extremists who abducted more than 300 schoolgirls says the kidnapping was "too...

A look at all that 'Benghazi' stands for

WASHINGTON (AP) — To congressional Republicans, "Benghazi" is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it is as the hollow sound of pointless investigations. It...

Nigeria refused help to search for kidnapped girls

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The president of Nigeria for weeks refused international help to search for more than 300 girls abducted from a school...

Residents: 50 bodies found in Nigeria violence

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Residents of a Nigerian town attacked by Boko Haram criticized security forces for failing to protect them despite warnings that...

US team to aid Nigerian search for kidnapped girls

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending technical experts to aid the Nigerian government's search for nearly 300 teenage girls who were kidnapped...

Nigeria: Boko Haram threatens to sell kidnap girls

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's Islamic extremist leader is threatening to sell the more than 300 teenage schoolgirls abducted from a school in the...

Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson apologizes over racist language

LONDON (AP) - "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson has apologized and asked for forgiveness following allegations that he used racist language while he was...

Homesick: American pleads guilty in '84 Cuba jet hijacking

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An American who returned from Cuba after hijacking a jetliner to the communist island 30 years ago pleaded guilty...

Reports: Abducted girls forced to marry Nigerian rebels

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Scores of girls and young women kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are being forced to marry their Islamic extremist...

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