| Sat, 28 Jan 2012 US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed
Lagos: A US citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the US embassy said. | US embassy spokeswoman Deb MacLean said on Friday that the man had been released after being kidnapped in Warri in Delta state o... | Nigeria: Militant Leader Pledges Bombing Campaign
| Related | Times Topic: Nigeria Connect With Us on Twitter | Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. | The leader of a militant Islamist sect has rejected offers for a negotiated peace and promised to kidnap government officials’ famil... | US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed
| LAGOS, Nigeria - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said. | U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Deb MacLean told The Associated Press on Friday that the man had been released after be... | Gunmen shoot police officers in flashpoint Nigerian city
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| GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday. | The agency appealed for $67 million... | |
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