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In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 , vigilantes of the civilian JTF with cutlasses and clubs mount a check point on the street of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Thousands of suspected members of Boko Haram arrested in Maiduguri, birthplace of the Islamic extremist terrorist network, have been discovered by these young volunteers.
Africa   Boko Haram   Nigeria Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
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Boko Haram 'kills 24 Nigeria vigilantes in ambush'
Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 24 members of a vigilante group in north-eastern Nigeria, security officials say. | They say another 34 people are missing after the attack near the ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Station pier and Beacon Cove development in Port Melbourne. Beacon Cove is a locality within Port Melbourne and the City of Port Phillip. It comprises approximately 1100 dwellings in a mixture of low-rise medium density and high-rise housing, with a small supermarket, some commercial space, a small number of cafes and restaurants and a gym.
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 CNN 
Melbourne makes it three years in a row as world's most liveable city
August 28, 2013 -- Updated 0518 GMT (1318 HKT) | Melbourne is the world's most livable city for a reason. | (CNN) -- Melbourne made it three years in a row as the world's most livable city, according ... (photo: Creative Commons / Donaldytong)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, police officers armed with AK-47 rifles stand guard at sandbagged bunkers along a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation and is gaining prominence  Otago Daily Times 
Boko Haram leader 'may be dead'
The leader of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, may have died of gunshot wounds some weeks after a clash with soldiers, the Nigerian military says. | Past reports of Shekau's death h... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Abubakar Shekau   Boko Haram   Nigerian Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Abubakar Shekau  
A poster displayed along the road shows photograph of Imam Abubakar Shekau, leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, declared wanted by the Nigerian military with $320,471 reward for information that could lead to his capture in northeastern Nigeria town of Maiduguri May 1, 2013. Abubakar Shekau, leader of Islamist sect that has killed about 4,000 people since 2009 when it began its campaign of terror is Nigeria's most wanted man, who has been designated a terrorist by the US government.  Herald Tribune 
Nigeria military: Extremist leader may be dead
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigeria's military says the leader of an Islamic uprising in the northeast "might have died" of a gunshot wound. | Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said in a statement Monday that intelligence... (photo: Flickr / AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)
Abubakar Shekau   Boko Haram   Nigerian Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Abubakar Shekau  
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 , vigilantes of the civilian JTF with cutlasses and clubs mount a check point on the street of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Thousands of suspected members of Boko Haram arrested in Maiduguri, birthplace of the Islamic extremist terrorist network, have been discovered by these young volunteers. BBC News
Boko Haram 'kills 24 Nigeria vigilantes in ambush'
Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 24 members of a vigilante group in north-eastern Nigeria, security officials say. | They say another 34 people are miss... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Africa   Boko Haram   Nigeria Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, talks about the crisis in Syria to media gathered in the Rose Garden of the White House Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Washington. The New York Times
For Syrians, Obama’s Decision to Seek Approval First Lengthens Suspense of Attack
BEIRUT, Lebanon — At the end of a nerve-racking day in the cross hairs of American gunships, Syrians gathered around their televisions to watch President Obama announce... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci)
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Leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood opposition group, Mohammed Badie attends a press conference at the group's parliamentary office in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Swissinfo
Leader of Egypt's Brotherhood in good health in jail - ministry
Arab Spring | Reuters | August 31, 2013 - 19:12 | By Asma Alsharif | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Interior Ministry said on Saturday the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Egypt   Health   Leader   Photos   Wikipedia: Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt  
File - Members of the rebel group known as M23 withdraw, on board a truck, from the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Swissinfo
Congo army fights on despite rebel ceasefire offer
  | Reuters | August 31, 2013 - 18:56 | By Pete Jones | GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Fighting erupted on Saturday between eastern Congolese rebels ... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti)
Africa   DR Congo   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: M23 rebellion  
A man inspects the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the neighborhood of Shaab in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Swissinfo
Car bomb west of Baghdad kills 12
  | Reuters | August 31, 2013 - 17:58 | RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 12 people and wounded at least 20 in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Saturday, police ... (photo: AP / Karim kadim)
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A military army helicopter patrols Thursday, Feb.12, 2009, on the Mombasa coast, Kenya, awaiting for the Ukrainian ship Faina, which is expected to arrive at the Mombasa port Thursday accompanied by a U.S. warship. Swissinfo
Kenya lifts coastal area curfew a year after clashes
  | Reuters | August 31, 2013 - 17:55 | NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya lifted a curfew in a coastal region on Saturday about a year after it was imposed over clashes that... (photo: AP / Sayyid Azim)
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British ten pound note,  10 note, Bank of England, money currency seen in Manila, Philippines in this December 18, 2008 file photo.
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A youth looks on as he watches the unveiling of the War monument in Freetown.
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Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan speaks to the press after he briefs the Security Council, Geneva, Palais de Nations. Tuesday 8 April 2012. Photo by Violaine Martin
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 photo, Senegalese pop star Youssou Ndour gestures during the launch of his television station, TFM, in Dakar, Senegal.
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Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan speaks to the press after he briefs the Security Council, Geneva, Palais de Nations. Tuesday 8 April 2012. Photo by Violaine Martin
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File - In this May 10, 2011 photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., a worker checks the status of the water level indicator at the Unit 1 reactor building at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. Nuclear
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