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In this photo taken Monday, May 5, 2014, Nana Shettima, the wife of Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima, center, weeps as she speaks with school girls from the government secondary school Chibok that were kidnapped by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, and later escaped in Chibok Nigeria.
Boko Haram   Islamic Extremism   Nigerian Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: 2014 Chibok kidnapping   		 BBC News 
Nigeria abducted girls: France's summit on Boko Haram threat
Sat 17 May 2014
France is to host a security summit on the threat from Boko Haram Islamists, after they abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria in April. | Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and other West Af... (photo: AP)
Presidential motorcade of Presidents Ernest Bai Koroma and Goodluck Jonathan of Nigerian.
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   Wikipedia: Goodluck Jonathan   		 The Washington Times 
Nigeria leader nixes visit where girls kidnapped
Fri 16 May 2014
Facebook | Follow @washtimes | Should the NBA be allowed to force Donald Sterling to sell the Clippers? | View results | MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Amid apparent security concerns, Nigerian Presi... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Women attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped schoolgirls of the Chibok secondary school, in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, May 13, 2014.  Mail Guardian South Africa  Thu 15 May 2014
Nigeria rules out prisoner swap for missing girls
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out the release of Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the freedom of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants a month ago. | Britain&... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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People attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue kidnapped school girls of a government secondary school Chibok, during workers day celebration in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2014.  New Straits/Business Times  Tue 13 May 2014
Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped Nigerian girls for prisoners
MAIDUGURI (Nigeria): The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in exchange for its members being h... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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South Africans protest in solidarity against the abduction three weeks ago of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria by the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram and what protesters said was the failure of the Nigerian government and international community to rescue them, during a march to the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa Thursday, May 8, 2014. The Guardian Mon 12 May 2014
Extremist video shows abducted girls praying
MICHELLE FAUL | Associated Press= LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A new video from Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network purports to show dozens of abducted schoolgirls, cove... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
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People attend a rally calling on the Government to rescue the school girls kidnapped from the Chibok Government secondary school, in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday May 10, 2014. National Public Radio Mon 12 May 2014
Boko Haram Says Video Shows Missing Nigerian Girls
7:13 AM ET | The group that took more than 200 girls from a Nigerian school last month released what it says is a video of the girls Monday, along with demands that the g... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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NATO ponders Russia's future challenge Detroit news Sun 11 May 2014
NATO ponders Russia's future challenge
John-Thor Dahlburg Associated Press Comments | Brussels— Russia’s ongoing confrontation with the West has ignited debate inside and outside the U.S.-led NATO alliance abo... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
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UN urged to act over hostage girls Belfast Telegraph Sun 11 May 2014
UN urged to act over hostage girls
A leading Nigerian rights group is urging the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Islamic extremists who abducted 276 schoolgirls, saying concern and condemnation ... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
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Nigeria is mired in violence and inequality. It's the girls who suffer The Observer Sun 11 May 2014
Nigeria is mired in violence and inequality. It's the girls who suffer
Mothers of the missing schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram wait for news. Photograph: /AFP/Getty Images | I had not heard the phrase Boko Haram when I first moved to Abuja... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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File - In this image taken with a mobile phone, a muslim woman walk past a burnout car and a house following an attack by suspected Islamic extremists in Kawuri, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. The Independent Sun 11 May 2014
Nigeria's lost girls and the dark heart of Boko Haram
The townspeople first learnt Boko Haram was coming when a police van sped in and told everyone to run. Those living there knew the authorities would not help them. Police... (photo: AP / Jossy Ola)
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Amnesty International claims Nigerian military knew Boko Haram was going to attack the school where ... The Australian Sun 11 May 2014
Amnesty International claims Nigerian military knew Boko Haram was going to attack the school where ...
AMNESTY International said that Nigeria’s military had been warned of an attack on a school in which more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram Islamists three... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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