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Violence erupts as kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls return to families
JANGEBE, Nigeria (Reuters) - One moment, Hadiza was weeping and flinging her arms around her father for the first time since her abduction; the next - gunfire and tear gas filled the air and people ran for cover.
'Crying and moving': Nigerian schoolgirls recount forced march kidnap ordeal
GUSAU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen who kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria last week beat them and threatened to shoot them during a forced march into captivity, victims said on Tuesday after they were set free.
Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted girls
JANGEBE, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the north-central state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state.
German police carry out dozens of dawn raids on far right crime network
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hundreds of police in Germany carried out dawn raids on 27 homes and business premises on Friday, including a lawyer's office, in an operation targeting members of far right groups suspected of drugs and weapons trafficking, public broadcaster MDR said.
French minister: Mafia-type gangs likely behind cyber attacks on hospitals
PARIS (Reuters) - Mafia-type organisations, often based in eastern Europe, are likely to have been behind a recent wave of cyber attacks on French hospitals, rather than foreign powers, said the French minister for digital technology Cedric O on Thursday.
US cops overcome distancing hurdles, connect with teens through online gaming
Whether in a pickup game of basketball or a summer football league, US cops have long challenged teenagers to battles of athletic prowess.
Gunmen kill 36 in attacks on two northern Nigerian states
ABUJA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 36 people in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades amid worsening security facing Africa's most populous nation, officials and residents said.
Ecuadorean prison riots kill more than 50 people, police say
QUITO (Reuters) - More than 50 people have died in riots in three Ecuadorean prisons that the government described on Tuesday as a concerted action by criminal organizations.
U.N. urges Colombia to fulfill peace deal, stem violence
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government must improve its protection of human rights activists and civilians, be more present in remote, poor areas, and fully implement a peace deal with FARC rebels to curb violence, the United Nations' human rights body said on Tuesday.
Defence minister tells Nigerians not to "be cowards" when facing gunmen
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's defence minister prompted criticism on Thursday for urging Nigerians not to "be cowards" and to stand up to armed bandits, while security forces embarked on a mission to rescue 42 people kidnapped from a boarding school this week.
