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Boko Haram Frees At Least 190 In Nigeria's Yobe State

Nigerian Sunni jihadist group Boko Haram released about 190 captives, who returned to their community in the northeast state of Yobe between...

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Prayers Offered For Japanese Hostages As Islamic State's Ransom Deadline Passes (Photos)

Prayers were offered Friday at Tokyo's largest mosque for two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants who had d...

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Cameroon Frees 24 Hostages After Suspected Boko Haram Kidnapping

Cameroon's army has freed 24 of some 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters based ...

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Paris Post Office Hostage-Taker Surrenders: Police

A man who holed up in a post office in a suburb northwest of Paris with two hostages on Friday surrendered and has been arrested, a police s...

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Cameroon Army Frees 16 Hostages, Including Polish Priest In Central African Republic

A Cameroonian army operation has freed 16 hostages, including Polish Catholic priest Mateusz Dziedzic, who was abducted by rebels from Centr...

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Cameroon Flies Freed 27 Boko Haram Hostages To Capital Including Wife Of Deputy Prime Minister

Twenty-seven people including 10 Chinese workers held for months by suspected Haram militants have arrived in Cameroon's capital. Th...

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