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A mother comforts her crying child in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010.
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 The Times 
Religious leaders must unite to beat Nigeria's extremists
Thu 11 Mar 2010
| Sir, The article by Ruth Gledhill and Jonathan Clayton ("500 butchered in Nigeria killing fields", Mar 9) portrays vividly the horror suffered by innocent civilians in the most recent outbreak of vi... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Governor Umaru Yar'Adua, who is a leading presidential candidate, is seen after casting his vote at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong fie
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 Zeenews 
Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Abuja: Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the Presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned from a Saudi... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
An unidentified man stands in front of a burned home in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.  The State  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
| JOS, Nigeria -- Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead. | N... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
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Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it.  ABC News  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer | JOS, Nigeria March 9, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | A woman cries during a funeral for victims in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the... ... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
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This is an image taken from TV showing a mass grave for victims in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Monday, March 8, 2010 Al Jazeera Tue 9 Mar 2010
Nigerians bury massacre victims
| Nigerians are burying victims of a massacre of predominantly Christian villagers near the central city of Jos, blamed on a Muslim group. | The burials in mass grav... (photo: AP / APTN)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton BBC News Tue 9 Mar 2010
Hillary Clinton seeks Nigeria trial for Jos massacres
| Mark Lipdo of the Stefanos Foundation said he witnessed the massacre | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for k... (photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Department of State)
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (podium) opens the UN's World Summit on Food Security in Rome, Italy. Mr. Ban discussed various measures to combat the hunger which afflicts one billion people worldwide, from providing food aid to investing in agricultural development. The Daily Telegraph Australia Tue 9 Mar 2010
UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls for calm as 500 Christians slaughtered in Nigeria
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint today after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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Unidentified women react to the sight of dead bodies in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. Al Jazeera Tue 9 Mar 2010
Nigeria cracks down after attacks
| Nigerian authorities have arrested nearly a hundred people in connection with attacks near the central city of Jos that killed more than 500 people. | Police and soldie... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
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Cellphones - Mobile Phones Taipei Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
Cellphones Africa¡¦s latest tool against HIV-AIDS infections
| Cellphones may be a key weapon in the war against HIV and AIDS in Africa, the head of the UNAIDS agency said. | The relatively new technology has a role to play in a co... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton China Daily Tue 9 Mar 2010
Clinton calls for restraint in Nigeria
| WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday urged all the parties in Nigeria to show restraint in response to the killings of some 500 people in... (photo: Creative Commons / US Mission Canada)
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In this image taken from TV showing the bodies of victims of inter-faith violence as a crowd gathers around, in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Sunday March 7, 2010. The New York Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Kills 500, Officials Say
| DAKAR, Senegal — Officials and human rights groups in Nigeria said Monday that about 500 people had died in weekend ethnic violence near the central city of Jos, ... (photo: AP / NTA TV)
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