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Clinton: Poverty helping fuel violence in Nigeria
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In a speech Monday, Clinton acknowledged he was "really worried" about the security problems now plaguing the nation, which includes increasingly violent attacks by a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram. Comment?
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Nigerian poverty rising despite economic growth
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ABUJA: Poverty in Nigeria is rising with almost 100 million people living on less than $1 a day, despite strong growth in Africa's second largest economy, data showed on Monday. Comment?
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Man held over bomb threat to Amsterdam airport
The Hague, Feb 13 : A man who claimed to have a bomb at the Schiphol airport in the Netherlands capital Amsterdam was arrested Monday, police said. Comment?
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Pirates kill captain, engineer off Nigeria
PIRATES have fired on a cargo vessel off the coast of Nigeria killing the captain and chief engineer, a maritime watchdog body said as it warned shipping to stay clear of the area. Comment?
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Schiphol airport reopens after bomb threat
Dozens of flights were delayed Monday at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol Airport after a man claiming to have a bomb locked himself in a toilet, sparking the evacuation of two terminals, officials said. Comment?
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In Nigeria, US ex-President Clinton warns poverty fueling religious violence tearing at nation
In a speech Monday, Clinton acknowledged he was "really worried" about the security problems now plaguing the nation, which includes increasingly violent attacks by a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram. Comment?
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Pirates kill 2 in cargo ship attack near Nigeria
... Thursday, the International Maritime Bureau said. Monday's attack happened about 126 miles from the coast of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital and home to the nation's biggest shipping port. Most of those onboard the unidentified cargo ship fled ... Comment?
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Amanda Knox's Memoir Goes Up for Auction; No Ban for 'Tintin in the Congo'
Today in publishing and literature: Booker Prize winner Ben Okri is fighting with a former editor who claims to have rewritten portions of his work, a Brussels court rules Tintin in the Congo is not racist, and buying Amanda Knox's memoir is not without risk. Comment?
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Lagos - Hurricane-strength winds and rain tore through the islands of Nigeria's commercial capital on Monday, killing at least one person and downing trees across major roadways. Comment?
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Amsterdam airport reopens after failed bomb threat
DOZENS of flights were delayed yesterday at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol Airport after a man claiming to have a bomb locked himself in a toilet, sparking the evacuation of two terminals, officials said. Comment?
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Man arrested after bomb threat leads to evacuation of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport; no danger
Airport police evacuated two terminals at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol Airport on Monday after receiving a bomb threat, a spokesman for the force said. Comment?
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Man arrested in Amsterdam airport bomb threat
Dutch police prepare to enter the Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Monday after receiving a bomb threat. Comment?
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Steer clear of waters off Nigeria, watchdog warns ships
... launched an operation to intercept the pirates and rescue the ship. "This place, 90 nautical miles south of Lagos, Nigeria, is dangerous to sailors. Vessels should stay clear off the attack vicinity since the pirates are still in the area," he said. ... Comment?
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2 killed in Nigeria pirate attack
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PanARMENIAN.Net - A piracy monitoring official says pirates off Nigeria's coast have attacked a cargo ship and shot dead its captain and chief engineer, The Guardian reported. Comment?
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Bomb threat disrupts Dutch airport
A major disruption at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol Airport ended after military police arrested a man who locked himself in a toilet, claiming to have a bomb. Comment?
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Pirates kill captain, chief engineer in Nigeria ship attack
Pirates shot dead the captain and the chief engineer on a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria on Monday, an International Maritime Bureau official said, the latest in a string of attacks on vessels off the coast of Africa's No. Comment?
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Attack near Nigeria pirates killed two of them in the cargo ship
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An official said that early on Monday the Nigeria coast pirates has made an attack in the cargo ship by shooting the chief engineer and also the captain of the ship for the shippers in the increasingly dangerous of waters. Comment?
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Arrest over Schiphol bomb threat
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Dutch police say they have arrested a man who locked himself in a toilet and claimed to have a bomb at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. Comment?
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MOVES-Emirates NBD, Caledonia Investments, EC Harris
The following financial service industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com. The global built asset consultancy named Steve Rayner as head of programme management for the Middle East region. Comment?
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Ships warned to steer clear of Nigerian waters
... provide any information on the origins of the ships or their crews. "This place, 90 nautical miles south of Lagos, Nigeria, is dangerous to sailors. Vessels should stay clear off the attack vicinity since the pirates are still in the area," he said. ... Comment?
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