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Nigeria: Sect kill 18; 4 die in other violence:

Police yesterday blamed a radical Islamist sect for attacks that witnesses say left 18 people dead over the past two days in Nigeria's troubled north, part of a cycle of spiraling violence that is exacerbating religious tensions and that the government has been powerless to stop. Ref. Source 6

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Two police shot dead in Nigeria as bombs hit bus:

Attackers threw homemade bombs at a bus, a blast went off near a police station and two policemen were shot dead in a spate of attacks in the Nigerian city of Kano, officials said on Wednesday. Ref. Source 6

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15 killed in Nigeria shoot-out with radical sect:

The shootings took place in the city of Potiskum, which has increasingly become the scene of violent attacks by the sect known as Boko Haram. Ref. Source 9

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2 suicide bombers target telecoms facilities in north Nigeria city, causing partial blackout:

Authorities blame a radical Islamist sect for twin suicide car bombings targeting two major mobile phone companies, an official said Saturday, blacking out a top operator's network in most of Nigeria's northern commercial hub. Ref. Source 7

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5 killed as Nigerian troops battle "Islamists":

Nigerian soldiers killed four suspected extremists and lost one policeman in the latest crackdown on the Islamist Boko Haram group in the country's restive northeast, the military said on Sunday. Ref. Source 5

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Suspected Islamist gunmen kill 18 in northeast Nigeria:

Suspected Islamist gunmen fired on residents of a market town in northeast Nigeria, killing 18 in one of their deadliest attacks for several weeks, a local government official said on Tuesday. Ref. Source 1

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Gunmen kill seven guards in northeast Nigeria -official:

Gunmen have shot dead seven men who were guarding a market in northeast Nigeria's Yobe state, an official said on Tuesday, the latest attack in a region regularly targeted by Islamist insurgents. Ref. Source 2

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20 people killed in Nigeria:

Military spokesman Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said in a statement all those killed were believed to be fighters from the radical Islamic terrorist network Boko Haram. However, witnesses said at least one of the dead appeared to be a civilian. Ref. Source 6