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Nigerian VP chosen to take over for ailing president

Nigeria's House and Senate approved a resolution Tuesday to install the country's vice president as head of state until ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua recovers enough to resume his duties.

Christian-Muslim violence in Nigeria warrants probe, rights group says

Reports of at least 150 Muslims killed in recent religious clashes in Nigeria should be investigated, a human rights group urged Saturday.

Authorities were watching different Nigerian on Christmas Day flight

U.S. authorities had another Nigerian-born man with an engineering background on their radar when Northwest Airlines Flight 253 prepared to land in Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day.

Senators hear testimony on alleged Christmas Day bomb plot

A Senate committee began its assessment of intelligence reforms put in place after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by focusing Wednesday on the alleged Christmas Day attack aboard a plane landing in Detroit, Michigan.

Scores die in Nigeria religious violence

Authorities have slapped a curfew on a city that has seen repeated violence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, but it has failed to stop the latest outbreak of killing, officials told CNN.

Three Britons, one Colombian freed in Nigeria

Four Shell contractors -- three Britons and a Colombian -- have been released after being kidnapped a week ago, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Nigeria's 'missing' president breaks silence to dispel death rumors

Nigeria's ailing president has broken two months of silence to assure his countrymen that contrary to speculation he is alive and intending to return to power soon.

Three Britons, one Colombian snatched in Nigeria

Four Shell contractors -- three Britons and a Colombian -- have been kidnapped in Nigeria, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Nigeria's Almajiri children learning a life of poverty and violence

A forlorn murmur of young voices echoes from a shack pieced together from rusted corrugated iron.

Stop the panic on air security

The Underwear Bomber failed. And our reaction to the failed plot is failing as well, by focusing on the specifics of this made-for-a-movie plot rather than the broad threat. While our reaction is predictable, it's not going to make us safer.

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