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Nigerian rebels threaten to end cease-fire

Nigerian militants threatened to end their cease-fire not long after it began Wednesday because they claimed the government was threatening one of their camps.

Nigerian militants claim oil pipeline sabotage

A Nigerian militant group claimed Wednesday it sabotaged oil pipelines in the country's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, but the country's military denies the assertion.

Nigerian militants claim pipeline blast, tanker crew's seizure

Nigerian militants said Monday they had blown up an oil pipeline and captured six crew members of a chemical tanker.

Nigeria oil company rejects damning Amnesty report

Nigeria's state oil company rejected criticism from a leading human rights group Wednesday, calling an Amnesty International report "inaccurate."

Report expresses concern for clearing Iraqi landmines

Two U.N. agencies said Wednesday they are concerned that Iraq will not be able to meet its obligations under the global treaty to ban landmines.

Al Qaeda blamed for Somali bombing wave

A string of suicide bombings targeting government buildings and a United Nations compound in Somalia left at least 25 people dead Wednesday in attacks a U.S. official said bore hallmarks of the al Qaeda terror network.

Gunmen slay another aid agent in Somalia

Gunmen in Somalia have shot dead an agent for a World Food Program transport company, the U.N. agency said Tuesday.

'Al Qaeda statement' claims embassy attack

A Web posting purportedly from al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for Monday's blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, which killed at least six people.

Al Qaeda linked to Danish embassy attack

Al Qaeda or one of its affiliates was probably behind an explosion outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, Denmark's intelligence service said Tuesday.

All about: Rural communities

It is said that nowhere else on earth will the impacts of climate change be felt more acutely than in the developing world.

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