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Nigeria extends state of emergency against Islamic uprising in northeast for another 6 months (7 stories)

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Nigeria - News November 20, 2013

ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigerian legislators have approved a six-month extension for the state of emergency that is governing the country's northeastern states, which have been terrorized by an Islamic uprising.

Congress is bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal, its highest civilian honor, on American Indians who used their native language to outwit enemies and protect American battlefield secrets during World Wars I and II.

Crowds fill Abubakar Gumi central market after authorities relaxed a 24 hour curfew in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, June 24, 2012.

News from Nigeria often concentrates on corruption in politics, fighting with the Boko Haram militants in the north and unrest in the oil-producing Delta region - but Africa's most populous nation has also quietly become a hotbed for the arts.

The Chief of Naval Staff , Vice Adm. Dele Ezeoba, said this on Tuesday when he inspected the second indigenous patrol ship under construction at the Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Lufthansa Technik will now take on technical management and carry out all planned C-checks during the next six years at one of its sites as part of a Total Operational Management contract.

Hajja, a 19-year-old Nigerian Christian woman, told Reuters fighters from the militant Muslim group Boko Haram forced her to convert to their faith under the threat of death.

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