Nigeria

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**FILE** Soldiers gather at a former camp for Islamic extremists near Marti, Nigeria, on June 5, 2013. Oil-rich Nigeria is threatened by the terrorist group Boko Haram. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Soldiers stand guard at the offices of the state-run Nigerian Television Authority in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, June 6, 2013. Maiduguri is the heart of Nigeria's Islamic insurgency. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

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A young girl stands amid the burned ruins of Baga, Nigeria, on Sunday, April 21, 2013, in this image shot with a mobile phone. (AP Photo/Haruna Umar)

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**FILE** A burnt-out school block in Potiskum, Nigeria, is seen here on Oct. 20, 2012, following a gun battle and explosions by the Boko Haram sect. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Armed Nigerian civil defense corps officials secure the area following an explosion at a gasoline pipeline at Arepo, in Ogun, Nigeria, on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. The gasoline pipeline runs through southwest Nigeria, and the attack is being seen as a worrying expansion to the unchecked thefts which have become an incredibly lucrative business for criminal gangs hitting the country's petroleum-based economy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)