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An unidentified man stands in front of a burned home in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Killing   Nigeria   Photos   Victims   Violence  
 The State 
Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
Tue 9 Mar 2010
| JOS, Nigeria -- Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead. | N... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it.
Nigeria   Photos   Religious   Violence   Woman  
 ABC News 
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
Tue 9 Mar 2010
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer | JOS, Nigeria March 9, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | A woman cries during a funeral for victims in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the... ... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton  BBC News  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Hillary Clinton seeks Nigeria trial for Jos massacres
| Mark Lipdo of the Stefanos Foundation said he witnessed the massacre | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for killings hundreds of people nea... (photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Department of State)
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (podium) opens the UN's World Summit on Food Security in Rome, Italy. Mr. Ban discussed various measures to combat the hunger which afflicts one billion people worldwide, from providing food aid to investing in agricultural development.  The Daily Telegraph Australia  Tue 9 Mar 2010
UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls for calm as 500 Christians slaughtered in Nigeria
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint today after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims. | Funerals... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Christians   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   UN  
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Unidentified women react to the sight of dead bodies in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. Al Jazeera Tue 9 Mar 2010
Nigeria cracks down after attacks
| Nigerian authorities have arrested nearly a hundred people in connection with attacks near the central city of Jos that killed more than 500 people. | Police and soldie... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Crime   Human Rights   Nigeria   Photos   Violence  
Cellphones - Mobile Phones Taipei Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
Cellphones Africa¡¦s latest tool against HIV-AIDS infections
| Cellphones may be a key weapon in the war against HIV and AIDS in Africa, the head of the UNAIDS agency said. | The relatively new technology has a role to play in a co... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Aids   Cellphones   Nigeria   Photos   Technology  
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton China Daily Tue 9 Mar 2010
Clinton calls for restraint in Nigeria
| WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday urged all the parties in Nigeria to show restraint in response to the killings of some 500 people in... (photo: Creative Commons / US Mission Canada)
Nigeria   People   Photos   Politics   US  
In this image taken from TV showing the bodies of victims of inter-faith violence as a crowd gathers around, in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Sunday March 7, 2010. The New York Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Kills 500, Officials Say
| DAKAR, Senegal — Officials and human rights groups in Nigeria said Monday that about 500 people had died in weekend ethnic violence near the central city of Jos, ... (photo: AP / NTA TV)
Nigeria   Photos   Police   Religion   Violence  
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to the media after briefing the General Assembly with Special Envoy for Haiti, William Jefferson Clinton on the current situation in Haiti m&c Mon 8 Mar 2010
Ban calls for restraint in Nigeria's ethnic conflict
| New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on Nigerian factions to exercise 'maximum restraint' as fighting between Muslims and Christians over the we... (photo: UN)
Conflict   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   UN  
The remains of a burnt pharmacy smolder following days of clashes in Jos, Nigeria Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. Troop reinforcements on foot and in armored personnel carriers appeared Sunday to have quelled two days of ethno-religious violence that left more than 300 people dead in Jos, apparently ending the worst violence in the West African nation since 200 Houston Chronicle Mon 8 Mar 2010
Hundreds slaughtered in Nigeria religious violence
| JOS, Nigeria - Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people including a 4-day-old infant, residents said, less than two months after sectarian violence ... (photo: AP)
Nigeria   Photos   Religion   Rioters   Violence  
Queen Rania of Jordan speaks to reporters during a meeting of U.N. regional chiefs in Amman, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Queen Rania called for emergency financial aid to U.N. agencies assisting the 1.5 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza. The Daily Beast Mon 8 Mar 2010
Women in the World Speakers
| From Queen Rania to Hillary Clinton, Meryl Streep, and dozens of activists from around the world, see our complete list of summit speakers and perfomers. Bios written b... (photo: AP / Nader Daoud))
Activists   Empowerment   Photos   Summit   Women  


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