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Nigeria's Boko Haram claim bombings

20:36 28.11.2011 | 0 comments

Nigeria's Islamist Boko Haram sect was responsible for a string of weekend bombings targeting government buildings and churches in Geidam in the northeast, its purported spokesperson said on Monday.
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