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• Nigeria Military Shells Camps, Killing 21 - WSJ.com May 18, 2013
  Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against the insurgents, killing at least 21 people, a security official said. […]
• CdT.ch - Mondo - Nigeria, abbattuto elicottero militare May 18, 2013
  Era impegnato in un'offensiva contro gli estremisti di Boko Haram […]
• Untitled May 18, 2013
  Quantity surveyor Chris McManus from Oldham was shot six times in a toilet as the special forces tried to save his life. His Italian colleague Franco Lamolinara was also killed. […]
• UK funds poll in Pakistan on US drone attacks | World news | The Observer May 18, 2013
  Foreign Office sponsored surveys investigating impact of CIA drone campaign in Pakistan, minister Alistair Burt tells MPs Britain has been forced to admit that it has been funding surveys in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas that reveal US drone strikes in the region are causing deep resentment among the local population. In an answer to a […]
• 'US drone' kills four in strike on al-Qaida target in Yemen | World news | guardian.co.uk May 18, 2013
  Local officials say vehicle carrying suspected militants near Aden was struck in an attack by an unmanned aircraft At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al-Qaida members in southern Yemen, a local official said on Saturday. The official said the strike took place at dawn on Saturday […]
• UN Implicates Azerbaijan, Kazakhstani In North Korea Arms Embargo Violations | EurasiaNet.org May 18, 2013
  A United Nations report has implicated Azerbaijan and a Kazakhstan airline executive in violations of arms embargos against North Korea. The Associated Press acquired the report, to the U.N. Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against North Korea. Among the violators was Azerbaijan, for buying anti-aircraft missiles from North Korea: The panel... […]
• FSB Worried About Russian Fighters in Syria | News | The Moscow Times May 18, 2013
  The Federal Security Service estimates that about 200 Russian citizens are fighting alongside Syrian rebels and fears that they could carry out militant attacks once they return. […]
• www.bbc.co.uk May 17, 2013
  The Nigerian military says it has launched an all-out assault on Islamist militants in the north-east of the country. […]
• Video Shows Executions By Syrian Islamist Rebels May 17, 2013
  A video distributed by a pro-opposition Syrian monitoring organization purportedly shows fighters from an Al-Qaeda-linked rebel group in Syria executing supporters of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. […]
• www.bbc.co.uk May 17, 2013
  Air raids target a militant training camp in north-east Nigeria as a military plane is hit by anti-aircraft fire, officials say. […]
• Nigerian air force attacks rebel camps in remote northeast - FT.com May 17, 2013
  Nigerian air force targets sites in the volatile northeast of the country in an effort to crush an Islamist rebellion, the military said on Friday […]
• In Nigeria, More Attacks On Militants - NYTimes.com May 17, 2013
  Military officials said attacks were launched against the Boko Haram Islamist group in border areas in a forest south of the city of Maiduguri.      […]
• Security forces detain Syrian actress: lawyer - Daily News Egypt May 17, 2013
  "Skaf made a mobile phone call to her son, to tell him her identity card had been taken from her by members of the security forces at a checkpoint," The post Security forces detain Syrian actress: lawyer appeared first on Daily News Egypt. […]
• Russia 'does not understand' uproar over Syria arms sales - Telegraph May 17, 2013
  Russia was defiant in the face of criticism over arm supplies to Syria after reports that Moscow is supplying improved "ship-killing" missiles to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.      […]