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Niger
JOHANNESBURG - A Nigerian militant suspect being held on terror charges in South Africa fears for his life because Nigerian government officials have made threatening statements, the man's lawyer said Tuesday.
DAKAR, Senegal - A tape released Thursday on a jihadist forum shows the first images of a group of hostages including five French citizens since they were seized two weeks ago in Niger by an al-Qaida offshoot and taken into the desert.
PARIS - The head of the French military says a possible military operation to free seven hostages abducted last week in Niger is not under consideration for the moment.
NIAMEY, Niger - Niger's electoral commission says the West African country's presidential vote is being pushed back by about a month.
PARIS - A 78-year-old ailing French aid worker was executed "in cold blood" by al-Qaida's North African branch three months after his capture, in retaliation for a failed rescue attempt that killed six militants, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.
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