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Monday, November 12, 2012  Give children all around the world Christmas presents with Operation Christmas Child.

Monday, January 24, 2011  Iowa Wesleyan College will present “50 Years of the Peace Corps: An Old Peace Corps Volunteer looks back at Nigeria” by Dr. Floyd Sandford, professor emeritus of biology at Coe College

Monday, March 08, 2010  Hundreds slaughtered in Nigeria including infants in latest religious violence flare-up

Wednesday, January 06, 2010  Grand jury indicts Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up Detroit-bound plane on Christmas

Thursday, December 31, 2009  President Barack Obama is to receive a preliminary report Thursday on how a 23-year-old Nigerian with suspected terrorist ties managed to board a plane he is accused of attempting to bomb on Christmas Day, along with recommendations on how to prevent a sequel.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009  Yemen vows to continue military strikes against al-Qaida until group eliminated from country

Wednesday, December 30, 2009  In its preliminary report, the Dutch government called the plan to blow up the Detroit-bound aircraft "professional" but said its execution was "amateurish."

Monday, December 28, 2009  Obama vows to use "our national power" to keep Americans safe from changing terror threat.

Monday, December 28, 2009  Al-Qaida group says it planned attack on Detroit-bound jetliner, cites retaliation against US

Thursday, July 30, 2009  Rights worker: Nigerian security forces killing civilians amid attacks on Islamist sect

Sunday, January 11, 2009  Linda Rowe began traveling to Nigeria each summer to do missions work in 2005.

Monday, December 29, 2008  Nigeria's military says it has arrested a senior member of the country's most potent militant group in connection with attacks on oil facilities in the troubled Niger delta.