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At least 120 dead in blasts in Nigeria's Kano Death toll continues to rise in northern city after a series of co-ordinated attacks targeting police and state offices.

A daring raid, and US, Danish hostages on way home Held captive since last fall, an ailing American woman and a Danish man are safely on their way home after a bold, dark-of-night rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs. The commandos slipped into a Somali encampment, shot and killed nine captors and whisked the hostages to freedom. The raid's success was welcome news for the hostages and their families, for the military and for President Barack Obama, who was delivering his State of the Union speech as the mission was wrapping up Tuesday night. He did not mention it in his address but dropped a hint upon arriving in the House chamber by telling Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, "Good job tonight.

Director of Somali radio station shot dead: witnesses Gunmen on Saturday shot dead the director of a major Somali radio station in front of his home in Mogadishu

Anger rises as Nigeria fuel prices soar Swaziland's King Mswati III accused by activists of human rights abuses and of looting national wealth

U.S. accuses Sudan of bombing civillians

Bombs hit evangelical Bible school in Sudan, group says