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Gunmen Kill at Least 17 in Latest Niger Village Attack

August 21, 2021
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NIAMEY—At least 16 people have been killed in an attack on a village in southwestern Niger where Islamist terrorists have repeatedly massacred civilians this year, a local official and a security source said on Saturday. The unidentified gunmen opened fire during Friday prayers in the village of Theim in Tillabery region and killed 16 people,…

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At Least 51 Killed in Mali Village Raids, District Official Says

August 9, 2021
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BAMAKO—At least 51 people were killed when Islamist militants raided three villages in central Mali near the border with Niger, a district administrator said on Monday. Ouatagouna, Karou, and Deouteguef were simultaneously attacked around 6 p.m. on Sunday, according to a note from the Asongo district administrator to the governor of Gao region. The United…

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Tokyo Olympic Village Workers Test Positive for COVID Just 16 Days Out From Opening Ceremony

July 7, 2021
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Olympic organizers announced that two workers at the Olympic Village in Tokyo have tested positive for COVID-19, just over two weeks out from the opening ceremony and about a week before the village opens to athletes, according to the Tokyo Shimbun news outlet. The village workers who tested positive last week had been dining with…

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Triplet Mom Learns It Really Takes a Village to Raise a Child: ‘You’re Not Alone!’

February 18, 2021
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After a devastating miscarriage, a newly expectant mom learned that she was carrying not one but three babies. The journey that followed was a crash course in how to ask for help when life gets overwhelming. Rachel Cho, of Fishers, Indiana, married Samuel Cho in 2015. The couple was soon expecting their first child, fulfilling…

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