Q&A: Islamic group spreading terror in Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- An Islamic militant group responsible for a wave of suicide attacks, car bombs, assassinations and assaults across northeastern Nigeria threatens the stability of the country. This past weekend, the group known as "Boko Haram" was behind an audacious three-hour assault that killed more than 100 people in the town of Damaturu as well as a suicide car bomb attack outside the Nigerian military headquarters in Maiduguri. Who...

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Lebanon's women prisoners find freedom behind bars

Women inmates of Baabda Prison, Beirut, Lebanon, talk about their life experiences in a drama therapy session. (CNN) -- In an otherwise smart suburb of Beirut is a small prison housing some of the women Lebanese society would rather forget. Some of the 70 inmates of Baabda Prison are accused or convicted of murdering their husbands, others of drug trafficking. Lebanese actress, comedienne and drama therapist Zeina Daccache working with inmates...

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CORPSE ABUSE A "WAR CRIME".

FOUR US marines filmed urinating on corpses in Afghanistan are likely to face a court martial after a commander said such actions were a ''grave breach'' of the laws of war. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has interviewed two of the soldiers in the video, which shows them laughing and making snide remarks as they urinate on the bloodied bodies of three Afghan men. In an attempt to defuse a diplomatic storm, the commanders of US forces...

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