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Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Schoolgirls' Kidnapping

The Islamist militant sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for last month's kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in northern Nigeria. The group is also threatening to sell them.The claim came in a Hausa-language video released to news agencies Monday. In the video, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says "I abducted your girls," and vows to "sell them in the marketplace."A father of one of the missing young women tells VOA he feels helpless."We cannot do...

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