Mass Arrest in Nigeria Amid Fears of Growing Insurgency

The Nigerian military has arrested more than 400 people traveling in southern Nigeria on suspicion they are members of the radical group Boko Haram.     The men, and reportedly a few women, were traveling in more than 30 buses when they were stopped by the army Sunday and detained at an army barracks in Abia state.   Local officials said they were suspected of being members of Boko Haram, an Islamist insurgent group that has killed thousands of people in the past five...

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