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50,000 evacuated in Germany over unexploded WWII bombs
German police on Sunday evacuated some 50,000 people from the northern city of Hanover in one of the largest post-war operations to defuse World War II era bombs. Residents in a densely populated part of the city were ordered to leave their homes for the operation, planned since mid-April, to extract five recently discovered unexploded bombs. Seven retirement and nursing homes were affected and some rail traffic through the city was disrupted for the operation, which was expected to last all day.
Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners
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By Felix Onuah and Ahmed Kingimi ABUJA/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok three years ago in exchange for prisoners, the presidency said on Saturday. Around 270 girls were kidnapped in April 2014 by the Islamist militant group, which has killed 15,000 people and displaced more than two million during a seven-year insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic caliphate in northeastern Nigeria. Nigeria thanked Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross for helping secure the release of the 82 girls after "lengthy negotiations", the presidency said in a statement.
West Virginia airport reopened after cargo plane crash
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A runway at a West Virginia airport reopened Saturday after a propeller plane carrying UPS cargo crashed, killing the pilot and co-pilot.
Always Dreaming wins the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby and more: May 6 in photos
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Always Dreaming wins the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.; Pope Francis is cheered by students’ groups advocating for peace as he arrives to greet them at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican; a child looks out from a voting booth as French citizens living in the United States cast their ballots for the French presidential runoff at the French Embassy in Washington. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
Twin blasts in Philippine capital kill at least two: police
Twin explosions in the Philippine capital on Saturday night killed two people and injured six others, police said, just over a week after another blast in the same area. Authorities initially said there were no indications the blasts were terrorist attacks but the Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility. "Five Shiites were killed and six others wounded in a bomb blast by Islamic State fighters in the centre of Manila in the Philippines," IS propaganda outfit Amaq said in a statement.
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