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Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, the government said on Thursday.
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) At least seven people were killed in a Boko Haram attack on the majority-Christian village of Pemi in Nigeria's Borno state on Christmas Eve, a local official said. "Boko Haram attacked Pemi village, killed seven people and abducted another seven, including a pastor," Kachallah Usman, secretary of the Chibok local government area, told CNN on Friday. "They also burned down a church, a dispensary and several houses," he added. Audu Chiwar, a former secretary of the Chibok community in Abuja, told CNN he received a call on Thursday from a local resident reporting that gunmen had opened fire in the village.
Boko Haram jihadists release 76 of the 110 schoolgirls who were abducted from the northeastern town of Dapchi in February. IMAGES
Nigeria's vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, says "no exchange of any kind" took place with Boko Haram to secure the release of 21 Nigerian school girls. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Relatives of some of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamic group Boko Haram say they're relieved to see their daughters in a new video released by the group. Diane Hodges reports.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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