news.bbc.co.uk - 11/29/2008
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Security forces in Jos, Plateau State, on 29 November
article.nationalreview.com - 12/2/2008
echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com - 12/7/2008
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echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com —
Child brides are common and this results in
fistula being common, too: Northern Nigeria has one of
the highest rates of child marriage in the world: nearly half of all girls here are married by the age of 15. The consequences have been devastating. ...
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