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Clashes between Nigerian army and Boko Haram kill 18  Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 10:15 AM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Clashes between soldiers and members of Islamist sect Boko Haram have killed 18 people in northeast Nigeria, a military source and officials said on Saturday. Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic law in Nigeria's north, and other spin-off Islamist groups have become the biggest threat to stability in Africa's top oil exporter. ... Full Story	Top
Bomb hits Iraq's main commodity port, traffic unaffected  Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 06:44 AM PDT By Aref Mohammed BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A truck bomb exploded at Iraq's main commodities port near the oil-exporting southern city of Basra, wounding four people on Saturday, but officials said shipping traffic at the Umm Qasr docks was not affected. Umm Qasr port, near Iraq's border with Kuwait, sits at the top of the strategic Gulf waterway and does not export oil. Imports handled there include grain shipments and heavy equipment used in the energy industry. ... Full Story	Top
Traffic unaffected at Iraq's Umm Qasr port after truck bomb  Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 05:39 AM PDT BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Shipping traffic was unaffected by a truck bomb at Iraq's southern Umm Qasr commodities port on Saturday, a maritime transport official said. "Shipping movements and unloading operations at Umm Qasr port were not disrupted by the explosion," Mahdi Askar, an official with the state-run General Company for Maritime Transport told Reuters. Askar and a provincial official said the blast was caused by a truck bomb. Umm Qasr is near the oil-exporting southern city of Basra. ... Full Story	Top
Florida Keys considering drones to fight mosquitoes  Friday, Aug 16, 2013 10:01 PM PDT By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - The Florida Keys agency charged with keeping the island chain's mosquito swarms at bay might become the nation's first to use drones to spot remote breeding grounds as part of efforts to eradicate the insect. "If you try to get across the small islands it's back country, it's jungle," said Michael Doyle, executive director of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, who added the drones wouldn't replace boots on the ground, but would help turn eradication efforts into "smart bombing. ... Full Story	Top

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