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Security tight after hundreds die in central Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.

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