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Seeing Double In 'Twins Capital Of World': Almost Every Family Has Them
The global average birth rate for twins is around 12 per 1,000 births -- but in Igbo-Ora, it is thought to be closer to 50 per 1,000, according to scientific studies and hospital records.
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Nigeria's "Twins Capital" Holds Annual Festival To Celebrate Twinning
The sign greeting visitors at the entrance of Igbo-Ora in southwest Nigeria welcomes people to "TWINS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD". The sleepy-looking town boasts of having the highest concentration of multiple births of any place on the globe.
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Kenya's 400m Hurdles Champion Nicholas Bett Killed In Car Crash
The 28-year-old Bett, the father of two-year-old twins, made his name at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing where he surprised the field by taking gold.
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At Least Two Dead In Nigeria Suicide Attack
At least two people were killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a university campus in northeast Nigeria, a local resident, a lecturer and emergency services told AFP on Monday.
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At Least 4 Killed In Twin Suicide Attack In North Cameroon
Four people were killed in twin suicide attacks Thursday in Cameroon's far north, the second attack this week in a region often targeted by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists.
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Twin Blasts Hit Restive Nigerian City of Maiduguri: Locals
Twin blasts rocked a densely-populated area of the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Sunday, the stronghold of Boko Haram Islamists, locals said, but there was no immediate report of casualties.
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2 Dead in Double Blast in Northeast Nigeria: Residents
At least two people have been killed in twin explosions in the northeast Nigerian town of Damaturu, residents said on today.
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Twin Blasts Hit Market in NE Nigeria, 'Nearly 50 Killed'
At least 49 people were killed and dozens injured when twin blasts struck a market in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe on Thursday, rescue workers said.
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18 Killed in Bomb Blasts in Nigeria's Jos, Say Police
At least 18 people were killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, police said today, after a bloody week of violence blamed on Boko Haram militants.
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Chad Carries Out Airstrikes on Boko Haram Positions in Nigeria: Army
Chad's military said Thursday it had carried out airstrikes on Boko Haram positions in neighboring Nigeria to avenge twin suicide bombings in Chad's capital that were blamed on the Jihadists.
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Masses Displaced By Boko Haram Hope to Vote in Nigeria Polls
A woman in a pale and patterned hijab, stares blankly from a bed in a makeshift clinic at a camp for the displaced in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, with newborn twins resting on her lap.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram Opens New Front in Niger
Boko Haram fighters waged twin attacks Sunday in Niger, their latest front in an expanding regional insurgency, claiming at least one life, reportedly that of a child.
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Twin Blasts Kill At Least 40 in Nigerian City of Jos
Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people.
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Boko Haram Target French-Owned Cement Works Again in Twin Attack
Boko Haram militants in Nigeria on Thursday stormed a French-owned cement works for the second time in as many months, as they attacked two towns in northeast of the country.
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Boko Haram Attacks Three Nigerian Villages, 48 People Killed
Boko Haram assaulted three villages in northern Nigeria, killing 48 people, residents said Wednesday, hours after twin bombings claimed at least 118 lives in this central city in an attack the government blamed on the Islamic extremists.
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Seeing Double In 'Twins Capital Of World': Almost Every Family Has Them
The global average birth rate for twins is around 12 per 1,000 births -- but in Igbo-Ora, it is thought to be closer to 50 per 1,000, according to scientific studies and hospital records.
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Nigeria's "Twins Capital" Holds Annual Festival To Celebrate Twinning
The sign greeting visitors at the entrance of Igbo-Ora in southwest Nigeria welcomes people to "TWINS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD". The sleepy-looking town boasts of having the highest concentration of multiple births of any place on the globe.
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Kenya's 400m Hurdles Champion Nicholas Bett Killed In Car Crash
The 28-year-old Bett, the father of two-year-old twins, made his name at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing where he surprised the field by taking gold.
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At Least Two Dead In Nigeria Suicide Attack
At least two people were killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a university campus in northeast Nigeria, a local resident, a lecturer and emergency services told AFP on Monday.
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At Least 4 Killed In Twin Suicide Attack In North Cameroon
Four people were killed in twin suicide attacks Thursday in Cameroon's far north, the second attack this week in a region often targeted by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists.
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Twin Blasts Hit Restive Nigerian City of Maiduguri: Locals
Twin blasts rocked a densely-populated area of the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Sunday, the stronghold of Boko Haram Islamists, locals said, but there was no immediate report of casualties.
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2 Dead in Double Blast in Northeast Nigeria: Residents
At least two people have been killed in twin explosions in the northeast Nigerian town of Damaturu, residents said on today.
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Twin Blasts Hit Market in NE Nigeria, 'Nearly 50 Killed'
At least 49 people were killed and dozens injured when twin blasts struck a market in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe on Thursday, rescue workers said.
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18 Killed in Bomb Blasts in Nigeria's Jos, Say Police
At least 18 people were killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, police said today, after a bloody week of violence blamed on Boko Haram militants.
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Chad Carries Out Airstrikes on Boko Haram Positions in Nigeria: Army
Chad's military said Thursday it had carried out airstrikes on Boko Haram positions in neighboring Nigeria to avenge twin suicide bombings in Chad's capital that were blamed on the Jihadists.
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Masses Displaced By Boko Haram Hope to Vote in Nigeria Polls
A woman in a pale and patterned hijab, stares blankly from a bed in a makeshift clinic at a camp for the displaced in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, with newborn twins resting on her lap.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram Opens New Front in Niger
Boko Haram fighters waged twin attacks Sunday in Niger, their latest front in an expanding regional insurgency, claiming at least one life, reportedly that of a child.
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Twin Blasts Kill At Least 40 in Nigerian City of Jos
Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people.
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Boko Haram Target French-Owned Cement Works Again in Twin Attack
Boko Haram militants in Nigeria on Thursday stormed a French-owned cement works for the second time in as many months, as they attacked two towns in northeast of the country.
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Boko Haram Attacks Three Nigerian Villages, 48 People Killed
Boko Haram assaulted three villages in northern Nigeria, killing 48 people, residents said Wednesday, hours after twin bombings claimed at least 118 lives in this central city in an attack the government blamed on the Islamic extremists.
