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Nigeria, which is almost evenly divided between a Muslim-majority north and a largely Christian south, is embroiled in numerous conflicts that experts say have killed both Christians and Muslims without distinction.

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Charles Co. has had its own problems in recent years, as one of the firm’s owners became embroiled in a major L.A. corruption case.

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Africa's most populous country is embroiled in numerous conflicts that experts say have killed both Christians and Muslims without distinction.

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A German company inadvertently embroiled in the Louvre Museum heist after one of its lifts was used in the theft is making the most of its free publicity - by launching a new advertising campaign.

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A worker accused of "stealing" snacks worth less than a dollar in South Korea found himself embroiled in a more than year-long legal battle.

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