Nigeria: October 12, 2001

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Sixteen of 20 soldiers taken prisoner by a tribal militia yesterday were found dead. Hundreds of soldiers were sent to the central states of Benue and Taraba to keep the peace after a border dispute erupted into violence.  Farmers in one state and herders in the other have been fighting for the last two years over land and grazing rights. 

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