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Civil Security

Kenya convicts two Iranians of plotting attacks

altA Kenyan court found two Iranian men guilty of possessing 15 kg (33 pounds) of explosives and planning to carry out bombings in Kenyan cities last year.
   

Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to appear in court

altSaif al-Islam, the son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will appear in court in the town of Zintan, where a militia has held him since his capture in November 2011, a local council official said.
   

Death toll in Nigeria shootout with Islamist militants reaches 25

altTwenty-five people were killed in a clash between Nigerian security forces and suspected Islamist Boko Haram militants who robbed a bank and attacked a police station in northeastern Yobe state, police said on Friday.
   

African countries duped in fake bomb detector scam

altBritish businessman James McCormick has been convicted on three counts of fraud after being found guilty of selling fake bomb detectors to 13 countries, among them Niger, Egypt and Kenya.
   

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