Breaking News, World News and Taiwan News.  56 die after car
bomb blast in Nigeria market: group  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria--A car
bomb in a marketplace in Maiduguri, the northeast Nigerian city
that is the birthplace of Boko Haram extremism, killed at least
56 people on Tuesday, the leader of a civilian group that
recovered the bodies said.  Sadiq Abba Tijjani, leader of the
Civilian Joint Task Force, told the Associated Press his group
recovered at least 56 dead bodies at the blast site, mostly
elderly women who sold peanuts and lemon juice at the market.
Tijjani said they managed to identify 21 of the dead but the
rest “were either burnt or damaged beyond recognition.”  Other
witnesses also estimated the death toll to around 50. Some
officials said only 17 people died in the explosion that ripped
through the market early Tuesday, but officials regularly play
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