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'60 dead' in Nigerian unrest

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Scores of people have been reported killed in suspected religious clashes near the central Nigerian city of Jos. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has put security forces in central Nigeria on full alert.

Robin Waudo, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Nigeria, describes the violent religious clashes.

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