Last updated: 27 january, 2010 - 09:35 GMT

US warning to the Nigerian government

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The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, says the Nigerian goverment's failings have helped to foster extremism in the country.

In a speech to State Department staff, Mrs Clinton said that poor living standards and corruption were making young people targets for militants looking for recruits to attack the West.

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