Nigerian leader tells Malala missing girls to be home soon

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Nigerian leader tells Malala missing girls to be home soon

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-leader-promises-malala-missing-girls-home-soon-133630703.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jime2f3QD3O291d514GVnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-14T133630Z_1007000001_LYNXMPEA6D0PS_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-NIGERIA-MALALA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai speaks during a meeting with the leaders of the #BringBackOurGirls Abuja campaign group, in Abuja" align="left" title="Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai speaks during a meeting with the leaders of the #BringBackOurGirls Abuja campaign group, in Abuja" border="0" /></a>By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised on Monday that more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants would soon return home, teenage Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai said after meeting him. Malala, who became a global celebrity after surviving being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, was visiting Nigeria to support an international campaign for the release of the teenage students abducted in mid-April by the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram. &quot;The president promised me ... that the abducted girls will return to their homes soon,&quot; Malala, who has called the 219 missing students her &quot;sisters&quot;, told a news conference after a 45-minute meeting with Jonathan at the presidential villa. The Pakistani teenager, who turned 17 on Saturday, also appealed directly to Boko Haram to stop its attacks and release the schoolgirl captives, saying Islam was a &quot;religion of peace&quot; that allowed education for girls as well as boys.</p><br clear="all"/>

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