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  Nigeria is pitched against Iran, Argentina and Bosnia in Group F of the 2014 World Cup, which kicks off on June 12.
In an interview published in the Argentine media, Sabella said Nigeria and the other Group F opponents would be intimidated by the quality of attackers at his disposal in Brazil....

Missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 crashed into the southern Indian Ocean according to flight data, the Malaysian Prime Minister has said.
Najib Razak held a news conference on the latest developments this afternoon.
He said flight data had shown the aircraft was last recorded in the middle of the southern Indian Ocean....

In echoes of the recent Kunming train station attack that the Chinese government blamed on Xinjiang militants, three people are killed at a market in Changsha by knife wielding assailants, one of whom is shot dead
One person was shot and killed after a knife attack that left at least three people dead in a Chinese market Friday, state media said, in the second such attack in two weeks....

LOS ANGELES - A US judge ordered US rapper Chris Brown on Monday to remain behind bars for allegedly breaching his probation stemming from his notorious 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna.
The 24-year-old, arrested Friday after being booted out of a rehab facility in Malibu, will have to stay in custody until a probation violation hearing on April 23....