Abducted Nigerian Girls Offered In Exchange For Prisoners, Boko Haram Leader Says In Video

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PARIS, May 12 (Reuters) - Abubakar Shekau, the leader of  Nigeria's Islamist Boko Haram militants, said on Monday he would  release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters in  exchange for prisoners, according to a video seen by Agence  France-Presse.                

The French news agency said the 17-minute video showed about  100 girls wearing full veils praying in an undisclosed location.        (Reporting By John Irish; Editing by John Stonestreet)
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