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• UN council approves increase in AU Somalia force

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday boosted by nearly one half an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, seeking to press home a military offensive against Islamist rebels in the Horn of Africa country.

• Judge to give verdict in Mubarak trial on June 2

  CAIRO (Reuters) - The verdict in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, charged with ordering the killing of protesters in the uprising that swept him from power, will be delivered on June 2, the judge said on Wednesday.

• Blasts heard as Nigerian army battles Islamists in Kano

  KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunshots and explosions rang out on Wednesday in Nigeria's biggest northern city Kano, as the military exchanged fire with suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist sect.