By Reuters Staff

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       NIAMEY (Reuters) - Hundreds of Islamist Boko Haram militants attacked a military post in southern Niger overnight, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine more, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.

       The ministry said in a statement that about 50 of the militants were killed in the resulting combat.

       Reporting by Boureima Balima, writing by Aaron Ross, editing by Mark Heinrich

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