The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 24, 2014 Twin Bombings in Northern Nigeria Kill 42 ------------------------------------------ At least 42 people were killed Wednesday in two bombings in northern Nigeria. The attacks hit the city of Kaduna in apparent assassination attempts on two leading figures who have been critical of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Both targets survived the attacks. .