PRI’s The World: 5/09/14

The World

Boko Haram is the group behind the recent abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. Who's their leader? Where do they get their funding? We'll try to answer some of those questions. Also, the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba goes public. And, the story of a nanny who has been working in New York for more than a decade, while her son grows up back in her native Paraguay.

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