A radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria says it will continue deadly attacks in the region unless the government meets strict terms for talks.

In a statement, Boko Haram insists that strict Islamic law be imposed across northern Nigeria and that the government of northeastern Borno state resign.

The group is also demanding that all of its jailed members be released and that Borno's former governor and senior security officials be prosecuted for the death of a sect leader.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the death of a man suspected of organizing the 1998 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania is a significant blow to al-Qaida.

Most of the U.S. experts sent to Pakistan to help train the country's military in counterinsurgency have left the country at Pakistan's request.

U.S. Vice Admiral Michael LeFever said Friday the United States has almost completed the pullout, though he did not give specific numbers. He said in a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad that the U.S. remained ready to help Pakistan if asked.

Pakistani security officials, who refused to be named, said about 90 of the approximately 130 U.S. trainers had been sent home.

Police in western Mexico have discovered the bodies of 21 men.

Officials said Thursday the victims were found in various locations outside the city of Morelia in Michoacan state.

Police say the victims appear to be between the ages of 20 and 35 and some showed signs of torture.

Authorities say some of the bodies had warning notes attached. One read "here are the thieves, muggers and rapists, and there are still more to come."

It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the murders.

United Nations investigators have found evidence that crimes against humanity may have been committed in Ivory Coast both by forces loyal to the West African country's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and by forces loyal to his opponent and successor, Alassane Ouattara.

Three investigators were sent to Ivory Coast by the United Nations Human Rights Council in May. Their job was to probe alleged attacks against the population since the country’s presidential election last November.

Somali police say a suicide bomber has attacked the main port in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least one civilian and also losing his own life.

Authorities say the attacker and another man penetrated a security wall on Thursday. Police say the first man detonated explosives he was wearing, killing himself and another person.

Security forces shot and killed the second attacker.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

The al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab is fighting the Somali government and African Union troops for control of Mogadishu.

Somali pirates have released a Chinese cargo ship and its 29 Chinese crew members after nearly seven months in captivity.

The European Union's anti-piracy force said Thursday that the MV Yuan Xiang is heading for a safe port after being freed a day earlier. It said it had no information on the condition of the crew.

The EU statement made no mention of a ransom payment but Reuters news agency quotes a pirate in the town of El-Dhanane who said the ship was freed after pirates received the “agreed ransom” on Wednesday morning.

More than 100 Taliban militants attacked a security checkpoint in Pakistan's South Waziristan region, triggering gunbattles that left eight soldiers dead.

The attack took place early Thursday morning in the Marabi area near the border with Afghanistan.

Officials say Pakistani forces killed at least 10 Taliban fighters. At least seven soldiers were wounded in the firefight.

In other violence, bomb attacks across the country killed at least seven people Thursday.

At least four people were killed in a bomb blast in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

Police in Nigeria say 11 people have been killed in bomb attacks that are suspected to be the work of a radical Islamic group.

Multiple bombs went off Tuesday at a police station and a church in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the scene of frequent violence in recent months.

Borno state police say the radical sect Boko Haram likely was behind the attacks. They say three of the group's members were among those killed.

On Monday, gunmen killed a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Birkuti, in a town southwest of Maiduguri. Police blame Boko Haram for that attack as well.