10 things you need to know today: September 22, 2013

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1. Hostage standoff continues at Kenyan mall following militant shootout

An attack by Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebel group, al-Shabab, at an upscale mall in Nairobi on Saturday killed at least 59 people and wounded 175. Multiple barrages of gunfire erupted Sunday morning from inside the building where a hostage standoff continues with Islamic extremists nearly 24 hours after they attacked using grenades and assault rifles. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, in which they specifically targeted non-Muslims. Al-Shabab told the BBC it carried out the attack in response to Kenyan military operations in Somalia. [CBS News]

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Terri is a freelance writer at TheWeek.com. She's a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and has worked at TIME and Brides. You can follow her on Twitter.