Wed Nov 11, 6:22 PM ET

A US citizen who alleges he was illegally detained and interrogated in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from the FBI agents he says were responsible for his ordeal. (AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)

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