Nigeria to End Plateau State Emergency on Thursday
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The state of emergency in the central  Nigerian state of Plateau, imposed six months ago to quell  communal violence which killed hundreds, will be lifted on  Thursday, the federal government said on Tuesday.
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Nigeria's umbrella union body said on Tuesday it would give the government until Sunday to reverse a 20 per cent hike in domestic fuel prices in the world's eighth largest oil producer or it would call a general strike.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government declared a state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday to quell violence gripping the country ahead of January elections.
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Nigeria's newly sworn-in president says the troubled Niger Delta will receive his "urgent attention".
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Umaru Yar'Adua took office as president of Nigeria on Tuesday promising to tackle a catalogue of crises in Africa's most populous nation and conceding that his own election was "not perfect".
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The two main oil-worker unions in Nigeria said they called off a strike planned for Monday to protest insecurity in the restive petroleum-producing region pending a meeting with President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Iraq's interim government on Sunday declared a state of emergency for 60 days, the spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced.
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Nigeria's umbrella union body said on  Tuesday it would give the government until Sunday to reverse a  20 per cent hike in domestic fuel prices in the world's eighth  largest oil producer or it would call a general strike.
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Nigeria's government cuts the price of fuel in a bid to avert a planned general strike by the country's biggest unions.
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The Nigerian government sought a court  injunction on Wednesday to stop a three-day-old general strike  which has raised fears about oil supplies from the world's  seventh largest exporter.
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Rebels in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich Niger Delta have agreed to stop fighting government forces and hand in their weapons. In a statement on Friday, the Nigerian president&#39;s office said an agreement to cease all hostilities had been reached.
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A general strike in Nigeria which has raised fears over oil supply from the world's seventh largest exporter, will likely end its first phase on Thursday, union leaders said.
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The Iraqi government declared a 60-day state of emergency Sunday in response to the escalation of violence by militants. The emergency declaration covers the entire nation, with the exception of Kurdish-run areas in the northern part of Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister said Sunday that efforts to peacefully resolve the conflict in Fallujah have entered their final phase and warned that &quot;our patience is running thin,&quot; vowing to clear the city of militants who have carried out
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Iraq will seal its borders next week to prevent Shi'ite pilgrims flooding into the country, the government said Thursday, in the latest emergency measure intended to thwart insurgent violence.
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The Nigerian government and rebel militia fighting in the oil-producing Niger Delta agreed a truce on Wednesday while talks took place on rebel demands for autonomy, a rebel leader said.
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Police say up to 30 armed militants have been killed as a result of clashes in Nigeria&#39;s mountainous border region with Cameroon.