Nigerian troops stop operations in Delta amid reports of fresh killings
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Nigerian military officials say they have ceased military operations in the oil rich Niger Delta following a peace deal between rival gangs but there were reports of fresh killings in one village.
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African Union peacekeepers in Darfur confirmed US reports that fresh fighting had flared in the war-ravaged western Sudanese region.
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The Nigerian government and rebel militia  fighting in the oil-producing Niger Delta agreed a preliminary  cease-fire while talks took place on rebel demands for  autonomy, a rebel leader said on Wednesday.
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A Nigerian militant group says it has killed nine government soldiers in a gun battle in the Niger Delta.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi authorities said yesterday that they have suspended an entire brigade of as many as 1,200 police officers for suspected connections to a mass kidnapping and murder.
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Sudan said yesterday it ordered the military to stop fighting in the bloodied Darfur region even as rebels alleged new attacks and said they&#39;d uphold a boycott of stalemated peace talks.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen attacked an oil drilling rig and kidnapped five expatriates in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria early on Wednesday, dealing a blow to a fledgling peace process in Africa's oil heartland.
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At least nine Iraqis and four US soldiers are reported to have been killed in renewed violence in Iraq.
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Rebel fighters in Nigeria&#39;s oil-producing Niger delta will attack oil wells and pipelines if the army does not halt assaults on their forces, a rebel commander says.
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An influential rebel commander in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta has ordered the suspension of peace talks with the government because of military incursions and the arrest of another commander.
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Nigerian unions on Monday suspended a  general strike due to start on Tuesday after the government  agreed to reduce domestic fuel prices, union leaders said.
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A state of emergency declared in the  Nigerian state of Plateau six months ago will end on Thursday,  the government said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Nigeria launched an offensive yesterday against a separatist rebel group that has told multinational oil companies to shut their installations by tomorrow ahead of &quot;an all-out war on the Nigerian state&quot;.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Hundreds of unarmed  Nigerian villagers, including women and children, seized three  oil platforms operated by multinational oil companies on  Sunday, shutting 90,000 barrels per day of production in a  dispute over jobs.
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Oil prices slid from record highs above $US50 a barrel Wednesday as the US government reported a surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich delta region agreed to a preliminary cease-fire.
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PORT HARCOURT -- Militants said they killed 17 soldiers in two separate gun battles in Nigeria's oil heartland yesterday and threatened imminent attacks on strategic oil facilities. The killings extend to four days a surge in violence between troops and rebels in the world's eighth largest oil exporter and follow the kidnapping of seven foreign workers from a US company ...
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The killing by Nigerian security forces of a British oil worker during an attempt to free seven foreigners held hostage in the Niger Delta, has drawn widespread condemnation and focused attention on the deteriorating security situation in the nation's oil hub.