Five foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria as armed group ends truce
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Armed men kidnapped five foreigners in oil-rich southern Nigeria early Wednesday, the same day the country&#39;s most prominent militant group announced it would end a truce with the government.
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Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped more than 170 foreigners:
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Kidnappers freed six foreigners Wednesday, including an American boat captain, abducted from a nightclub in Nigeria's southern oil region, the government said.
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Gunmen in speedboats kidnapped three foreign workers from an offshore oilfield in Nigeria which was preparing to restart after being closed for 20 months due to an earlier attack, security sources said on Sunday.
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Fifteen foreigners, including 11 French nationals, a Briton and an Italian, are believed to have been kidnapped in a remote and inhospitable area of Ethiopia where separatist rebels operate.
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A powerful Nigerian armed group  threatened in an e-mail to the media on Sunday to resume  attacks on oil facilities and kidnapping of foreigners, ending  a four-month ceasefire.
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Five oil workers have been kidnapped in southern Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region, officials say.
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Gunmen abducted two expatriate oil workers after an ambush in the Nigerian southern oil city of Port Harcourt, bringing to at least 10 the number kidnapped in the past week in the restive Niger Delta region, an industry source told AFP.
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Gunmen attacked an oil facility in restive southern Nigeria overnight and took two foreigners hostage, private security contractors said Monday.
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At least five Nigerian soldiers are killed in an attack by armed men in boats on an oil facility in the Niger Delta.
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Gunmen kidnapped a group of foreign oil workers on Friday, including three Americans and four Britons, in Nigeria's unruly southern petroleum-producing region, officials said.
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Gunmen kidnapped three people, including Asian expatriates, from the residential compound of chemical company Indorama in oil-rich southern Nigeria on Friday, a senior police officer said.
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Rebel groups in Nigeria's Delta region have agreed to stop hostilities against the government, officials confirm.
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Suspected militants invaded a residential compound for foreign oil workers in Nigeria on Tuesday, killing two guards and kidnapping at least five expatriates, oil industry sources said.
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One of four foreigners kidnapped last week during an attack on oil installation in southern Nigeria that all the hostages are &quot;fine&quot;.
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Three Filipinos working for a U.S. oil contractor were kidnapped in southern Nigeria early Friday, a day after a German was abducted in the region where oil revenue has caused strife between multinational companies and local communities.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - Ethiopia said on Saturday it was in contact with an armed group that kidnapped five European and eight locals in a remote northern region -- but ruled out a military operation to rescue them.