Militants in first Nigeria talks
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Nigeria's most prominent oil militant leader tells the vice-president he will try to help end violence in the Niger Delta.
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NEGOTIATIONS for the release of Iraq hostage Kenneth Bigley are to begin between his captors and militants acting as intermediaries, it was claimed last night.
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The leader of a militia based in Nigeria's main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign oil workers.
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Islamic militants fighting to create a Taliban-style state in northern Nigeria launched their first attacks since January, assaulting two police stations in the northeast and killing six people, police said Wednesday.
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ABUJA, Sept 30  - A rebel leader in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich south was set to resume talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s government ahead of October 1 deadline set by the insurgents for oil multinationals and foreigners to pull out of Niger Delta, hub
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Militant group MEND is preparing attacks  on Nigerian oil facilities that could be preceded by  hostage-taking, the U.S. embassy said in a security notice on  Friday.
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Peace talks on Sudan&#39;s war-torn Darfur region got under way Monday in Nigeria&#39;s capital, overshadowed by fighting between rebels and government forces in the vast desert area.
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YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian militants said they planned to release 11 foreign hostages in the oil producing Niger Delta on Monday and state authorities said they were on their way to collect them.
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Kenya's political foes  discuss crucial political issues to try to end the violence which has claimed more than 1,000 lives.
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Peace talks will begin later today in an effort to stop ethnic violence in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region. Rebel leaders and Government officials have arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja.
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African Union-sponsored talks on the conflict in the western Sudanese region of Darfur began in the Nigerian capital Abuja.
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An African Union force in Sudanâs western Darfur region could help disarm insurgents and pro-government militias accused of killing civilians, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said before the start of AU-sponsored peace talks today between the
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A rebel fighting for autonomy in  Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said he would meet  President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday to discuss terms for  ending the violence that has helped push crude prices to record  highs.
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Threats against foreign oil workers have brought the Nigerian government to the negotiating table with the self-styled Nigerian warlord Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, whose band of 2,000 poorly
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A leading Nigerian oil militant group asks President George Bush to help solve their dispute with the government.
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The main militant group in Nigeria's lawless south pledged Saturday to stop attacks on foreign oil installations for a month so the country's new president can create a plan for lasting peace in the Niger Delta region.
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One Iraqi official says American representatives have met with some militants.