Nigerian rebels threaten attacks on oil workers
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Foreign oil companies have increased security precautions amid fears of attacks by rebels in Nigeria&#39;s Niger Delta region. A group known as the Niger Delta People&#39;s Volunteer Force says it will attack foreign oil workers.
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Nigerian militants accused troops of razing a village in the oil-producing Niger Delta on Thursday and threatened reprisals but a military spokesman denied an attack on the Elem-Tombia community had occurred.
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A rebel faction in the troubled Darfur region in Sudan Saturday threatened to target international humanitarian workers and African observers in the area.
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Nigerian militants and troops engaged in  a major firefight near an oil pumping station operated by Royal  Dutch Shell in the eastern part of the Niger Delta on  Wednesday, militants said.
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NIGERIAN workers would disrupt their country&#39;s key oil exports of 2.5 million barrels per day with an indefinite general strike from November 16, the country&#39;s top labour leader warned today.
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The main militant group in Nigeria's oil region offered Sunday to halt attacks if one of its leaders is released from prison in Angola, where he is being held on arms smuggling charges.
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Nigerian rebels fighting for sovereignty  of the oil-producing Niger delta told oil companies in the  world's seventh largest exporter to shut production before they  begin an "all-out war" on Oct. 1.
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Nigerian rebels fighting government  troops in the southern Port Harcourt area are poised to launch  an uprising across the entire oil-producing delta region to  force political reforms or gain sovereignty, a rebel leader  said on Sunday.
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Nigerian unions threatened to extend their nationwide general strike, which entered its third day on Wednesday, increasing concerns about production in Africa's biggest oil-exporting nation.
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Nigeria's president vows tough action after a spate of kidnappings of foreign workers in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
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Nigerian oil workers' unions are to stage a brief strike protest at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.
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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 -- 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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Major oil companies operating in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich southern region say they will not give in to threats of attacks on their facilities and employees by militias.
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PORT HARCOURT (Nigeria) - Nigeria&#39;s army yesterday launched an offensive against a separatist rebel group which threatened oil installations and workers in the southern Delta region, an army spokesman said.
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Nigeria oil militants say they have seized four foreign workers and threaten more attacks ahead of an Opec summit.
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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.