Nigeria kidnappers demand ransom, fighting subsides
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Seven expatriate oil workers abducted in  Nigeria are in good health and their kidnappers have demanded a  ransom, a diplomat said on Thursday.
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The family of a British hostage in Iraq  renew appeals for authorities to negotiate with the  kidnappers.
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Four more people have been abducted in the Niger Delta, authorities said on Monday, underscoring insecurity in Nigeria's oil-producing region hours after a 3-year-old British girl was freed by her kidnappers.
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The search for a three-year-old UK girl snatched in Nigeria intensifies, amid threats by her captors to kill her.
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At least seven foreign oil workers were kidnapped in a militant attack on an oil industry compound in Nigeria's southern oil-producing delta on Tuesday, 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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The government has appealed to kidnappers holding hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq to make contact -- but still ruled out negotiations or ransom payment.
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With 11 foreign nationals kidnapped in the space of 24 hours, violence in southern Nigeria shows no sign of abating any time soon, despite the avowed determination of the country&#39;s new president to tackle the problem.
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - A gang in Somalia has demanded a ransom for two foreign aid workers who were kidnapped this week, the president of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said on Sunday.
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The kidnappers of the two-year old Nigerian boy have demanded a ransom of nearly 390,000 dollars (280,000 euros) for his release, five days after an abducted British toddler was freed, sources close to the investigation said Friday.
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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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YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian militants freed 12 foreign hostages in the oil producing Niger Delta on Monday as a prelude to peace talks with the incoming government of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - The family of a three-year old British girl abducted in Nigeria began negotiating her release on Friday with kidnappers who have threatened to kill her unless their ransom demands are met.
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Armed men kidnapped a three-year-old British girl on Thursday, heightening a foreign hostage crisis in Nigeria&#39;s troubled main oil producing zone.
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Militants in Nigeria's oil-producing region claim responsibility for the kidnapping of four foreign workers.
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Armed men kidnapped four more foreign oil workers in Nigeria's southern oil city of Port Harcourt but released three Filipinos abducted more than 10 days ago in the latest of a series of incidents in volatile Niger Delta.
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Unidentified kidnappers are demanding a $25-million ransom for a Turkish shipping magnate they abducted in Iraq. That&#39;s according to a Turkish television channel, which aired video footage