U.S.: Nigeria militants to broaden range
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The United States warned Friday that Nigerian militants may be planning to expand their activities beyond the country's restive oil-producing southern regions.
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Nigerian security agents have stepped up efforts to secure the release of four foreign oil and gas workers who were taken prisoner this week in the restive Niger Delta.
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A prominent militant leader tells Nigeria's vice-president he will try to help end violence in the oil region.
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There are some signs of progress in resolving the Nigerian conflict that is riling global oil markets. The leader of militia fighters threatening to widen a battle for control of Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich south has
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With the insurgency still a threat to Iraq&#39;s planned elections, the US force is about to expand to its highest level of the war even higher than the initial invading force in March 2003.
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A rebel group battling rival militias and government forces in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich delta has threatened to target oil installations in an escalation of the conflict.
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At a time when Iraqi insurgents are targeting local police officers and recruits for attack, the United States has raised by one-third -- to 135,000 -- the size of the Iraqi police force it says will be needed to help secure the country, according to information the administration has provided to Congress.
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Iraqi insurgents have extended their reach over large swaths of the country, including sections of the capital, making it unlikely the United States can
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INSURGENTS in Nigeriaâs oil-rich Niger river delta yesterday warned that they would launch &quot;a full-scale armed struggle&quot; against the central government on Friday, the 44th anniversary of independence from Britain.
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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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Police say up to 30 armed militants have been killed as a result of clashes in Nigeria&#39;s mountainous border region with Cameroon.
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There is mounting evidence that   the African continent will become the next Al Qaeda hotbed as   the militant group seeks to expand its global operations, a   senior expert on terrorism said.
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U.S. marines will train Mauritania's military in counter-insurgency tactics this month as the Islamic state straddling the Sahara confronts what diplomats see as an increased threat from al Qaeda.
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U.S. and other Western installations are at risk of terrorist attack in Africa's most-populous nation, and U.S. citizens should exercise vigilance in the West African nation, the U.S. Embassy said Thursday.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, pledged in his inaugural address Tuesday to work urgently to quell rising violence in the volatile Niger Delta, a major source of oil exports to the United States.
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The Iraq war, which for years has drawn militants from around the world, is beginning to export fighters to neighboring countries and beyond.
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Militants may be planning to attack commercial aircraft in Algeria, the U.S. and British governments told nationals living in the oil- and gas-exporting North African country.