Foreign oil workers released in Nigeria
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Six foreign oil workers who were kidnapped from an offshore oil field in the Niger Delta were released Tuesday after three days in captivity, officials said.
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Militants freed around 25 kidnapped  Nigerian oil workers on Wednesday but five abducted expatriates  were still missing in another part of the Niger Delta after an  unprecedented attack on a residential compound.
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Militants freed around 25 kidnapped Nigerian oil workers on Wednesday but five abducted expatriates were still missing in another part of the Niger Delta after an unprecedented attack on a residential compound.
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Three Jordanian truck drivers kidnapped in Iraq last week have been released and returned home Tuesday, a government official said.
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All Royal Dutch Shell contractors kidnapped in Nigeria this week have been freed by their captors, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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Three foreign UN workers taken hostage last month in Afghanistan are released, officials say.
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Three foreigners and four Nigerians were kidnapped Sunday from an oil rig run by Anglo-Dutch giant Shell off southern Nigeria, industry and security sources said.
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The two-year-old son of a Nigerian chief is freed, as oil militants hold talks with the government.
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Four American hostages taken from Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region were released on Wednesday after three weeks in captivity, authorities said.
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At least seven oil workers are reportedly seized by gunmen as they lay pipelines off Nigeria's southern coast.
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A group of 24 Filipino seamen held hostage in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region are freed after weeks in captivity.
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Kidnappers in Nigeria's  oil-producing Niger Delta have released an American engineer  and his Nigerian driver held captive since January 23,  authorities said on Sunday.
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A Briton was one of four foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria on Friday, the Foreign Office confirms.
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Three Indian truck drivers taken hostage by Iraqi militants have been released, Al Arabia news channel said on Wednesday. The truckers&#39; employers, Kuwait-Gulf Link company, confirmed the development.
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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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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Kidnappers in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta have released an American engineer and his Nigerian driver held captive since January 23, authorities said on Sunday.
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Gunmen released a British hostage in Nigeria but a Filipina became the latest kidnap victim in the oil-rich Niger Delta where the taking of foreigners shows no sign of letting up.