Obasanjo warns militants
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Abuja - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday warned that his government will not tolerate any &quot;undue militancy&quot; in the oil-rich Niger Delta or any action that would compromise the majority interest, in a speech to mark 44 years of independence
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has warned that &quot;terrorists&quot; are flooding into his country from across the Muslim world.
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A rebel leader who had threatened to attack multinational oil interests in Nigeria says he and President Olusegun Obasanjo have agreed that rebel and government troops will stop firing on each other immediately.
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Security forces have been on highest alert in Indonesia's restive Central Sulawesi province following warnings militants may be planning attacks, the region's police chief said on Friday.
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Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari said he arrived in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo after his group threatened a new offensive against troops in the oil-producing Niger delta and threatened to target oil workers.
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An audiotape purportedly from a leader of forces opposed to the US-led government in Iraq has urged fighters supporters to brace for new battles against US forces after the assault on Falluja.
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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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A prominent militant leader tells Nigeria's vice-president he will try to help end violence in the oil region.
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Security forces are on highest alert in Indonesia's restive Central Sulawesi province following warnings that militants may be planning attacks, the region's police chief said on Friday.
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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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One of Nigeria's most prominent opposition parties, Action Congress (AC), has accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of seeking to prolong his term in office.
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Nigerian oil militants say they have seized four foreigners and threaten more attacks ahead of an Opec summit.
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LAGOS, Nigeria: A union leader who called a nationwide strike to protest rising fuel prices in Nigeria warned that the strike could be extended if serious violence breaks out or the government refuses to consider its demands.
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The president of the breakaway republic of Somaliland on Saturday played down the rise of Islamic militants in the region but said if they tried to destabilize his territory, they would be treated as an enemy.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- New Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua vowed 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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ABUJA, Nigeria -- The leader of militia fighters threatening to widen a battle for control of Nigeria's oil-rich south said yesterday he agreed to a tentative deal with President Olusegun Obasanjo to end fighting in Africa's leading petroleum exporter that has riled global oil markets.
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Two rival militias in Nigeria's Niger Delta, where unrest sent world oil prices soaring this week, promised they would stop fighting government forces and hand in their weapons, a statement from the Nigerian presidency said.