Nigeria rebel leader cites deal
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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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A rebel Nigerian warlord withdrew a  threat to shut oil operations in the world's seventh largest  exporter Friday as part of a peace deal negotiated with the  government.
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Rebel groups in Nigeria's Delta region have agreed to stop hostilities against the government, officials confirm.
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The leader of rebels in Nigeria's Niger Delta, the hub of the country's oil wealth, where unrest sent world crude prices soaring this week, said his group had no quarrel with multinationals operating in the region.
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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 rebel warlord Mujahid Dokubo- Asari said he has agreed to a cease-fire with President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s government while the two sides hold talks on autonomy for the oil-rich Niger Delta, Reuters reported.
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Rebels in Nigeria's oil producing Niger  Delta on Saturday invited the United Nations' new "messenger of  peace," actor George Clooney, to step into its conflict with  the government over oil wealth.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Friday that he had agreed to discuss the grievances of an ethnic militia group that is threatening to shut down oil production in the southeast of the country, but warned that he would do nothing to undermine
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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
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Nigeria has paid the pensions of the former leader of the Biafran secessionist force and 63 rebels as part of efforts to heal wounds from the bloody civil war 40 year ago, officials said Tuesday.
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Nigerian rebel warlord Mujahid  Dokubo-Asari said on Wednesday he had agreed a cease-fire with  the government while talks take place on his demands for  autonomy in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta.
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A top militant leader freed on bail said Tuesday that armed groups in Nigeria's restive south will halt attacks on oil installations to give the new government a chance to deal with the region's problems.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria : The leader of rebels in Nigeria&#39;s Niger Delta, the hub of the country&#39;s oil wealth, where unrest sent world crude prices soaring this week, said his group had no quarrel with multinationals operating in the region.
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The Nigerian government and rebel militia  fighting in the oil-producing Niger Delta agreed a preliminary  cease-fire while talks took place on rebel demands for  autonomy, a rebel leader said on Wednesday.
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The leader of a Nigerian rebel militia,  whose threats to the nation's oil industry have lifted world  oil prices, said peace talks would resume on Thursday following  a truce agreed with the government.
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A rebel warlord accused the Nigerian  government of violating a cease-fire and threatened to blow up  a gas plant on Friday, reviving a threat to Nigerian oil  operations which has driven crude prices to a record high.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - A tentative truce between rebels and government troops in Nigeria's oil-rich south appeared to be holding Thursday as the two sides held a second round of talks in the capital, officials said.