Nigerian oil delta seethes as militants are buried
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Masked rebels from Nigeria's  oil producing Niger Delta vowed revenge against the government  and oil companies during the weekend funerals in remote  mangrove forests of nine militants killed by troops.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has appointed a special adviser on the volatile oil-rich Niger delta, amid a spate of kidnappings of foreign oil workers in the region.
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A kidnapped British oil worker was killed and an Italian injured when Nigerian security forces attempted to rescue a group of seven foreign oil workers held hostage by armed men in the oil-rich Niger Delta, the Italian oil group Eni said in Rome.
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A Nigerian militant group, the Movement  for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has claimed  responsibility for a raid on an oil export terminal on Thursday  in which four expatriate workers were kidnapped.
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Nigerian military officials say they have ceased military operations in the oil rich Niger Delta following a peace deal between rival gangs but there were reports of fresh killings in one village.
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Suspected militants invaded a residential compound for foreign oil workers in Nigeria on Tuesday, killing two guards and kidnapping at least five expatriates, oil industry sources said.
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Attack helicopters battled speedboats full of armed fighters for control of key oil installations. Seven foreigners were abducted from a residential compound, and militants claimed dozens of soldiers were killed. Even by the standards of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta region, it has been a bloody week.
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Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region occupy an oil station, along with about 28 people - including soldiers.
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Militants in Nigeria's oil-producing region claim responsibility for the kidnapping of four foreign workers.
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Militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria free two Italian workers kidnapped last week.
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YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian militants freed 12 foreign hostages and one Nigerian 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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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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Rebels in Nigeria's Delta region agree to halt attacks on oil installations and launch democratic struggle.
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Many people were feared killed in an oil pipeline explosion on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria&#39;s largest city, local media reported on Friday.
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Troop reinforcements and gunboats are sent to a Nigerian oil platform occupied by militants since Sunday.
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At least five Nigerian soldiers are killed in an attack by armed men in boats on an oil facility in the Niger Delta.
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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.