Nigerian army moves on militants
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Troop reinforcements and gunboats are sent to a Nigerian oil platform occupied by militants since Sunday.
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US and Iraqi forces battled their way into the heart of this Sunni stronghold Friday and moved house to house in search of militants in
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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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Nigerian militants said they  planned to release 11 foreign hostages in the oil producing  Niger Delta on Monday and state authorities said they were on  their way to collect them.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Militants have targeted more Iraqi police stations and checkpoints in a series of attacks that killed 24 people, including 19 police officers.
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A group of gunmen wearing security force uniforms invaded a compound in restive southern Nigeria and kidnapped four foreign oil workers without firing a shot, police said Saturday.
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Security forces in Nigeria say they have killed 27 Muslim militants who staged attacks in the north east.
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Militants in the country's tribal belt seem to be maneuvering for time and space, analysts say.
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LAGOS, Nigeria - A gunbattle between security forces and Islamic militants fighting to create a Taliban-style state in northern Nigeria left 29 people dead, most of them militants, police said Friday.    In the southern oil region, meanwhile, clashes between troops and tribal militia fighters forced oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell to evacuate two facilities, the company said...
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The Nigerian army said on Friday routine  patrols were still operating in the Niger delta despite a truce  agreed between the government and rebel militia while talks  proceed in the capital Abuja.
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The attack has highlighted fears that insurgents facing military crackdowns are shifting to remoter regions.
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Nigeria is working to soon restore losses in oil production because of militant attacks on some pipelines, the country's finance minister said Tuesday.
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The Nigerian army killed 24 Islamic militants who had taken refuge in the mountainous northeastern region bordering Cameroon, the spokesman for the northeastern state of Borno said.
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Gunmen attacked an oilfield on Sunday in Nigeria&#39;s southern Bayelsa State being guarded by soldiers after nine militants were killed by the army in the same area recently, an official said.
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Nigerian security forces said they would flush out members of an armed Islamic extremist group holed up on mountains on the border with Cameroon in a matter of hours.
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The largest militant group in Nigeria's volatile oil-rich region called for a truce this week after the country's new president promised improvements for the people.
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A Nigerian militant group says it has killed nine government soldiers in a gun battle in the Niger Delta.