Strike shuts Nigeria, but oil keeps flowing
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A general strike over a rise in fuel prices brought much of Nigeria to a standstill on Wednesday but oil exports from Africa's top producer were initially unaffected.
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A four-day general strike in Nigeria is expected to end shortly, with neither the unions nor government giving ground.
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Nigeria&#39;s main labor union on Monday lifted its threat of a nationwide strike that would have shut down the oil industry in the world&#39;s No.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Hundreds of unarmed  Nigerian villagers, including women and children, seized three  oil platforms operated by multinational oil companies on  Sunday, shutting 90,000 barrels per day of production in a  dispute over jobs.
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Nigerian unions Wednesday launched a potentially crippling general strike over a steep hike in petroleum prices in one of the world&#39;s foremost oil exporters.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - A Nigerian community,  which forced ChevronTexaco to shut in 20,000 barrels per day of  crude for weeks, has ended its dispute with the U.S. oil giant,  saying it can resume production.
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Unions vowed to extend a general strike over fuel prices in Nigeria to a second day on Tuesday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs even though shipments from Africa&#39;s top producer were unaffected.
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Nigerian unions on Monday suspended a general strike due to start on Tuesday after the government agreed to reduce domestic fuel prices, a union leader said.
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A FOUR-DAY general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africaâs largest oil producer. More strikes will follow if a 25 per cent price increase is not reversed, the largest trade union in
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Loading of oil tankers at Nigerian export terminals continued normally on Thursday, the second day of a general strike in Africa's top oil producer, ship agents and oil company officials said.
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A four-day national strike has begun in Nigeria in protest at a 25% increase in the cost of oil. Oil executives in Nigeria said they were confident there would be no immediate disruption to exports.
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Brent crude futures on the London oil market reached USD50 a barrel today as Nigerian oil workers went on strike. Nigerian unions launched a four-day general strike to protest rising fuel prices, but oil shipments
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NEW YORK - Oil prices continued their rise on Monday, as a general strike shut down Nigeria and a Moscow court upheld a billion dollar back tax demand on Yukos, Russia&#39;s largest oil producer.
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Nigerian unions threatened to disrupt power and water supplies on Friday after talks collapsed on the third day of a general strike to protest against a rise in fuel prices.
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Oil fell a dollar on Monday after Nigerian oil unions at the weekend suspended a two-day strike that had threatened to halt oil shipments from the world's eighth-largest oil exporter.
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Unions began a four-day strike against  rising fuel prices in Nigeria on Monday, helping drive world  oil prices to record highs even though shipments from Africa's  top producer were unaffected.
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Nigerian unions on Monday suspended a  general strike due to start on Tuesday after the government  agreed to reduce domestic fuel prices, union leaders said.