Nigeria oil workers call off strike
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The two main oil-worker unions in Nigeria said they called off a strike planned for Monday to protest insecurity in the restive petroleum-producing region pending a meeting with President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Nigeria ordered immediate cuts in domestic fuel prices today in a bid to avert a looming general strike that unions say will target oil exports.
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Oil workers in a key Nigerian petroleum center said they would go ahead with a strike planned Monday unless two expatriate oil executives blamed for cutting worker benefits heed their call to leave the country.
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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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Rebels tell companies to shut down ahead of a planned offensive; firm sees no reason to comply. LAGOS  - Nigeria&#39;s largest oil producer Royal Dutch Shell Group said it saw no reason to discontinue
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Talks aimed at averting an  explosion of fighting in Nigeria's oil production hub were  salvaged Friday when the government called off gunships and  helicopters sent to attack rebel militia.
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Abuja - Nigerian unions have threatened to extend their nationwide general strike, which entered its third day on Wednesday, continuing concerns about production in Africa&#39;s biggest oil-exporting nation.
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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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Nigeria's main umbrella union said Sunday it would go ahead with a general strike in Africa's top oil producer Monday to protest against rising domestic fuel prices.
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The Nigerian government agreed to cut  gasoline pump prices by 8 percent on Monday and called on  unions to call off an indefinite general strike over fuel due  to start on Tuesday, a top lawmaker said.
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LAGOS, Nigeria  - Nigeria's main labour union on Monday indefinitely suspended a looming countrywide strike that had threatened to shut down the oil industry in the world's No. 7 exporter.
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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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LAGOS - Nigerian unions began a four-day strike on Monday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs although shipments from Africa&#39;s top producer were unaffected.
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Unions call off a strike at Volkswagen's largest plant in Brazil, after the German firm suspends job cut plans.
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Nigeria&#39;s main umbrella union has said it will go ahead with a general strike in Africa&#39;s top oil producer on Monday to protest against rising domestic fuel prices.
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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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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