Nigeria militants offer ceasefire
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The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta pledge to suspend attacks on oil installations for one month.
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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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YENAGOA, Nigeria  - 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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ABUJA, Sept 30  - A rebel leader in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich south was set to resume talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s government ahead of October 1 deadline set by the insurgents for oil multinationals and foreigners to pull out of Niger Delta, hub
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Iraqâs foreign minister today offered to âpacify, isolate and disruptâ Kurdish separatist rebels in northern Iraq.
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Two rival militias in Nigeria's Niger Delta, where unrest sent world oil prices soaring this week, promised they would stop fighting government forces and hand in their weapons, a statement from the Nigerian presidency said.
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Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's Waziristan region announce an end to their truce with the government.
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Kabul - Militants who have threatened to kill three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan were due to open talks with government negotiators on Sunday, raising hopes for a peaceful solution to the 10-day-old crisis.
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Nigeria's most prominent oil militant leader tells the vice-president he will try to help end violence in the Niger Delta.
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Armed men kidnapped five foreigners in oil-rich southern Nigeria early Wednesday, the same day the country&#39;s most prominent militant group announced it would end a truce with the government.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- The leader of militia fighters threatening to widen a battle for control of Nigeria's oil-rich south said yesterday he agreed to a tentative deal with President Olusegun Obasanjo to end fighting in Africa's leading petroleum exporter that has riled global oil markets.
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The Nigerian government has confirmed reports that rebel groups in the country&#39;s main oil producing region have agreed to a ceasefire.
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The United States warned Friday that Nigerian militants may be planning to expand their activities beyond the country's restive oil-producing southern regions.
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LAGOS, Nigeria  Â Militants in Nigeria's restive oil region on Saturday invited actor and peace activist George Clooney to visit the area and asked for U.N. intervention in their conflict.
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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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A prominent militant leader tells Nigeria's vice-president he will try to help end violence in the oil region.
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YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian militants freed 12 foreign hostages in the oil producing Niger Delta on Monday as a prelude to peace talks with the incoming government of President Umaru Yar'Adua.