Nigerian militants ask for US mediation
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Militants behind attacks on Nigeria's oil infrastructure have asked the United States and President Bush to mediate to try to end a crisis that has seen foreign workers kidnapped and cut output of Africa's biggest producer.
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Militant group MEND is preparing attacks  on Nigerian oil facilities that could be preceded by  hostage-taking, the U.S. embassy said in a security notice on  Friday.
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The United States intensified pressure on Kenya's rival politicians to end a bloody political crisis as the country's foreign minister warned Sunday that any solution imposed by foreigners would ultimately fail.
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There are some signs of progress in resolving the Nigerian conflict that is riling global oil markets. The leader of militia fighters threatening to widen a battle for control of Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich south has
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The Federal Government yesterday revealed that security agencies are holding talks in Abuja with the leadership of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), led by Alhaji Asari Dokubo, over the continued unrest in the Niger Delta.
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prices to record highs and presented the US-backed interim government with is biggest crisis yet. &quot;Bring those Americans here to fight hand to hand,&quot; said one militant, biting his finger for emphasis.
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The main militant group in Nigeria's oil region offered Sunday to halt attacks if one of its leaders is released from prison in Angola, where he is being held on arms smuggling charges.
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The European Union, United States and  United Nations urged Kenya's feuding politicians on Saturday to  agree a peaceful and democratic end to violence that has killed  500 people since disputed December 27 polls.
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LAGOS, Nigeria - Insurgents in Nigeria&#39;s southern Niger Delta will begin an armed struggle to wrest control of the region&#39;s oil riches from the federal government starting Oct. 1, a rebel spokesman said Tuesday.
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LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigerian rebels fighting for sovereignty of the oil-producing Niger delta told oil companies in the world's seventh-largest exporter to halt production before they begin an ''all-out war&quot; on Oct. 1.
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Nigeria's oil militants say they are ready for dialogue with the new president, if certain conditions are met.
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Militants piled more pressure on the  United States' military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a  Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under death threat.
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Negotiators from the U.S. Soccer Federation and its union are scheduled to meet with a federal mediator on Thursday in an effort to resolve the dispute threatening to keep the regular players off the field for a World Cup qualifier next month.
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Angola extradited to Nigeria a man accused of leading a militant group that attacked foreign workers and installations in Africa's largest oil nation, an official said Friday.
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US military pressure against insurgents, coupled with Iraqi government efforts to negotiate, may be gaining traction.
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Rebel leaders from Sudan&#39;s Darfur region called on Thursday on Nigeria to intervene and kickstart African Union-sponsored talks on the crisis in the west of Sudan
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The US says it is closely watching the situation in Nigeria, where a rebel militia has threatened to attack oil production facilities and foreign oil workers.