Fifteen killed in gang clash in Nigeria oil delta
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Gun battles between  rival gangs in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil-producing state of Rivers  erupted on Tuesday in violence linked to a change of governor,  killing 15 people, local rights activists said.
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Nigeria's army launched an offensive against a separatist rebel group which has threatened oil installations and workers in the southern Delta region, an army spokesman said.
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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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Armed men attacked a convoy in Nigeria's oil-rich southeastern delta Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle with security forces, a government security official said.
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Dozens of militants sank two military patrol boats in Nigeria's oil-rich, southern delta Monday in an attack that killed five soldiers and left nine others missing, an army spokesman said.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen attacked a Shell oil rig in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria early on Wednesday and kidnapped five expatriates, police and security sources said.
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A huge explosion rocked General Santos on Sunday, killing 15 people and injuring 58 at a public market, according to the latest tally from the military.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen attacked an oil drilling rig and kidnapped five expatriates in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria early on Wednesday, dealing a blow to a fledgling peace process in Africa's oil heartland.
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KANO, Nigeria  - Five policemen working for Nigeria's anti-drug enforcement agency were among seven people killed by a mob that mistook them for armed robbers in a remote northern village, a senior official said Friday.
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Attack on convoy of fuel tankers in Afghanistan leaves 15 guards employed by US security firm dead
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At least five Nigerian soldiers are killed in an attack by armed men in boats on an oil facility in the Niger Delta.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Militants in speed boats attacked Nigerian soldiers escorting a convoy supplying oilfields operated by Royal Dutch Shell on Monday, ending a month of relative quiet in the Niger Delta.
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Nearly 150 people have been slain in 3 days as militants try to derail plan for security force. â¢ Oil exports: Saboteurs wrecked a recently repaired pipeline junction in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Tuesday and the fire set off a cascade of power blackouts.
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BAGHDAD: At least 15 militants were killed in Mosul in a US-led effort to root out insurgency in Iraq, but fresh violence broke out in the heart of Baghdad when gunmen attacked police targets.
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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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At least 10 people were killed and dozens sustained burns in Nigeria&#39;s southern Delta state after adulterated kerosone they were using in their stoves exploded, police said Monday.
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Anambra state in Nigeria is tense after gangs set fire to the governor's office and other buildings, local officials say.