Britons advised to leave 'unsafe' Niger Delta
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The Foreign Office today advised all British nationals to leave the Niger Delta in Nigeria following a series of kidnappings of foreign oil workers.
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HOSTAGE Margaret Hassan was last night shown on a new video pleading for British troops not to be sent to Baghdad. As the Black Watch headed towards the &quot;triangle of death&quot; outside the Iraqi
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Nigeria's president vows tough action after a spate of kidnappings of foreign workers in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
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BAGHDAD: Hundreds of British soldiers left southern Iraq on a risky mission closer to Baghdad on Wednesday to free up US forces for a possible assault on rebel-held Fallujah, as Tokyo stood firm after militants threatened to behead a Japanese hostage.
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Nigerian villagers have ended their three-day occupation of three oil installations in the Niger Delta. Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell said the protestors on its two plants had departed to nearby village Freetown, on Tuesday.
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The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, withdraws hundreds of workers from oil facilities in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta.
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The deaths of three British soldiers in Iraq intensifies the controversy over the decision by Tony Blair&#39;s government to send British troops to a more dangerous area and experts say worse is sure to come.
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Tuareg-led rebels in northern Niger called on all foreign mining companies to withdraw their expatriate staff from the West African state for their own safety after they kidnapped a Chinese executive on Friday.
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Britain will evacuate about 400 of its nationals and others from the Ivory Coast due to the deteriorating situation there, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.
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Â· Siege fear as Britain plans handover to Iraqis Â· Commanders say they expect attacks to increase
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Between 200 and 300 expatriates were expected to have been flown out of the west African state by tonight after the British army was called in to evacuate them.
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A junior British minister said that people living in camps after fleeing their villages because of conflict in Sudan's Darfur region lived in fear of leaving their temporary homes despite a greater presence now of aid workers.
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OIL giant Royal Dutch/Shell has evacuated two platforms in Nigeriaâs southern region, following clashes between troops and militia fighters.
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Gunmen released a British hostage in Nigeria but a Filipina became the latest kidnap victim in the oil-rich Niger Delta where the taking of foreigners shows no sign of letting up.
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Militiamen trying to wrest control of the oil-rich Niger Delta threatened on Tuesday to launch a "full-scale armed struggle" on petroleum-pumping operations in Africa's largest crude oil producing nation, urging foreign oil workers to leave the region.
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Iraqi-British hostage Margaret Hassan has  urged Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq and free Iraqi  women prisoners, Al Jazeera reported Wednesday.
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Nigerian oil workers' unions are to stage a brief strike protest at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.