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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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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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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Nigeria launched an offensive yesterday against a separatist rebel group that has told multinational oil companies to shut their installations by tomorrow ahead of &quot;an all-out war on the Nigerian state&quot;.
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Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo Asari assured his arch rival in the battle for the control of oil resources in the Niger Delta, Ateke Tom that he was ready to make peace.
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Militants who have threatened to kill three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan were due to open talks with government negotiators, raising hopes for a peaceful solution to the 10-day-old crisis.
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YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Militants released 12 foreign hostages in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta as a prelude to peace talks with the government, a state government spokesman said.
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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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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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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.
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Nigeria's government tells all oil firms that fled militant attacks in the Niger Delta to return or cease work.
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A rebel Nigerian warlord withdrew a threat to shut oil operations in the world&#39;s seventh largest exporter Friday as part of a peace deal negotiated with the government.
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Nigerian miliants in the oil-rich Delta end a voluntary ceasefire saying talks with the government have failed.
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Rebels in Nigeria's Delta region agree to halt attacks on oil installations and launch democratic struggle.
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The Nigerian army said on Friday routine  patrols were still operating in the Niger delta despite a truce  agreed between the government and rebel militia while talks  proceed in the capital Abuja.
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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 Nigerian government and rebel militia  fighting in the oil-producing Niger Delta agreed a truce on  Wednesday while talks took place on rebel demands for autonomy,  a rebel leader said.