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Nigerian militants to hold 6 oil workers till end-May
01 May 2007 14:34:50 GMT
Source: Reuters
LAGOS, May 1 (Reuters) - A Nigerian militant group said on Tuesday it abducted six foreign oil workers in an attack on a oil vessel in the Niger Delta.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it plans to hold the hostages -- four Italians, an American and a Croat -- until the end of May.
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Thousands of Indorama workers use trucks and vans to set up a blockade on a major road leading out of the Rivers state capital Port Harcourt, June 1, 2007, to protest against the kidnapping of their colleagues. Gunmen used dynamite and heavy machineguns to kidnap at least three senior managers of Indonesian chemical company Indorama in a pre-dawn raid on their residential estate in Nigeria's southern oil-producing delta, police said.



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