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Two hostages released in Nigeria -security sources
10 Oct 2007 05:55:32 GMT
Source: Reuters
LAGOS, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Two oil workers kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria, a Colombian and a Filipino, were released overnight in good health after 12 days in captivity, security sources said on Wednesday.

The two men were seized by gunmen disguised as soldiers from an oil industry construction yard on Sept. 27 in Port Harcourt, the largest city in Nigeria's southern oil heartland. A Colombian colleague was shot dead during the abduction.
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RNPS PICTURES OF THE YEAR - A woman walks through Olusosun rubbish dump in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos April 18, 2007. A fire tore through a makeshift village built atop the dump site on Wednesday, razing hundreds of shacks and leaving many people who scavenge waste material without shelter. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (NIGERIA)



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