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Ten Indian hostages freed in Nigeria - sources
16 Jun 2007 07:55:48 GMT
Source: Reuters
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, June 16 (Reuters) - Nigerian militants released 10 Indian hostages, security and compnay sources said on Saturday.

The move followed the release on bail of former militia leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari on Thursday, whose imprisonment in 2005 triggtered a surge in violence in Africa's top oil exporter.

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Labourers smoke at a construction site in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri July 20, 2007. Political pressure has blocked a plan to put graphic pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, India's health minister said on Friday, seen as key in reducing the nearly 1 million deaths a year due to tobacco use.


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