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Two foreign workers kidnapped in Nigeria
23 Jan 2007 07:03:57 GMT
Source: Reuters

ABUJA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Two foreign construction workers were kidnapped by gunmen on their way to work on Tuesday morning in Nigeria's southern oil city Port Harcourt, police said.

Rivers State police commissioner Felix Ogbaudu said the two men were American nationals working for local construction firm Pivot. But an oil industry security source said the two men were British.
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Militants guard Philipino hostages in the creeks of the Niger delta region of Nigeria January 30, 2007. Thousands of foreign workers and their families have left Africa's top oil producer since a faceless new militant group launched unprecedented attacks on the places where they work, live and relax. Picture taken January 30, 2007. To match feature NIGERIA-OIL