Hostage death raises stakes in Nigerian oil crisis
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The death of a British hostage in Nigeria's oil-producing south in a shootout between kidnappers and troops raises the stakes for oil workers but is unlikely to change much for the industry, security experts said on Thursday.
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Attack helicopters battled speedboats full of armed fighters for control of key oil installations. Seven foreigners were abducted from a residential compound, and militants claimed dozens of soldiers were killed. Even by the standards of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta region, it has been a bloody week.
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A rebel group battling rival militias and government forces in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich delta has threatened to target oil installations in an escalation of the conflict.
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At least 34 people die in an oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria's commercial capital, officials say.
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Many people were feared killed in an oil pipeline explosion on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria&#39;s largest city, local media reported on Friday.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen kidnapped a Filipino woman in Port Harcourt in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta, the first known abduction of a woman in the anarchic region, and a Frenchman was seized in a separate incident.
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Armed men kidnapped four more foreign oil workers in Nigeria's southern oil city of Port Harcourt but released three Filipinos abducted more than 10 days ago in the latest of a series of incidents in volatile Niger Delta.
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A revolt in the African state is threatening to disrupt the country&#39;s most important export. Christian Allen Purefoy reports from Lagos on the latest conflict driving up the price of crude.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Hundreds of unarmed  Nigerian villagers, including women and children, seized three  oil platforms operated by multinational oil companies on  Sunday, shutting 90,000 barrels per day of production in a  dispute over jobs.
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Nigeria's president vows tough action after a spate of kidnappings of foreign workers in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
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Security is being beefed up in Nigeria's oil capital, Port Harcourt, after renewed violence left seven dead.
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Nigerian militants have kidnapped a Croatian worker on the troubled waterways of the Niger Delta, officials and the oil giant Shell said, amid rising tensions in Africa's biggest oil producing region.
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Nigerian kidnappers release an Italian oil worker abducted last week, while a Nigerian worker is found dead.
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One hostage was killed and another injured when Nigerian security forces attempted to rescue a group of seven foreign oil workers kidnapped by armed men in southern Nigeria, the Italian oil group Eni said in Rome.
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One of four foreigners kidnapped last week during an attack on oil installation in southern Nigeria that all the hostages are &quot;fine&quot;.
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Nigeria oil militants take control of an oil installation operated by Shell in the oil-rich southern Nigeria.
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Oil prices remained just below record  highs on Friday amid concern over possible conflict in  Nigeria's oil-producing delta region, where a two-day truce  between rebel militia and government forces is holding.