Nigerian militants to keep hostages over Christmas
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A Nigerian militant group said on Monday it intended to keep four foreign hostages snatched last Thursday from an oil export terminal until after Christmas but will be treating them well.
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Nigerian oil militants say they have seized four foreigners and threaten more attacks ahead of an Opec summit.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo promised to deal &quot;firmly&quot; with kidnappers of foreign oil workers in the Niger Delta after a string of hostage takings and releases in recent days.
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The drama of foreign oil workers kidnapped for ransom in restive southern Nigeria plays out so often that it seems the hostage takers, the oil giants and the army follow a script &#151; one that usually ends peacefully with the captives released unharmed.
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Separatists holding two Italians and a Lebanese national hostage in the volatile Niger Delta said they would not consider releasing them until after elections due in May.
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Armed men kidnapped five foreigners in oil-rich southern Nigeria early Wednesday, the same day the country&#39;s most prominent militant group announced it would end a truce with the government.
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YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian militants freed 12 foreign hostages and one Nigerian in the oil-producing Niger Delta on Monday as a prelude to peace talks with the incoming government of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
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THE deadline set by insurgents who have threatened to execute a kidnapped Briton and two Americans ran out last night. The three were among dozens of hostages being held by militant groups.
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The Sudanese government and the main southern rebel group say they are continuing peace talks through Christmas to try to fulfill a promise to reach a final deal before the end of the year.
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YENAGOA, Nigeria  - Nigerian militants freed 12 foreign hostages in the oil producing Niger Delta on Monday as a prelude to peace talks with the incoming government of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
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Militants in Nigeria's volatile Nigeria Delta say they will not extend a month-long ceasefire which expires shortly.
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THE kidnappers of British aid worker Margaret Hassan last night threatened to turn her over to the group which beheaded Ken Bigley if the British Government refuses to pull its troops out of Iraq.
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Militants who beheaded an American  hostage in Iraq threatened to kill another U.S. captive and a  Briton on Tuesday, as relatives and diplomats pleaded for their  release.
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KABUL, NOVEMBER 7: Afghan militants who threatened to kill three kidnapped UN workers have demanded the release of 26 Taliban prisoners and agreed to give the government until Tuesday to do so, a spokesman for the militants said on Sunday.
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Nigerian security agents have stepped up efforts to secure the release of four foreign oil and gas workers who were taken prisoner this week in the restive Niger Delta.
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Islamic militants holding two Chinese  engineers hostage in Pakistan threatened to kill one on Monday  unless security forces ended a siege of their hideout.
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Militants threaten to execute three Western hostages unless all female Iraqi prisoners are set free.