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Gunmen kidnap French worker in Nigerian oil city
08 Feb 2007 07:11:26 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Nigeria violence

ABUJA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped a Frenchman working on contract for oil giant Total <TOTF.PA> in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt late on Wednesday, a Total spokesman said on Thursday.

The spokesman said the man, who is married to a Nigerian woman, was snatched just outside his house. Thirty other foreigners are already being held in the lawless delta.


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