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Gunmen abduct Lebanese worker in Nigeria oil delta
28 Feb 2007 16:34:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Nigeria violence

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Gunmen abducted a Lebanese construction worker near the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta, police said on Wednesday.

The kidnapping, at Mbiama community in Rivers state, brought to nine the number of foreigners held by armed groups in the lawless delta, which accounts for all of Nigeria's oil production.


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