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Nigeria gunmen kidnap two French expatriates
03 Aug 2008 14:23:51 GMT
Source: Reuters
ABUJA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Gunmen have kidnapped two French expatriates near Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt in the restive Niger Delta, an army spokesman said on Sunday.

"Two French citizens were kidnapped," said Lieutenant-Colonel Sagir Musa, army spokesman for Rivers state. (Reporting by Randy Fabi; Editing by Tume Ahemba)


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REFILE - UPDATING CAPTION A file photo taken in April 2008 shows Berge Sisar, a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker from which gunmen kidnapped eight foreign oil workers off Nigeria's Niger ...



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