Foreign Hostages in Nigeria Freed
Aljazeera.net, Qatar
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Four foreign oil workers held hostage by Nigerian militants have been released and are well.
A government spokesman said the hostages, an American, Briton, Bulgarian and Honduran, were released on Monday.
A militant Ijaw group with apparent links to the kidnappers had sent an email on Sunday agreeing to the hostages' release as a goodwill gesture to the international community.
The hostages were abducted from an offshore oilfield in the Niger Delta operated by Royal Dutch Shell on 11 January.
Jan 30, 2006
Aljazeera.net, Qatar
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Four foreign oil workers held hostage by Nigerian militants have been released and are well.
A government spokesman said the hostages, an American, Briton, Bulgarian and Honduran, were released on Monday.
A militant Ijaw group with apparent links to the kidnappers had sent an email on Sunday agreeing to the hostages' release as a goodwill gesture to the international community.
The hostages were abducted from an offshore oilfield in the Niger Delta operated by Royal Dutch Shell on 11 January.
Jan 30, 2006
