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 WARRI, Nigeria (AP) - Militants released photos of what they claimed were seven of nine foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria and threatened more attacks on the West African country's volatile oil industry and its workers.
The hostages were seized in a Feb. 18 assault on a barge belonging to a U.S. oil company in the Niger Delta's Forcados estuary. The captives included three Americans.
The militants are demanding a greater share of oil wealth for their impoverished region, which has remained poor despite the large amounts of oil flowing from it. Nigeria is Africa's top crude producer, exporting 2.5 million barrels a day.
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