Amnesty International
Jun 29 2009, Sarkis

Nigeria’s main militant group said its fighters had attacked an oil facility belonging to Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta on Monday, in the face of an amnesty offer from President Umaru Yar’Adua.

Shell said it had shut in some production as a...

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