Nigerians Hijack Shell Boat. 10 Oil Workers Held
Villagers seized a Shell contracted boat off Nigeria's coast detaining 10 workers including one American, four Ghanaians, one Filipino, and four Nigerians. The captors demand jobs and oil contracts for safe release as drilling stops at the EA field rig. Authorities plan a follow up meeting in Yenagoa.
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Abuja
Nigeria
Shell Oil
Amatu
Bayelsa State
Shell International
James Herbert
London
Shell
Herbert
Tidex Marine
Yenagoa
S Korea envoy urges North Korea to ease tensions dialogue
South Korean envoy Lim Dong-won met Kim Jong II in Pyongyang to urge a resumption of diplomacy with the United States and Seoul. He delivered a letter from President Kim Dae jung and carried a U S proposal for talks over North Korea s weapons program amid stalled dialogue and rising tensions.
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Seoul
South Korea
Kim Jong II
United States
Lim Dong-won
Pyongyang
Kim Hong-je
Lim
Kim Daejung
Kim
Koreas
North Korea
U.S
Washington
Kim Jong I
Korean
Clinton
Bush
White House
Ari Fleischer
China
Korean Peninsula
Foreign Ministry
Zhang Qiyue
U.N
KCNA
Pyonyang
Interim government vows to eradicate poppy crop in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's interim government pledged to wipe out the opium poppy crop, offering farmers 250 dollars per jirib destroyed starting Monday. Officials warned enforcement actions would follow for refusals, while funds from international partners would help finance farmers and labor jobs, as crop eradication aims to curb drug trade.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Ashraf Ghani Amatzai
Interior Ministry
Ghani Amatzai
Hamid Karzai
Nangarhar
Helmand
Taliban
Riots in Northern Ireland blamed on outlawed Protestant group
Police in Belfast blame the Ulster Defence Association for stoking days of clashes as gunfire and bombs rock the city. Officers report 13 injured and 15 plastic bullets fired while Catholic areas face attacks from Protestant mobs.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ardoyne
Alan McQuillan
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Limestone Road
Des Browne
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
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Mir Dad
Rodat
Nangarhar Province
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Raymond McCartney
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Ireland
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Assembly of God
Chuck
Danny Sons
OLN
Roswell
New Dexter Hwy
First United Methodist Church
Pennsylvania
Iichie Echols
Sr Pastor Fuss
Minssries
Donna Echols
Cox
Eileen Utton
Penny McDevitt
Dinator
Church of Christ
N. Richardson
Ken Morrison
Portales
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