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Hostage-takers Peacefully Leave Oil Rig off Nigeria

Youths who seized an oil rig off southern Nigeria released their last 43 hostages and left the rig peacefully Thursday, after the oil company agreed to discuss their demands, officials said. Nobody was harmed and the rig was “back to normal,” said Joe Jakpa, spokesman for Chevron Nigeria, a subsidiary of ChevronTexaco. Full Story