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Three Filipinos working for a U.S. construction firm were kidnapped in southern Nigeria early Friday, a day after a German was abducted in a region where the handling of oil revenue has caused strife between multinational companies and local communities. Four armed men blocked the vehicle of the Baker Hughes Inc. employees on the road, fired in the air and then took them hostage, according to a colleague who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press. Full Story