Nigeria Militants Report Clash, Vow More Oil Worker Kidnappings

Militants whose attacks have shut down about a quarter of Nigeria's oil production said their forces killed three government soldiers two days ago and vowed to kidnap more foreign oil workers in the Niger River delta.

``Our units have been directed to capture more expatriates across the Niger delta,'' Jomo Gbomo, a spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, said today in an e-mailed statement.

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