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DANIEL BALINT-KURTI, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
09-23-2005
Dateline: LAGOS, Nigeria
Chevron has shut down two oil flow stations, Shell has evacuated workers and the army was on high alert amid unrest in Nigeria's oil-rich delta, the companies said Friday.

A separatist militia group has threatened oil installations after the government arrested its leader and said it would charge him with treason, a capital offense. The group has given the government until Saturday to release its leader.

Nigeria is the world's eighth largest oil exporter and the fifth main supplier to the United States, with a daily total output of about 2.5 million barrels.

Brig. Gen. Elias Zamani, a military ...

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