Article: Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of Nigeria

Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of Nigeria -- By Bosen' and Li Huailin

LAGOS, July 12 (Xinhua)-- Gunmen kidnapped two foreign workers with a German construction firm in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt in Nigerian on Friday.

More than 200 foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta since early 2006. Though almost all have been released unharmed, but the ransom the militants have extorted from them was much more than people can imagine.

The militants, who said they are fighting for greater local control of the region's oil resources, launched a campaign of violence against the oil industry in early 2006 that has shut a fifth of Nigerian output.

Several armed groups ...

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