Nigerian militants attack oil vessel, kidnapping U.S. worker, 5 others

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Gunmen armed with dynamite assaulted a Chevron Corp. tanker in Nigeria's southern oil-producing region early Tuesday, killing a Nigerian sailor and kidnapping an American oil worker and five other foreigners, authorities said.

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