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| Nine kidnapped Chinese workers safely released in Nigeria |
| 2007-02-05 |
| (Xinhua) -- Nine Chinese oil workers who were kidnapped last week by an armed group in Nigeria, were released safely on Sunday morning, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The nine were set free at 6:35 a.m. (Beijing time) following 11days of tough diplomatic efforts, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement. The released workers will return to China soon, she added. A Chinese oil company compound was attacked by an unidentified armed group in southern Nigeria on Jan. 25. Nine workers were kidnapped and the others moved to a safe place. |
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