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Free Speech Radio News lineup - Monday, January 16, 2006

ATTACK ON SHELL FACILITES CONTINUE IN NIGER DELTA Armed groups continue their attacks on oil installations in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. The oil facility targeted in yesterday's attack is a flow station belonging to the Anglo Dutch oil company Shell Petroleum. The company says "The attackers invaded the flow station in speedboats, burnt down two staff accommodation blocks, damaged the processing facilities and left." Some reports indicate that more than ten people, mainly soldiers, died during the attack. The Nigerian military remains silent about its casualt…