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Free Speech Radio News lineup - Monday, February 20, 2006

ATTACKS IN NIGER DELTA Royal Dutch Shell has suspended half of it's operations in the Niger Delta region. In the past 3 days, militant groups have attacked a number of Shell's facilities and kidnapped 9 foreign oil workers. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. The kidnapped oil workers included 3 Americans, 2 Thais, and a Briton. The kidnapped workers are being held by a militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. The group also claims responsibility for a number of attacks carried out in the last 3 days on Shell oil installations. This includes oil pipelines and an oil ex…