4 More Hostages Taken in Nigeria; Rebels Seek Talks - New York Times

4 More Hostages Taken in Nigeria; Rebels Seek Talks - New York Times: "DAKAR, Senegal, June 2 — A militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said Saturday that it would temporarily cease its campaign of pipeline attacks, bombings and kidnappings to allow for a negotiated settlement of its grievances with the newly elected government.

The announcement by the group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, was made a day after four foreign oil workers were kidnapped from the office of an oil services firm in Port Harcourt, the center of the country’s oil industry, in a brazen attack by men dressed in police uniforms.

The kidnapped men, who were abducted Friday evening, were Dutch, Pakistani, British and French, according to their employer, Schlumberger, the international oilfield services company." Read complete post here.