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07/15/2004:

"U.S. military talks to Nigeria over Gulf of Guinea"

ABUJA, Nigeria — A top U.S. general has held talks with Nigerian military chiefs on security in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, set to become one of the world's top oil supply hubs within a decade, officials said Tuesday.

The world's largest energy consumer is keen to protect a series of huge oil discoveries in the gulf, controlled by several politically unstable states including Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome, and Angola.

Full Article : enn.com