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UPDATE 1-Gunmen kidnap Canadian, Scottish oil workers from Nigerian oil rig

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UPDATE 1-Gunmen kidnap Canadian, Scottish oil workers from Nigerian oil rigGunman kidnapped three oil workers from Canada, Scotland and Nigeria at a rig in Nigeria’s Delta region on Saturday, officials said – the second abduction in the area in less than a week. The attackers raided the rig owned by Niger Delta Petroleum Resources in Ogbele, Rivers State at around 8 a.m. (0700 GMT), the spokesman for the area’s military operations, Major Ibrahim Abubakar, said. The Niger Delta produces the bulk of Nigeria’s crude.