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Shell pulls families from Nigeria after car bomb

By Tom Ashby
Reuters
Thursday, December 21, 2006; 5:48 AM

LAGOS (Reuters) - The largest oil operator in Nigeria, Royal Dutch Shell, evacuated expatriate staff dependants from the Niger Delta on Thursday after militants planted a car bomb in a residential compound, the company said.

The withdrawal began hours after armed militants stormed an oil facility operated by France's Total in the delta's Rivers state, killing three police officers.





Shell's pullout involves about 400