Read more MEND stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4262/mend.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 05:54:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16853/nigerian-rebels-seek-help-from-clooney.htmlKevin Spak<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=65677&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401023032' border='0' />Nigeria’s top rebel group urged George Clooney to come heal their war-torn land today, the AP reports. The militants, who often pressure officials by blowing up oil pipelines, promised to work with Clooney “and other credible peace makers" to cool off fighting in Nigeria. Clooney gave no immediate response to...Actor George Clooney attends the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala presented by Bulgari at Cipriani's 42nd Street, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)http://www.newser.com/story/16853/nigerian-rebels-seek-help-from-clooney.htmlSat, 19 Jan 2008 19:21:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/3928/kidnappers-threaten-toddlers-life.htmlSam Gale Rosen<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=10617&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034237' border='0' />Kidnappers in Nigeria have threatened to kill a 3-year-old girl unless her father takes her place, and negotiations for her release have begun. Margaret Hill's mother interrupted an interview today to join officials in bargaining for her safe return, Reuters reports, after recounting a chilling conversation in which an abductor...Militants wearing black masks, military fatigues and carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers patrol the creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, in this Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 file photo. Six foreign oil workers were kidnapped and a Nigerian sailor was killed when dynamite-wielding gunmen attacked an oil vessel early Tuesday, May 1, 2007, a navy spokesman said.(AP Photo/George Osodi, File)http://www.newser.com/story/3928/kidnappers-threaten-toddlers-life.htmlFri, 06 Jul 2007 07:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3887/uk-toddler-kidnapped-in-nigeria.htmlSam Gale Rosen<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=10399&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034252' border='0' />A three-year-old British girl was kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta today. The abduction comes after five oil workers were kidnapped yesterday. Militant groups who want a larger share of Nigeria's oil profits to go to the poor have taken more than 100 foreign hostages this year, the BBC...Members of Movement for the Emancipation for the Niger Delta, (MEND) a militant group patrol the creeks in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, in this Feb. 24, 2006 file photo. MEND, the militant group whose oil-region attacks have caused global crude prices to spike announced a one-month cease-fire Saturday June 2, 2007, offering Nigeria's new president an opening to solve the crisis roiling Africa's oil giant. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)http://www.newser.com/story/3887/uk-toddler-kidnapped-in-nigeria.htmlThu, 05 Jul 2007 07:06:12 CDT