Chinese oil workers 'kidnapped by Colombia rebels'

alp227

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Thu Jun-09-11 02:31 AM
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Chinese oil workers 'kidnapped by Colombia rebels'

Source: BBC News

Three Chinese oil workers and another foreigner have been kidnapped in southern Colombia, officials say.

The abducted men work for Emerald Energy, a UK-based subsidiary of Chinese oil firm Sinochem.

The men were seized while driving near the town of San Vicente de Caguan in Caqueta province, said local government official Edilberto Ramon Endo.

He blamed the kidnapping on guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13708377

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Thu Jun-09-11 03:44 AM
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1. Let the Chinese be the bully on the block everybody hates for a while nt

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Thu Jun-09-11 05:13 AM
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2. China obtains a lot of mineral resources from South America.

There is a "boom" in mining activity there.

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