NEWS REPORTS ON THE PROTESTS

US oil GiantChevron Texaco suspends some of its exports after lightening stikes and protesting women stage an unprecedented peaceful 10 day occupation http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/demnow/dn20020723.html

Hands Up Or We Strip http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4466062,00.html

Siege On Chevron: Officials Seek Truce With Women http://allafrica.com/stories/200207110258.html

NIGERIA: Women's stand-off with Chevron-Texaco in day four http://cgi.worldnews.com/?action=display&article=14603076&t emplate=oil/indexsearch.txt&index=recent

Women Besieging ChevronTexaco Oil Terminal Meet Company Officials in Nearby Village http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-d 
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Oil Execs Meet Nigerian Occupiers http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-af/2002/jul/12/071200282.html

Village women paralyze oil giant in Nigeria http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=15861793

Nigerian women who seized oil terminal won't budge http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-nigeria14.html

Oil company appeases Nigerian women http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/07/15/nigerian-women.htm

Women Protesters Turn Down Pleas to Vacate Chevron Facilityhttp://allafrica.com/stories/200207160280.html

Women's Chevron siege endshttp://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/West_Africa/0,1113,2-11-998_1214213,00.html

Oil Company Seeks to End Hostage Standoff in Nigeria 

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Deal to end Nigeria oil protesthttp://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/07/16/nigeria.oilwomen.ap/index.html

Oil deal 'off', Nigerian women sayhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_2132000/2132494.stm

Siege On Chevron: 300 Oil Workers Released, 700 Still Held http://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=displaynews&doc_i d=NR20020717670.2_62e5000fb4bddc0e

Women demand signed document before leaving oil rig http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_630665.html

Women storm more Nigerian oil terminals http://www.online.ie/news/latest_world/viewer.adp?article=1788643

Oil Company and Nigerian Women Protesters Strike Deal 

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Crushing poverty spurs Nigerian women into oil standoff http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/07/17/nigeria.oilpoverty.
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Nigerian women storm five oil pipeline stations http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=772822002

Women seize 4 more oil facilities in Nigeria http://sunspot.net/news/nationworld/bal-te.nigeria18jul18.story?coll=bal% 2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines

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Nigerian oil terminal sit-ins spread http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/thursday/news_d3630675357ed05f00 55.html

Chevron Loses 100,000 BPD of Oil in Fresh Protest http://allafrica.com/stories/200207180145.html

Protests hit Chevron's Nigerian production http://www.news24.com/News24/Finance/Companies/0,4186,2-8-24_1215761,00.htm
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Women agree to talks in effort to end oil siege http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=765662002

Oil Production Resumes in Nigeria http://www.oilnews.com/p/ae/41b9f739b46a.html

Nigerian women leave oil plant http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_2136000/2136509.stm

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