Good News! Xinhua:

hree Western oil workers, including two Americans and a Briton, were released on Monday after being held in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta for more than one month, but their captors immediately threatened more attacks on oil facilities.

"They were released to the state government at about 3:20 a.m. (0220 GMT) this morning," Abel Oshevire, spokesman for the Delta state government told Xinhua by telephone. "They are all in good health and with (Royal Dutch) Shell officials, their employer." ...

Oshevire said the government had assured the Ijaw militants belonging to Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta MEND)that they would not be attacked by the Nigerian army after the release.

"There were no conditions. They yielded to the governor plea to allow peace to prevail," he added.

The MEND confirmed the release in an e-mail to Xinhua. "No deal was reached. It was done at the instance of the communities which invited us," said Jomo Gbomo, a self-described spokesman for the militants, in the e-mail. "These communities are satisfied that they will be no longer attacked by the Nigerian military."

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