Militants release list of hostages

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -Nigeria's main militant group in the oil-rich southern delta on Friday issued a list of hostages it had taken from an attack on an offshore oil rig, with at least one name matching that of a US worker believed to be held.

In an e-mail, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) identified the seven men taken from a rig operated by London-based Afren PLC - which includes two US workers, one Canadian, two French and two Indonesians. The e-mail described the men as being "in good health and (they) will be in our custody for a while".

"Our fighters (caused) extensive damage on this facility and attempted to set it ablaze as they were instructed to do," the e-mail read.