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Royal Dutch/Shell Cos. has resumed production at two pumping stations that were shut down three weeks ago by villagers demanding a greater local share of southern Nigeria's oil wealth.
AGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Royal Dutch/Shell Cos. has resumed production at two pumping stations that were shut down three weeks ago by villagers demanding a greater local share of southern Nigeria's oil wealth.
Hundreds of villagers had overrun two Shell pumping stations and one owned by ChevronTexaco Corp. at the height of the protest, on Dec. 5.