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LONDON, May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. and British governments are willing to help Nigeria address rampant crude oil theft from the Niger Delta, the petroleum minister said from London.

CNN reports: The European Commission raided the offices of Shell, BP and Norway’s Statoil this week as part of an investigation into suspected attempts to manipulate global oil prices spanning more than a decade.   None of the companies have been accused of wrongdoing, but the controversy has brought back memories of the Libor rate-rigging scandal that rocked the financial ...

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