31.   Deep in the mangrove swamp of the Niger River Delta, Bello Orubebe pressed his nose against the window of a deserted houseboat once used by Shell oil workers.

32.   Ecopetrol president Antonio Jose Urdinola threatened to declare illegal any strike by oil workers and said authorities would adopt contingency plans to ensure the flow of oil.

33.   Elsewhere, a strike threatened by Norwegian oil workers boosted oil prices, while corn prices also gained.

34.   Elsewhere, a strike called for tomorrow by Norwegian oil workers boosted oil prices, while corn prices also gained.

35.   Farmers and homemakers, insurance agents and oil industry workers, dressed in bright, fringed, clown-like costumes and pointy hats.

36.   Foreign and Colombian oil workers fly by company plane into a special terminal at the Yopal airport.

37.   Guerrilla groups have systematically blown up oil pipelines, kidnapped oil workers and sought and received money from some companies in the oil sector in exchange for protection.

38.   He and six oil workers taken with him were charged with shooting a federal agent to death during the arrest.

39.   His speeches are carefully crafted for audiences ranging from Mexico City bankers to Oaxaca Indians to Veracruz oil workers, and they carry a sense of competence and earnestness.

40.   However, as he jumped between environmental symposiums, luncheons with oil workers, and street-widening ceremonies, Zedillo did not mention the PRI even once.