One of nine Nigerian Oil hostages freed

Militants holding nine foreign oil workers hostage in Nigeria released one in the presence of reporters today, handing over a diabetic 69-year-old American after nearly two weeks in aptivity.

Militants holding nine foreign oil workers hostage in Nigeria released one in the presence of reporters today, handing over a diabetic 69-year-old American after nearly two weeks in captivity.

Macon Hawkins, of Kosciusko, Texas, was given over to the Nigerian military after militants surprised journalists by freeing him as the reporters visited militant strongholds in the oil-rich creeks of the southern Niger Delta.