YENAGOA, Nigeria, Nov 7, SPA -- Kidnappers in Nigeria on Tuesday released an American and a Briton seized by gunmen in speedboats last week from a vessel off this country's oil-rich southern coast, a government official said. The two men taken hostage Thursday were freed andtransported by authorities to Yenagoa, capital of BayelsaState, said Ekiyor Welson, spokesman for the local stategovernment, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/401233