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Algeria hostage crisis: Live Report
AFP, Published on 17/01/2013
» So the assault on an Algerian gas complex which aimed to free hostages from Islamists retaliating for France's military action in Mali has ended after hours of tense uncertainty.
Strike on Islamists 'kills 34 hostages'
AFP, Published on 17/01/2013
» Algerian military forces killed 34 hostages and 15 of their Islamist kidnappers in an assault on a remote desert gas field on Thursday, the ANI news agency quoted a spokesman for the kidnappers as saying
Algeria 'kills 50 people' in strike on Islamists
AFP, Published on 17/01/2013
» Algerian troops Thursday launched strikes on a gas complex where Islamists are holding dozens of foreigners killing nearly 50 people, most of them hostages, the kidnappers said.