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25 More Bodies Found At Algerian Plant [VIDEO]

Townsquare News Network — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:08:27 +0000

An Algerian security official says bomb squads scouring a gas plant where radical Islamists took dozens of foreign workers hostage have found 25 more bodies.

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Algeria: 32 Militants Killed, With 23 Hostages [VIDEO]

Townsquare News Network — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:55:23 +0000

Algeria says it was trying to "avoid a bloody turn of events" when its special forces stormed the natural gas complex in the Sahara where al-Qaida-linked militants were holding more than 100 foreign workers hostage.

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American Worker Found Dead In Algeria

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:41:18 +0000

U.S. officials say an American worker at a natural gas complex in Algeria has been found dead.

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Americans Still Held Hostage in Algeria, State Dept. Says

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:52:26 +0000

The Obama administration said Friday it was trying to secure the release of Americans still being held hostage on the third day of a standoff with militants at a natural gas complex in the Sahara, as other U.S. citizens were being flown out of the country for recovery in Europe.

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Panetta: US-British Working To Free Hostages

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:19:51 +0000

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. is working with the British and Algerian governments to assess what's happening on the ground at a natural gas complex in the Sahara where Islamic militants are holding hostages from at least 10 countries.

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