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Algeria hostage crisis reportedly over

The hostage crisis at a gas complex in Algeria has been brought to a close according to Alge...
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16.52 19 Jan 2013


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Algeria hostage crisis reportedly over

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16.52 19 Jan 2013


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The hostage crisis at a gas complex in Algeria has been brought to a close according to Algerian state news

At least seven hostages are understood to have been killed along with 11 of their kidnappers.

The BP gas complex was seized by Islamist militants on Wednesday in response to the French military operation in Mali. 

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Irishman Stephen McFaul is expected to return home to Belfast today after he escaped the complex on Thursday.


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