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Algeria finds dead Canadian militants as siege toll rises
Source: Reuters
Algeria finds dead Canadian militants as siege toll rises
By Lamine Chikhi
ALGIERS | Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:19am EST
(Reuters) - Algerian forces have found the bodies of two Canadian Islamist fighters after a bloody siege at a desert gas plant, a security source said on Monday, as the death toll reached at least 80 after troops stormed the complex to end the hostage crisis.
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal is expected to give details on Monday about the siege near the town of In Amenas, which left American, British, French, Japanese, Norwegian, Filipino and Romanian workers dead or missing.
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By Lamine Chikhi
ALGIERS | Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:19am EST
(Reuters) - Algerian forces have found the bodies of two Canadian Islamist fighters after a bloody siege at a desert gas plant, a security source said on Monday, as the death toll reached at least 80 after troops stormed the complex to end the hostage crisis.
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal is expected to give details on Monday about the siege near the town of In Amenas, which left American, British, French, Japanese, Norwegian, Filipino and Romanian workers dead or missing.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/21/us-sahara-crisis-idUSBRE90F1JJ20130121
