Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

PARIS, France - Koichi Kawana, president of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp., arrives in Paris on Jan. 19, 2013, en route to Algeria to deal with a hostage crisis involving JGC staff. A total of 17 Japanese nationals were working at a gas plant in southeastern Algeria for JGC when Islamist militants seized the facility on Jan. 16.

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      IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo shows a square in an accommodation area at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government allowed the media access to the site of a recent hostage crisis for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later when the Algerian government launched a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.
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        IN AMENAS, Algeria - A bus carrying reporters enter an accommodation area at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government showed the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later when the Algerian government launched a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.
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          IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo shows a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.
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            Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

            IN AMENAS, Algeria - Reporters interview a person at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.
              Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

              Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

              IN AMENAS, Algeria - Soldiers guard a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.
                Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

                Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

                IN AMENAS, Algeria - Soldiers guard a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government shows the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.
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                  Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

                  IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo shows charred vehicles left near a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government showed the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later when the Algerian government launched a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.
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                    Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

                    IN AMENAS, Algeria - Journalists report on bullet marks on the wall of a cafe in an accommodation area at a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government showed the site of a recent hostage crisis to the media for the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later when the Algerian government launched a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.
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                      Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press

                      IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo shows military helicopters parked at an airport in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on Jan. 31, 2013. The Algerian government the same day showed journalists a local gas facility where a recent hostage crisis occurred, the first time since the incident. Islamist militants attacked the facility on Jan. 16 and the crisis ended violently four days later as the Algerian government decided to launch a full-scale assault. Thirty-seven foreign nationals who were held hostage and 29 militants died during the crisis.