Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 21, 2013, shows the building housing the headquarters of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp. in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The Japanese government and the company said the same day that seven JGC employees had been confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria.

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