Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government aircraft is pictured at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2013, ahead of its departure for Algeria later in the day. Tokyo dispatched the aircraft to Algiers to bring home the bodies of seven Japanese as well as seven survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis. Three other Japanese employees of engineering firm JGC Corp. remain unaccounted for.

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