Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - People board a Japanese government aircraft at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2013, ahead of its departure for Algeria. 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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