Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Endo, public relations chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp., holds a press conference at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2013. Seven JGC employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria, while three others remain unaccounted for. A national flag at half-mast can be seen in the background.

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