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.
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- 2013/1/31 00:00:00
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