Algeria shows hostage crisis site to press
IN AMENAS, Algeria - Journalists visit a gas facility in In Amenas, eastern Algeria, on a press tour organized by the Algerian government on Jan. 31, 2013, as the Algerian government showed journalists the site of a recent hostage crisis for 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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- ILEA001179214
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- 2013/1/31 00:00:00
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- Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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