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Briton reported killed in kidnap raid in Algeria
David Cameron holds crisis Cobra meeting after claims that militant group is holding 41 hostagesA Briton and a French national have been killed in an attack by militants on a gas complex in the...
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French forces fighting 'hand-to-hand' in Diabaly
After five days of air strikes, French special forces launch major ground offensive as Islamists take cover in townFrench special forces and Malian government troops launched an offensive against...
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Algeria hostage crisis sparks fears of escalation across region
Sahel and Sahara region is home to a tangled mix of social and economic problems which shift seamlessly across bordersThe attack on the Algerian gas field has raised fears of the conflict in Mali...
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Islamist militants and Algerian troops in hostage standoff
One Briton killed and two wounded in initial attack, and several more Britons being held against their will at gas field buildingAlgerian troops were in a standoff on Wednesday night with Islamist...
View ArticleWilliam Hague condemns Algeria hostage attack - video
Speaking in Australia, foreign secretary William Hague condemns the Algerian jihadists with close ties to al-Qaida
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Wave of Iraq car bombs targets Shia Muslim pilgrims
At least 22 people have been killed in eruption of violence across country, threatening to inflame sectarian tensionsInsurgents have unleashed a string of bomb attacks mainly targeting Shia Muslim...
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Algeria hostages escape Islamist militant captors
Dozens of hostages including Algerians and foreigners are said to have fled jihadist group at Ain Amenas gas fieldFifty-five hostages – 30 Algerians and 25 foreigners – are reported to have escaped...
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Mr Marlboro: the jihadist back from the 'dead' to launch Algerian gas field raid
Mokhtar Belmokhtar is allegedly behind Ansema kidnapping, with possible motive being strained relations with fellow warlordsFor a man whose death in combat in the Malian city of Gao was announced last...
View ArticleDavid Cameron braced for 'very difficult news' of Algeria hostages - video
The prime minister, David Cameron, speaks on Thursday evening about the hostage crisis
View ArticleWilliam Hague gives reaction to Algeria hostage crisis - video
William Hague speaks in Australia on Friday to condemn the violence at an Algerian oil field
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Algerian hostage crisis: fewer Britons at risk than originally feared
Cameron tells Commons a British citizen was killed in assault at gas plant, but that number at risk is significantly lower than 30David Cameron has signalled that a number of Britons may have been...
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British intelligence team flies to Algeria to help with hostage release
MI6 and MI5 analysts, and consular staff, go to Algiers to help secure release of Britons being held at gas plantThe British government is flying a team of consular staff and intelligence analysts from...
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Algerian hostage siege: 'It could only have ended with a massive assault'
After 10 years of brutal civil war, Algeria maintains a no-negotiation, take-no-prisoners approach to insurgent assaultsAs the Algerian hostage siege continues and the death toll after an army assault...
View ArticleDavid Cameron tells MPs of terrorist attack on hostages in Algeria - video
The prime minister makes a statement in the House of Commons on Friday on the hostage crisis at an oil field in Algeria
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Algeria crisis: if al-Qaida is linked to refinery attack, the chain is very long
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb's name hides chaotic reality of groups to which suspect Mokhtar Belmokhtar pays no allegianceBack in the dim midst of what is in effect jihadi pre-history, Osama bin...
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Mali: fragile democracy and clumsy US policy | Simon Tisdall
Pentagon hawks argue for targeted strikes, but an expanding war could spark more Islamist attacks on western targetsThe Algeria hostage siege debacle, coming hard on the heels of France's intervention...
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Leon Panetta calls for 'relentless pressure on al-Qaida'
Outgoing US defence secretary says Nato ties must be strengthened to combat global threat of terrorismThe outgoing US defence secretary, Leon Panetta, has said there must be a fundamental change in the...
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Algerian hostage crisis: militants retain part-control of gas plant
Jihadist group surrounded by government forces after fierce battle that reportedly cost the lives of some 30 hostagesA small group of jihadists are still holding part of the In Amenas natural gas plant...
View ArticleAlgeria hostage crisis: oil company Statoil gives reaction - video
A spokesman for Statoil, which helps to run the Amena gas field, says it had 17 workers at the facility when terrorists attacked
View ArticleAlgeria hostage crisis: first Britons are released - video
Algerian TV footage of a group of hostages, including Britons, who are among the first to be released from the Amenas gas field
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