Google News: Algeria launches 'final assault'; 7 hostages dead

Algeria's special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert in a final assault Saturday, killing 11 militants, but not before they in turn killed seven hostages, the state news agency reported.

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Algeria launches 'final assault'; 7 hostages dead  -  AIN AMENAS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria's special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert in a final assault Saturday, killing 11 militants, but not before they in turn killed seven hostages, the state news agency reported. Algeria hostage crisis: latest as 10 Britons remain missing in desert Telegraph.co.uk Algeria Gas Plant Seizure Ends as Militants, Hostages Die Bloomberg See all 9,306 sources »

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