Posted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jan 18, 2013 | Sahara, Sahel |
Reuters By Lamine Chikhi and Bate Felix ALGIERS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – Islamist fighters have opened an international front in Mali’s civil war by taking dozens of Western hostages at a gas plant in the Algerian desert...
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Reuters By Lamine Chikhi and Bate Felix ALGIERS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – Some hostages were reported to have escaped from a remote Algerian gas plant on Thursday, where dozens of foreigners and scores of Algerians were seized by...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jan 18, 2013 | Morocco News |
by Beatrice Khadige – ALGIERS (AFP) Thirty Algerian workers and 15 foreigners managed to escape on Thursday from a gas facility in Algeria where they were being held by Islamist extremists along with dozens of Westerners,...
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By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — As Islamic militants methodically carved out a base in the desert of northern Mali over the past year, officials in Washington, Paris and African capitals struggling with military...
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PRENSA LATINA Rabat, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) The Moroccan security forces are now on high alert amid fears that the actions of Islamic groups in Northern Mali, now attacked by French soldiers, extends to their territory. The...
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