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Algerian Military Plane Crashes Near Boufarik Airport, 257 Killed
257 people died after an Algerian military plane carrying army personnel crashed near an airbase outside the capital Algiers, reported Algerian State TV. The plane came down near Boufarif airport shortly after taking off.
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Algeria Kills Head of Jihadists Behind Frenchman's Beheading: Media
An Algerian television network reported today that the army has killed the head of the Jund al-Khilafa jihadist group behind the beheading of a Frenchman in September
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Algeria Army Destroys Kidnap Camp, Kills Four Militants
Four gunmen were killed after the Algerian army raided the suspected hideout of the kidnappers of Herve Gourdel, the French tourist beheaded by jihadists last month, the defence ministry said on Friday.
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14 Tunisian Troops Killed in Deadliest Attack on Army
Suspected jihadists killed 14 Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border, officials said on Thursday, in the worst such attack in the army's history as it presses a crackdown on radical Islamists.
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Al Qaeda commander behind Algeria hostage crisis killed: Chad army
Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said on Saturday.
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Algerians suspect inside help in hostage raid
The In Amenas gas plant felt impregnable to many who worked there - walled in, hundreds of miles from anywhere and with the Algerian army constantly patrolling its desert approaches.
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Algeria: Army rescues hostages, toll unclear
Algerian helicopters and special forces stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara on Thursday to wipe out Islamist militants and free hostages from at least 10 countries. Bloody chaos ensued, leaving the fate of the fighters and many of the captives uncertain.
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Algerian Military Plane Crashes Near Boufarik Airport, 257 Killed
257 people died after an Algerian military plane carrying army personnel crashed near an airbase outside the capital Algiers, reported Algerian State TV. The plane came down near Boufarif airport shortly after taking off.
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Algeria Kills Head of Jihadists Behind Frenchman's Beheading: Media
An Algerian television network reported today that the army has killed the head of the Jund al-Khilafa jihadist group behind the beheading of a Frenchman in September
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Algeria Army Destroys Kidnap Camp, Kills Four Militants
Four gunmen were killed after the Algerian army raided the suspected hideout of the kidnappers of Herve Gourdel, the French tourist beheaded by jihadists last month, the defence ministry said on Friday.
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14 Tunisian Troops Killed in Deadliest Attack on Army
Suspected jihadists killed 14 Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border, officials said on Thursday, in the worst such attack in the army's history as it presses a crackdown on radical Islamists.
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Al Qaeda commander behind Algeria hostage crisis killed: Chad army
Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said on Saturday.
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Algerians suspect inside help in hostage raid
The In Amenas gas plant felt impregnable to many who worked there - walled in, hundreds of miles from anywhere and with the Algerian army constantly patrolling its desert approaches.
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Algeria: Army rescues hostages, toll unclear
Algerian helicopters and special forces stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara on Thursday to wipe out Islamist militants and free hostages from at least 10 countries. Bloody chaos ensued, leaving the fate of the fighters and many of the captives uncertain.
