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Rockets Hit Algeria gas plant in Attack Claimed By Al Qaeda
Rockets on Friday struck an Algerian gas plant run by foreign energy giants in an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda, three years after a deadly hostage crisis at another facility in the country.
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Bamako Hotel Hostage Taking Was Joint Attack: Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako was a joint operation with another jihadist group, in an audio message posted Friday.
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North African Militants Release Video of French, Dutch Hostages
The North African jihadist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb released a video on Monday purporting to show a French and a Dutch hostage held since November 2011 in the Sahara.
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Italian hostage held by Al-Qaeda freed after 14 months
An Italian hostage kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in February last year in Southern Algeria was released on Tuesday and is in a hotel in Burkina Faso, officials said. "Maria Sandra Mariani is free. I have just informed her relatives. I join them in their great satisfaction and relief at this magnificent news," Foreign Minister Giulio...
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Rockets Hit Algeria gas plant in Attack Claimed By Al Qaeda
Rockets on Friday struck an Algerian gas plant run by foreign energy giants in an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda, three years after a deadly hostage crisis at another facility in the country.
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Bamako Hotel Hostage Taking Was Joint Attack: Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako was a joint operation with another jihadist group, in an audio message posted Friday.
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North African Militants Release Video of French, Dutch Hostages
The North African jihadist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb released a video on Monday purporting to show a French and a Dutch hostage held since November 2011 in the Sahara.
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Italian hostage held by Al-Qaeda freed after 14 months
An Italian hostage kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in February last year in Southern Algeria was released on Tuesday and is in a hotel in Burkina Faso, officials said. "Maria Sandra Mariani is free. I have just informed her relatives. I join them in their great satisfaction and relief at this magnificent news," Foreign Minister Giulio...
