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Al-Qaeda In Mali Releases Video Showing 6 Foreign Hostages Alive: Reports
Al-Qaeda's Mali branch has released a proof-of-life video of six foreign hostages, including elderly Australian surgeon Arthur Kenneth Elliott and Frenchwoman Sophie Petronin, US-based monitoring group SITE said.The 16 minute, 50 second video by Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, also known as the Group to Support Islam and Muslims, was released on Tel...
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Two Dead As Suspected Terrorists Attack Mali Tourist Resort
Suspected terrorists crying "Allahu Akbar" stormed a tourist resort popular with foreigners on the edge of the Malian capital Bamako on Sunday, briefly seizing hostages and leaving at least two people dead.
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Al-Qaeda Ally Releases Video Showing Swiss Hostage Alive: Report
Al-Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa released Tuesday a new proof-of-life video of Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly, held hostage in Mali by the group since last January, US-based monitoring group SITE said.
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New Video Released Of Swiss Woman Abducted In Mali
An online monitor of ISIS groups says al-Qaeda's north Africa wing has released a new video of a Swiss woman taken hostage in Mali in January.
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Mali Hotel Attack Probe Delayed Over Investigators' Differences: Sources
A probe into last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako has been slowed by procedural differences between Malian investigators and their foreign counterparts, sources said on Saturday.
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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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Barack Obama Condemns 'Appalling' Mali Jihadist Attack
US President Barack Obama today condemned what he called the "appalling" jihadist hostage seige in Mali that left at least 27 people dead, including an American citizen.
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At Least 27 Killed by Gunmen in Mali Hotel Siege; 20 Indians Evacuated Safely
18 bodies have been recovered from the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, where armed gunmen took 170 people hostage today, a foreign security source has told AFP. The gunmen are not holding any more hostages, Mali's security minister has said.
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12 Air France Personnel at Mali Siege Hotel 'Are Safe': Airline
Twelve Air France employees who were staying at the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako when it was stormed by gunmen today are in a "safe place", the company said.
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Hostage Freed From Mali Hotel Says Attackers Spoke English
A famous Guinean singer who was among 170 people taken hostage on Friday by Islamist gunmen in the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, said he heard attackers in the next room speaking English.
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5 Turkish Airlines Personnel Released in Mali
A Turkish government official has confirmed that five Turkish Airlines personnel are among hostages that have been freed from a hotel in Mali that was stormed by armed gunmen throwing grenades.
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Mali Security Forces Evacuate Around a Dozen Hostages From Hotel: Ministry
Malian security services have evacuated around a dozen hostages from the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in the capital Bamako where gunmen took 170 people hostage today, a security ministry spokesman told AFP.
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Mali Hotel Siege: All 20 Indians in Building Evacuated, Says Government
Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako today, seizing 170 guests and staff in an ongoing hostage-taking, the hotel chain said. At least three hostages have been killed, said Mali's security ministry.
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Mali Hotel Attack Claimed by Fighters Linked to Mokhtar Belmokhtar
A deadly hostage drama at a Mali hotel in which 13 people died -- including five UN workers -- was claimed today by fighters linked to the notorious one-eyed Algerian jihadi leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
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Death Toll in Mali Hotel Siege Rises to 12: Army
Twelve people were killed, two of them foreigners, in a hostage siege at a hotel in central Mali which ended early Saturday when government troops intervened, military sources said.
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Al-Qaeda In Mali Releases Video Showing 6 Foreign Hostages Alive: Reports
Al-Qaeda's Mali branch has released a proof-of-life video of six foreign hostages, including elderly Australian surgeon Arthur Kenneth Elliott and Frenchwoman Sophie Petronin, US-based monitoring group SITE said.The 16 minute, 50 second video by Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, also known as the Group to Support Islam and Muslims, was released on Tel...
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Two Dead As Suspected Terrorists Attack Mali Tourist Resort
Suspected terrorists crying "Allahu Akbar" stormed a tourist resort popular with foreigners on the edge of the Malian capital Bamako on Sunday, briefly seizing hostages and leaving at least two people dead.
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Al-Qaeda Ally Releases Video Showing Swiss Hostage Alive: Report
Al-Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa released Tuesday a new proof-of-life video of Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly, held hostage in Mali by the group since last January, US-based monitoring group SITE said.
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New Video Released Of Swiss Woman Abducted In Mali
An online monitor of ISIS groups says al-Qaeda's north Africa wing has released a new video of a Swiss woman taken hostage in Mali in January.
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Mali Hotel Attack Probe Delayed Over Investigators' Differences: Sources
A probe into last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako has been slowed by procedural differences between Malian investigators and their foreign counterparts, sources said on Saturday.
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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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Barack Obama Condemns 'Appalling' Mali Jihadist Attack
US President Barack Obama today condemned what he called the "appalling" jihadist hostage seige in Mali that left at least 27 people dead, including an American citizen.
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At Least 27 Killed by Gunmen in Mali Hotel Siege; 20 Indians Evacuated Safely
18 bodies have been recovered from the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, where armed gunmen took 170 people hostage today, a foreign security source has told AFP. The gunmen are not holding any more hostages, Mali's security minister has said.
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12 Air France Personnel at Mali Siege Hotel 'Are Safe': Airline
Twelve Air France employees who were staying at the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako when it was stormed by gunmen today are in a "safe place", the company said.
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Hostage Freed From Mali Hotel Says Attackers Spoke English
A famous Guinean singer who was among 170 people taken hostage on Friday by Islamist gunmen in the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, said he heard attackers in the next room speaking English.
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5 Turkish Airlines Personnel Released in Mali
A Turkish government official has confirmed that five Turkish Airlines personnel are among hostages that have been freed from a hotel in Mali that was stormed by armed gunmen throwing grenades.
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Mali Security Forces Evacuate Around a Dozen Hostages From Hotel: Ministry
Malian security services have evacuated around a dozen hostages from the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in the capital Bamako where gunmen took 170 people hostage today, a security ministry spokesman told AFP.
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Mali Hotel Siege: All 20 Indians in Building Evacuated, Says Government
Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako today, seizing 170 guests and staff in an ongoing hostage-taking, the hotel chain said. At least three hostages have been killed, said Mali's security ministry.
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Mali Hotel Attack Claimed by Fighters Linked to Mokhtar Belmokhtar
A deadly hostage drama at a Mali hotel in which 13 people died -- including five UN workers -- was claimed today by fighters linked to the notorious one-eyed Algerian jihadi leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
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Death Toll in Mali Hotel Siege Rises to 12: Army
Twelve people were killed, two of them foreigners, in a hostage siege at a hotel in central Mali which ended early Saturday when government troops intervened, military sources said.
