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5:07am

Mon January 21, 2013
The Two-Way

Reports: Death Toll In Algeria At 80

Originally published on Mon January 21, 2013 11:54 am

Credit Louafi Larbi / Reuters /Landov

Update at 1:50 p.m. ET: Three Americans Were Killed, State Department Says (See Statement Below).

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As feared, the reports from Algeria about the number of people killed during last week's hostage crisis at a gas plant are getting grimmer.

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1:41am

Mon January 21, 2013
Africa

Nightmare Details Emerge After Siege In Algeria

Originally published on Mon January 21, 2013 8:01 am

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11:13am

Sun January 20, 2013
The Two-Way

Death Toll May Rise After More Bodies Found At Algerian Plant

Originally published on Sun January 20, 2013 11:15 am

More bodies have been reported found at the gas plant in Algeria where a four-day standoff with Islamist militants came to a bloody end on Saturday. An Algerian security official tells the AP that the state of the bodies makes it difficult to tell whether the dead are hostages or attackers.

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