Monday, January 21, 2013

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US, UK defense chiefs bemoan deaths in Algeria
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, and British Defense Minister Philip Hammond, shake hands for photographers before their meeting at Lancaster House in London, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, on the last day of Panetta's final overseas trip. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)LONDON (AP) -- The U.S. and British defense chiefs said Saturday the hostage crisis in Algeria ended with more deaths, but that details remained unclear. They blamed the militants who seized the natural gas complex in the Sahara, and not Algeria's government for its rescue operation.


Teen Kaetlyn Osmond, world champ Patrick Chan win national short programs
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – In her black sequined dress and lips painted bright pink, Kaetlyn Osmond played up to the crowd in her mambo short program, looking little like a 17 year old.


Algerian army stages "final assault" on gas plant
A truck passes by a road sign indicating the Tiguentourine gas plant where Islamist militants were holding foreigners hostageALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria (Reuters) – The Algerian army on Saturday carried out a final assault on al Qaeda-linked gunme n holed up in a desert gas plant, killing 11 of the Islamists after they took the lives of seven more foreign hostages, a local source and the state news agency said. "It is over now, the assault is over, and the military are inside the plant clearing it of mines," a local source familiar with the operation told Reuters. …


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