Friday, January 25, 2013

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US wants to know how Algerian attack unfolded
Algerian special police unit officers guard the entrance of an hospital located near the gas plant where hostages have been kidnapped by Islamic militants, in Ain Amenas, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Algeria's special forces stormed the natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert in a final assault Saturday, killing 11 militants, but not before they in turn killed seven hostages, the state news agency reported.(AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says it will work with the Algerian government to understand how events unfolded in the terrorist attack on a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert.


Man sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A Czech man set himself on fire in Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Sunday, just days after the anniversary of student Jan Palach’s immolation in 1969 to protest at the occupation of Czechoslovakia, police said. A spokeswoman said the 36-year-old lit his jacket in front of the National Museum – an area usually teeming with tourists and locals alike – near where Palach doused himself with flammable liquid on January 16, 1969, following the occupation of communist Czechoslovakia by Russian-led forces. …


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