ALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria (Reuters) – Algerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a fin al assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers. Believed to be among the 32 dead militants was their leader, Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri, a Nigerien close to al Qaeda-linked commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, presumed mastermind of the raid. An Algerian interior ministry statement on the death toll gave no breakdown of the number of foreigners among hostages killed since the plant was seized before dawn on Wednesday. … Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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Algeria ends desert siege with 23 hostages dead
ALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria (Reuters) – Algerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a fin al assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers. Believed to be among the 32 dead militants was their leader, Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri, a Nigerien close to al Qaeda-linked commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, presumed mastermind of the raid. An Algerian interior ministry statement on the death toll gave no breakdown of the number of foreigners among hostages killed since the plant was seized before dawn on Wednesday. …
ALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria (Reuters) – Algerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a fin al assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers. Believed to be among the 32 dead militants was their leader, Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri, a Nigerien close to al Qaeda-linked commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, presumed mastermind of the raid. An Algerian interior ministry statement on the death toll gave no breakdown of the number of foreigners among hostages killed since the plant was seized before dawn on Wednesday. … 
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