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PBS NewsHour | Algeria Raids Gas Plant to Free Hostages | PBS

Duration: 02:43
Program: PBS NewsHour
Broadcast Date: Jan. 17, 2013

After Islamic militants tied to al-Qaida took hostages at a massive natural gas plant in Algeria as retribution for France's strikes in Mali, the Algerian government launched an assault to free those held, including some Americans. Jeffrey Brown reports the conflicting accounts about many got out alive and how many were killed.

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Post Date: January 17, 2013
Expiration Date: February 16, 2013