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Algeria
British security firm protected In Amenas base

Overrun by Islamist fighters who took an unknown number of hostages at dawn on Jan. 16 and then the theatre [...]

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Strike threatens Sonatrach

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No real resumption at Amenas

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AFMC men among dead

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