Philippine hostages fly home after Algerian crisis
By , on January 20th, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The Philippines said on Sunday that 52 of its nationals caught up in the Algerian hostage crisis had been accounted for, but it was still not known whether any Filipinos were among the dead. The Algerian interior ministry said 23 foreigners and Algerians were killed after al-Qaeda-linked gunmen began their attack on the In Amenas gas plant deep in the Sahara desert on Wednesday. The Philippines has not confirmed how many of its nationals were working at the plant, but said 52 had been accounted for and 39 of those were expected to arrive in Manila on Sunday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Philippine hostages fly home after Algerian crisis
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The Philippines said on Sunday that 52 of its nationals caught up in the Algerian hostage crisis had been accounted for, but it was still not known whether any Filipinos were among the dead. The Algerian interior ministry said 23 foreigners and Algerians were killed after al-Qaeda-linked gunmen began their attack on the In Amenas gas plant deep in the Sahara desert on Wednesday. The Philippines has not confirmed how many of its nationals were working at the plant, but said 52 had been accounted for and 39 of those were expected to arrive in Manila on Sunday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Philippine hostages fly home after Algerian crisis
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