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22 Hostages Still Missing in Algeria: Report
Friday, January 18, 2013    
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As standoff between military, militants contines

(NEWSER– After the Algerian military launched an attackon militants holding hostages at a gas field, numbers remain hazy, but Reuters reports that the whereabouts of 22 of those hostages—14 Japanese and eight Norwegians—remain unknown. Algerian special forces continue to surround the site, a local insider tells Reuters, adding that 30 hostages and 11 militants have been killed. The dead include two Britons, two Japanese, and a French national, the source says.