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A four-day siege at a gas facility in the Sahara desert has ended, with militants and some hostages killed.
Seven hostages were killed by their captors during a final raid by Algerian troops - at least 23 hostages and 32 hostage-takers died in the four-day stand-off, Algerian officials say.
Five Britons are feared dead or missing - five Norwegians are unaccounted for.
French President FrancoisHollande defended the Algerian response to the crisis as being "the most suitable".
"When you have people taken hostage in such large numbers by terrorists with such cold determination and ready to kill those hostages - as they did - Algeria has an approach which to me, as I see it, is the most appropriate because there could be no negotiation," he told journalists.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said that "one British citizen has alreadybeen killed in this brutal attack and we now fear the worst for the lives of five others who are not yet accounted for".
"There is no justification for taking innocent life in this way. Our determination is stronger than ever to work with allies right around the world to root out and defeat this terrorist scourge and those who encourage it," Mr Cameron said.
Clearing mines
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William Hague: "Our focus is on getting British nationals who have survived this ordeal backto the UK"
The In Amenas gas field issituated at Tigantourine, about 40km (25 miles) south-west of the town ofIn Amenas and 1,300km (800 miles) south-east of Algiers.
The plant is jointly run byBP, Norway's Statoil and Algeria's state-owned oil company.
The militants had been involved in a stand-off since Thursday after trying to occupy the remote site.
Details are still sketchy, but unconfirmed reports say the hostage-takers summarily killed the remaining seven hostages before themselves being killed ina final army raid.
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Citing a provisional total from the interior ministry, state news agency APS said 685 Algerian workersand 107 out of 132 foreigners working at the plant had been freed.
At least 23 hostages are known to have died, but the nationalities of some are still not known.
Foreign citizens involved
*. Fourteen Japanese missing
*. Five Norwegians missing
*. Five Britons feared dead or unaccounted for
*. Unknown number of Americans
*. Possibly citizens of Romania, Thailand, the Philippines, Colombia, South Korea and Austria
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With 14 Japanese nationals thought to be missing, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he had received "severe information" about the fate of the hostages.
The chief executive of BPgroup said 14 of its 18 staff were safe - the company had "grave fears" for the other four.
Helge Lund, chief executive of Norway's Statoil, said the company was still missing five workers and feared "bad news", Reuters news agency reported.
Algerian national oil and gas company Sonatrach said the army was now clearing mines planted by the militants.
The Algerian interior ministry said troops had recovered:
*. six machine guns
*. 21 rifles
*. two shotguns
*. two 60mm mortarswith shells
*. six 60mm missiles with launchers
*. two rocket-propelled grenades with eight rockets
*. 10 grenades in explosive belts
Weapons allegedly seizedfrom the kidnappers wereshown on Algerian TV.
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US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta: "We cannot accept attacks against our citizens abroad"
The crisis began on Wednesday when militantsattacked two buses carrying foreign workers. A Briton and an Algerian reportedly died in the incident.
The militants then took Algerians and expatriateshostage at the complex. The leader of the hostage-takers is said tobe a veteran fighter from Niger, named as Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri by the Mauritanian news agency ANI, which has been in contact with the militants.
The Algerian armed forces attacked on Thursday as militants tried to move some of their captives from the facility.
APS reported before Saturday's raid that a group of militants remained at the site, holed up in a workshop with the remaining hostages and armed with rocket-launchers and machine guns.
A statement from the kidnappers said the assault on the gas plant was launched in retaliation for French intervention against Islamist groups in neighbouring Mali.
http://mobile.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21101092

Idowuogbo: nna eh! we go form correct ara gba ndi ara family i swear.

i cud picture 1 of the children recording the dramas with a phone

Gbenga adeboye and tupac

Umh! I dnt like puting on ring ko, i pray he understands ni. Kindly tell that story to chijdren OK! Y'all Keep on pretending and be doing as if u've never rehearsed puting on 1 for ur wedding.

El Guapo: [color=#0066ff]Any Engagement Ring Wey Don Stay Pass 2Years For Ya hand Don turn to Key Holder Oo!

Make Amends In time -- This Is 2013 [/color]

so?? Sud they throw it away then.

Na 2day. He has being nursing that ambition since God knows when. Soon enough he will be at loogerheads with uncle jona.

Mark my word, season 2 has started. Happy viewing!
@sweetmon: thanks 4 those tips. Hope our ladies wil make use of them.

Nairaland! Haven of drama and comedy. I forsee a season 2.

Hormones! Hormones!! Hormones!!! As long as u hv blood surging through ur veins, if u wakeup and admire creation n its beauty then why won't u like to create- se..X

You dont need to vomit trash on other people who believe in God or the Bible before you make your point.
Science has ended up bringing confusion than solutions with it theories and hypothesis.
Science said the earth was flat b4 saying spherical again long after the Bible said it is round.
Abt dinoseurs and it family. Check Job 40: 15-22 and then Job 41(if you are nt lazy to read)
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Back to the topic. The answer 2 this is not far fetched. Gen 6:1-4.
1) when men began to increase in numbers on earth and daughters were born to them
2) the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful,and they married any of them they chose.
(3)Then the lord said "my spirit will nt contend with man forevr for he his mortal,his days will be 120yrs
4)the Nephilims were on the earth in THOSE days and AFTERWARD- when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were heroes of old,men of renown. Another version of the bible says they were gaints,men of statues. The article said Neanderthals had brains,structures developed than men

NOTE: all these happened before the Noah event-flood(some dnt believe this too) Make your deductions and cling to what u believe. For me, i believe God and every of his Words- Bible.

It's beta u ask d wife

Is dis a poem or something. I dnt really get ur point. U dnt wanna marry or have a relationship wit nigeria? Be specific or be clear on explaining a point b4 jumping into anoda point. This sounds as if u r ranting. U r talkin abt military ,forced marriage on people or wat.

Btw wats wit d different username

Are u sure about her being the only female traditional ruler in northern nigeria? I heard abt a town being rule by a woman in Niger state. I can't remember the name of d town but its in Sarki power LGA Of d state. D story of her ruling is similar to urs,d throne ws cursed which resulted in d death of male rulers.

kulyie: Well as a lady i do that and i do that very frequently and the reason i do this is because i want to know by looking at the face of the boy if theres any semblance with the lady to check out if they are siblings,once i realise they are not siblings,ny eyes run into his trousers,where the 'power house' is to measure the size of his phenees and in my mind am like hmnn see what this girl is enjoying or playing with.if he is not a fine boy,i'm like its only God that knows what shes seeing in that man that she is following him up and down.i remember my friend and i passing by 2 love birds and we were both looking at his face and after we walked past them we were gossiping about 2 of them.i said see as the boy be,e no even fine,my friend said you no know whether na because of the thing wey dey inside im boxers she dey follow am and we were arguing about a stewpeed matter that ugly guys have big power house than fine boys and all that nonsense talk

you are a naughty girl. Girls can gossip anything en!

I'll rather leave it to God than influence it.
Reasons: he alone sees/knows d future. I cnt c beyond my nose.
2) a man can devices/plans his way bt only God directs his steps

WTF Is going on here. Stop all dis frenzy n d e-bashin. Dis thread was opened Jan 2011 n u guys are stil giving out advices. Nairaland is so funny dat dis thread made d front page afta 2 years. Are d mods sleeping or they are playiing wit our inteligence.*i'm outta here*

Na wa o! So non of d guys in d politics section could affirm or repulse wat u wrote b4 moving this 2 dis section? Smthing must be wrong.
@op u gave her d right advice. If she doesnt tel her friend n she later discovers,wat she wil do wil be far worse(remember she is hot tempered). Dat guy is a cheat n he wants 2 sample her 2 and after he's done,he will dump her also.

Mr tripper,abeg trip carefully. If u dnt want ur head off ur neck,next tym u see her dnt say hi b4 u zoom off. Nija men dnt use gun lyk d united states,they go wit cutlass n axe. A word is enough 4 d ...

babyosisi: People are wicked o
Maybe madam has found a stronger horse and decided to end her marriage
Chai
Alu

saw it on TV dis afternoon...it's pathetic. I cnt imagine plans which dis man made on hw he would spend dis money bt nw it's all Nothing. RIP

kulyie: thanks,i am shewa

shewa...umh! now i know where those beautiful words came from.

This is so pathetic. A person in her right mind need nt to be told to run 4 her dear life. Ur friend must be high on low self esteem. Has She forgotten life has no duplicate?
Thank God my mama no born fool *sighs*

zig2ryme04: my story geos thus;
i live in ikorodu and most times i return home late at night. on getting home, i will have to pass through a narrow bridge made of ply woods
and there are bushes at both sides of the bridge (i mean thick bushes).
on monnday 3rd of December 2012 at about 9:00pm, i was returning home from church and the only place i had to pass was through the bridge.
it was very dark and there was no power to light up the place. i only had my nokia phone touchlight with me and i had to turn it on just to see the pathway.
at the end of the bridge, there is a small gate that serves as entrance to the estate. i was walking through the bridge with my touchlight phone just in case i come
across a snake or any other wild animal. it was so dark and i was the only one walking. i always try to be careful when i am on the bridge most especially during raining season.
to cut the story short, i was half way the bridge looking at the small gate that serves as entrance to the estate. sudenly, i saw someone coming towards me, i had to point the phone's light on her face, when i saw the face i could not look at it a second.
the next thing i did was to shout ''JESUS!''. she was just going with her hands stretched and making the strange sound and going her way. i had to walk faster and when i got to the gate i
looked back and she was still going but i hardly saw her. then i knew i had passed through something that is not ordinary. i had to rush home and pray and i said to myself if i had passed
through a ghost or spirit or something else. i asked my friends and they told me it was a ghost that was going on a mission or just going her own way. that was my experience.

kindly tell us what d face looks like.

Okija_juju: Slim Shady is too good to become a waste like Ron Kenoly and Don Meon.. Instead, let Lil Wayne become born-again..

i bet u mean d opposite

kulyie: thanks man,you have good points there,but just as women were trained differently,i was brought up by a feminist for me to stand up to any man and ask why when he wants me to make any decision and not just act just because mr benson said so,that is why we went to school,to enhance our reasoning faculties and not just act like dolls or bimbos.being humble,respectful,elegant etc is not a problem at all for me,i dont know of others,but speaking for myself,if i must be humble,respectful,tolerant etc,he has to respect me FIRST.its the respect he gives me,that i will give to him in double portion.i will take my brother as an example,there are so many things he has done as a big brother i cant say here becuse of time constraint but if he calls me on phone shewa,please i am going somewhere tomorow and i am going to wear this shirt out,wash it and iron it before i come out,guy,no matter where i am or what i am doing,i will leave it,dash home and do it,except of course if i am in the office.he has his own fiancee too,but i will gladly and happily do it for him with utmost humility because he loved and respected me first even if we were not biologically related and he treats me the way he does,i will still respect it,but when men think or assume they have to be respected and women should be all over them or literarily be at their beck and call just because they are men or just because this is nigeria,bro,it doesn't work for me.i treat every human being regardless of gender just the way they treat me.no man or woman gets respect just because of their gender,they EARN it

Babe! Who r u? Words...nice said.