Image: LIGNET: Mali Conflict Turns Global as Islamists Take Hostages in Algeria French troops arrive in the town of Markala to secure a strategic bridge on the Niger river on January 16 after leaving the capital Bamako the day before. (MICHEL MOUTOT/AFP/Getty Images)

LIGNET: Mali Conflict Turns Global as Islamists Take Hostages in Algeria

Friday, 25 Jan 2013 01:15 AM

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The French intervention in Mali to stop radical Islamists from taking control of the country turned into a global conflict yesterday when Islamist terrorists at an Algerian gas pumping facility took 65 or more hostages from several countries – including the United States, Japan, and Europe.

Six hostages and eight of the radicals reportedly were killed this morning in an Algerian airstrike.

Click here to read the full report on the hostage situation in Algeria at LIGNET.com.

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