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Algeria siege ends in bloodshed
Algerian troops end a siege at a gas facility in the Sahara desert killing 11 Islamist militants after they killed seven hostages, state media say.
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France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says West African leaders "must pick up the baton" by sending troops to fight insurgents in Mali.
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A man put a gun to the head of the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, during a televised conference in Sofia.
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