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  • **FILE** In this image taken from an Algerian TV broadcast on Jan. 20, 2013, the aftermath of a hostage crisis at the remote Ain Amenas gas facility in Algeria is seen. Algerian special forces stormed the plant to end the four-day siege, moving in to thwart what government officials said was a plot by the Islamic extremists to blow up the complex and kill all their captives with mines sown throughout the site. (Associated Press/Algerie TV via Associated Press TV)

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