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Filipino death toll from Algeria siege rises to 8

Jan 25, 2013 - 12:28 PM

The 8th Philippine fatality in Algeria is a male the DFA says

Algeria: 37 foreigners killed in gas plant siege

Jan 22, 2013 - 8:49 AM

UPDATED Thirty seven foreigners of eight different nationalities as well as an Algerian were killed by hostage takers in a well planned attack on a remote gas plant

Pinoys used as human shields in Algeria - survivor

Jan 21, 2013 - 5:58 PM

Whenever government troops tried to shoot at the enemy we were used as human shields says a Filipino survivor of the bloodbath in Algeria

PINOY SURVIVOR. Joseph Balmaceda, one of the survivors of the siege by Islamic militants on a gas plant in Algeria, complains of chest pains inflicted on him during the siege, at a press conference at the office of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Manila on January 21, 2013, shortly after arriving in the capital city. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

25 bodies of foreigners found after Algeria bloodbath

Jan 20, 2013 - 9:34 PM

Witnesses said 9 Japanese hostages had been executed and their bodies were among the 25

HOSTAGE CRISIS This undated hand out picture released by Norway's energy group Statoil on January 17, 2013 shows a road sign near the In Amenas gas field in eastern Algeria near the Libyan border. AFP PHOTO / STATOIL / KJETIL ALSVIK

Algeria troops surround Islamist hostage-takers

Jan 17, 2013 - 2:43 PM

Algerian troops surrounded Islamists holding foreign hostages at a gas field Thursday January 17 a day after a deadly attack the gunmen said was in reprisal for Algeria s cooperation in French operations in Mali

A picture taken on December 14, 2008 shows a foreign delegation visiting the Krechba gas treatment plant run by the Sonatrach, BP and Statoil, about 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Algiers. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER

Pinoys among hostages in Algeria - report

Jan 17, 2013 - 6:41 AM

Malaysian and Filipino nationals are among the hostages being held at a gas field in Algeria French news channel France 24 reported Wednesday

A picture taken on December 14, 2008 shows a foreign delegation visiting the Krechba gas treatment plant run by the Sonatrach, BP and Statoil, about 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Algiers. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER