Quantcast
Latest Stories
Home » Sahara You are browsing entries tagged with “Sahara”

Algeria: 12 hostages have died in the siege

Algerian special police unit officers secure the hospital in Ain Amenas, Algeria, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, two days after the start of the terrorist attack at a gas plant. The hostage crisis in the remote desert of Algeria is not over, Britain said Friday, after an Algerian raid on the gas plant to wipe out Islamist militants and free their captives from at least 10 countries unleashed bloody chaos. AP/Anis Belghoul

The bloody three-day hostage standoff at a natural gas plant in the Sahara took a dramatic turn Friday as Algeria’s state news service reported that nearly 100 of the 132 foreign workers kidnapped by Islamic militants had been freed.

Posted: January 19th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Photos & Videos,World | Read More »

Advertisement
  1. Senator Revilla backs down, ends Cavite political drama
  2. 14 party-lists win seats
  3. It pays to be corrupt
  4. Of 6 incumbents, Cayetano, Trillanes, Pimentel are the biggest gainers
  5. How campaign ads catapulted Grace Poe
  6. PH lits up Guinness for most sky lanterns flown simultaneously
  7. PSG men ‘bemedaled’ prior to QC rob raps
  8. Gordon tells Comelec: Don’t remove PCOS
  9. UNA wants explanation of ‘60-30-10’ pattern
  10. British fighter jets escort diverted Pakistani plane
  1. Student enrolls–using 41 names
  2. Poe seen as viable 2016 bet vs Binay
  3. Parents in Norway jailed for incest
  4. Santiago advises rookie lawmakers to ‘go back to school’
  5. More doubts raised about poll results
  6. Woman shot dead inside restaurant in Parañaque City
  7. An incompetent airport manager
  8. Drilon vs Cayetano in Senate
  9. Estrada to support Binay even if Grace Poe makes a run for presidency
  10. Former Press Secretary Raul S. Gonzalez dies; 78
  1. Camarines Sur to have youngest governor in history; Aga Muhlach leads
  2. Nancy Binay bashing: ‘It’s the beginning of the worst’
  3. Man takes own life after accidentally killing daughter
  4. Student enrolls–using 41 names
  5. Binay: I’ll turn Caloocan into the next Makati City
  6. Binay’s advice to Hontiveros: Hold more motorcades
  7. Robredo widow whips Bicol dynasty
  8. Fight for last 3 Senate spots cliffhanger
  9. Parents in Norway jailed for incest
  10. Horrifying details emerge of Cleveland kidnap ordeal

News

  • 10 dead as military, Abu Sayyaf clash in Sulu
  • Arellano Felix drug cartel leader pleads guilty
  • Biographer regrets affair with former CIA director
  • Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
  • Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

    • Sports

  • Monty says Garcia controversy has gone too far
  • Tigers, Falcons score; Blazers stun Tams
  • GM Paragua shares Asian chess top spot with Li
  • Dazed Beermen try to get back at Thais today
  • Sportswatch

    • Lifestyle

  • Ninoy Aquino’s birthday is ‘Day of Reading’
  • You can’t sink in the Dead Sea
  • In New York, Filipino costume and set designer Clint Ramos wins Obie Award
  • Josh Bowman steps into a new role
  • Fashion, fame and Daniel Grayson

    • Entertainment

  • Stone Temple Pilots sue ex-frontman Scott Weiland
  • Cannes: Dern a leading man again in ‘Nebraska’
  • Demi Lovato is a work in progress
  • Stars’ ‘shameful’ secrets revealed
  • Penchant for loopy and messy details

    • Business

  • Court of Appeals stops field trials of genetically modified eggplant
  • GDP on track to meet 6-7% target
  • Stocks continue to decline
  • BSP chief says capital flight to spare PH
  • Imports contracted in Q1

    • Technology

  • Statement of Smart Communications
  • Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
  • Poll: More US teens turn to Twitter; Facebook old
  • Tips to avoid becoming an identity theft victim
  • Filipinos in flight want to go online

    • Opinion

  • Brillantes’ tantrums
  • Pointed questions for the Comelec chair
  • Social enterprise as innovative business model
  • Perennial irony
  • Voters like election surveys

    • Global Nation

  • Seamen may file complaints at sea
  • Rescue of Russian mountaineer from Mt. Mayon proved costly
  • PCG report on grounded US ship due
  • Fil-Am staffers and students join UC Medical Center strike frontline
  • Kids make art to help rescue other kids from neglect
    • Marketplace
    Advertisement
    © Copyright 1997-2013 INQUIRER.net | All Rights Reserved
    Federland
    Federland