Sahara hostage-takers surrounded, says foreign minister
The Algerian government on 7 June denied that it was engaged in talks was the captors of 15 European tourists in the Sahara desert, but confirmed that an operation was ongoing to free them. 'There are no contacts, no negotiations,' Foreign Minister Abdelazaiz Belkhadem told Reuters after a meeting with his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini. 'The kidnappers are surrounded -Our aim is to free the hostages safe and sound.' Of the 32 hostages originally taken, 17 were freed in mid May in ...
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