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Algerian media have been breaking much of the news about the military operation. Here a man reads in a paper in the capital, Algiers, which has the headline "Terrorist attack and hostage-taking in In Amenas".
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1747:
Mr Hollande added that the situation in Algeria justified even more his decision to intervene militarily in Mali.
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1744:
French President Francois Hollande says he does not yet have "sufficient elements to evaluate" the events at the gas plant despite being briefed regularly by the Algerian authorities. The situation there, he says, "seems to be playing out in dramatic conditions".