Algeria hostage taking

570 News

Joe Pavia
January 22, 2013

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An evolving story from this past weekend involves a natural gas complex in Algeria, where workers were taken hostage by a group of Islamist militants. This is not the first time we have heard of conflict between France and Algeria. Robert Rotberg joined 570 News to discuss the conflict.

Robert Rotberg is Fulbright Research Chair in Political Development at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Visiting Fulbright Scholar at CIGI.

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