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Video: France’s Hollande confirms death of French hostage in Algeria

Reuters

September 25, 2014

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French President Francois Hollande has confirmed the execution of Frenchman Herve Gourdel, who was held hostage by Algerian militants linked to the ISIL militant group in Syria and Iraq.

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