In Algeria itself, commentators see the hostage crisis as an inevitable consequence of the Malian conflict.
For standing with Chavez during the hostage crisis, the Argentinian opposition called Kirchner "immoral".
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This week's hostage crisis, however it ends, is likely only to compound the confusion.
He was the principal White House aide for Iran during the 1979 Iranian Revolution and ensuing hostage crisis.
The White House says it is taking seriously some claims of Americans held during the Iran hostage crisis.
He was a member of the National Security Council during the hostage crisis, and he talked with Steve Inskeep.
The yellow ribbon ended up becoming ubiquitous during the Iranian hostage crisis.
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Another Russian daily, Novyye Izvestiya , describes the Algerian hostage crisis as the biggest since the 2004 "Beslan tragedy".
The state-owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta says that France's "sudden" decision to intervene in Mali is what sparked the hostage crisis.
It had been scheduled for last Friday in the Netherlands, but was postponed because of the Algerian hostage crisis.
They accuse the authorities of incompetence, negligence and mishandling of the hostage crisis.
He also covered the Moscow theatre hostage crisis in October 2002, in which nearly 800 people were held captive by Chechen rebels.
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The joint Chavez-Kirchner appearance on the hostage crisis was part of this defiance.
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But for most people in America, the Iran hostage crisis was a distant memory until "Argo" brought it all back.
The hostage crisis reminds us that Iran has a long history of defying the most basic principles of international cooperation.
The UK Foreign Office has confirmed that some British nationals caught up in the Algerian hostage crisis returned home overnight.
Zahir Azimi said the mission, days or weeks away, had long been planned and had no connection with the hostage crisis.
The Japanese paper Asahi Shimbun also feels that "the hostage crisis was triggered by the French army's military intervention in Mali".
Dr. HILTERMAN: Well, that was one thing and the other thing was the hostage crisis in the beginning of the 1980s.
The prime minister and his Algerian counterpart will pay their respects to those who died in the hostage crisis in the desert.
The Scottish government has confirmed that eight Scots are "safe and secure" after the hostage crisis at a gas plant in Algeria.
This has been Britain's longest running hostage crisis for nearly 20 years.
The hostage crisis is a warning that militants must be pushed back.
Argo shines a light on the events surrounding the Iranian hostage crisis.
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Cameron was due to give the speech on Europe last week but had to postpone its delivery because of the Algerian hostage crisis.
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The trip comes in the wake of a hostage crisis that left four Britons and a UK resident dead and two Britons believed dead.
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Affleck plays CIA agent Tony Mendez, who masterminded the daring rescue of six U.S. embassy workers in Iran after the 1979 hostage crisis erupted.
The recent hostage crisis, in which some 37 foreigners died, was "a reminder that what happens in other countries affects us at home", he said.
Affleck also stars in "Argo" as the CIA operative who orchestrated a daring rescue of six American embassy employees during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
But the Iran hostage crisis played a huge role because the American people were horrified that our fellow citizens were being held hostage, number one.
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