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Algeria Dept: OTTAWA - In the absence of reliable information, Ottawa is assuming that fake passports could be behind Algeria's claim that Canadians are among the al-Qaida-linked militants who took hostages at remote desert energy plant, The Canadian Press has learned, according to Winnipeg Free Press. And they are unhappy that Algeria's prime minister went on television Monday and announced that two Canadian nationals were among the band of al-Qaida-linked militants who stormed a natural gas complex and took hundreds of workers hostage and algerian firemen carry a coffin containing the body of a person killed during the hostage situation in a gas plant at the morgue in Ain Amenas, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. At least 81 people have been reported dead, including 32 Islamist militants, after a bloody, four-day hostage situation at Algeria's remote Ain Amenas natural gas plant. AP Photo/Anis Belghoul Senior federal sources say the government is frustrated by a lack of information coming out of Algeria. Related Items Articles US State Department confirms 3 Americans die in Algeria standoff, 7 survive Japan prime minister says 7 Japanese confirmed dead in Algeria hostage crisis, 3 still missing Inside job, 2 Canadian militants, bomb experts: Algeria describes how Islamists drove mayhem Philippines says 6 citizens among hostages killed in Algeria Death toll climbs past 80 at Saharan refinery; Algeria says militants were going to blow it up (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.