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Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal: Canadian Nationals

Prime Minister Stephen Harper Dept: The deployment comes one day after Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the government was seeking more information to substantiate claims by Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal that two Canadian nationals were among the group of al-Qaeda-linked militants who took hundreds prisoner at a natural gas processing complex in the Sahara, according to CBC. "We have received no information on these individuals from the Algerian government," an official wrote. "We support the government of Algeria in its ongoing struggle with terrorism." RCMP officers are in Algeria in the wake of a deadly hostage situation in the north African country, News has confirmed. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird condemned the attacks on Saturday. Today, his department continues to say it has nothing new to report on the identities of the suspects. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.