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2008-03-17 Africa North

Al-Qaeda wants five million euros for hostages

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Posted by Fred 2008-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa

#1 will Austria's version of holding tough be to only pay 4.9 Million Euro

Posted by mhw 2008-03-17 08:45|| 2008-03-17 08:45|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm confused here. Yesterday's article mentioned a man and a woman being held hostage. Today it's two men. Which is it? 'Andrea' is more likely to be a woman's name than a man's. Just more sloppy "journalism"?

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-03-17 12:10|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-03-17 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 is the dollar that weak that they now ask for rueos or is this just a European article?

Posted by sinse 2008-03-17 16:51|| 2008-03-17 16:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Andrea and Andreas can both be masculine names in the Germanic part of Europe at least. I've no idea if either is common elsewhere on the continent. It could also be that the previous reporter assumed that Andrea is female, rather than checking with the Austrian foreign ministry.

Posted by trailing wife 2008-03-17 22:23|| 2008-03-17 22:23|| Front Page Top

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