Al-Qaeda Releases Video of Four French Hostages in Sahara

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An al-Qaeda offshoot released a video showing four French hostages who have been held for seven months in the Sahara desert, SITE Monitoring Services said on its website.

In the three-minute video, the four men separately asked French President Nicolas Sarkozy to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan. The videos were recorded April 11, 12 and 13, the hostages said.