The situation has been consistently labeled as fluid, given the rapid number of new occurrences.

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Mrs Clinton said Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal had told her on Friday that the "operation was still ongoing, that the situation remained fluid, that the hostages remain in danger in a number of instances".

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