The plant is a major source of food energy and a major food security crop.

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The plant has not strengthened electrical cables to withstand fire damage for one to three hours, a regulation established to provide necessary plant security in the event of an emergency.

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And the U.S. government has sued contractors for failures including developing a power plant in Kabul and providing security guards in Iraq.

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Two private Algerian TV stations and an online news site said security forces scouring the plant found five militants hiding out and learned that three others had fled.

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