UN pays tribute to fallen staff members on second anniversary of Algiers attack

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United Nations, New York, 11 December 2009  - United Nations staff members today remembered their colleagues who were killed and injured in a terrorist attack two years ago in Algeria's capital.

Seventeen staff members were killed and 40 others injured when a car bomb destroyed the offices of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and damaged those of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Algiers.

News story:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33218&Cr=terrorist&Cr1=

In Memoriam website:
http://www.un.org/events/memorial/11december/

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