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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Nov 2015

    Gunmen have attacked Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, reports sayhttp://bbc.in/1NfEYZz 

    12:44 AM - 20 Nov 2015
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    123 replies 3,022 retweets 860 likes
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Hostages thought to have been taken at Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, after gunmen opened fire, reports sayhttp://bbc.in/1NGE7eK 

        23 replies 727 retweets 182 likes
      3. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Gunmen have taken 170 hostages at Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, the hotel chain sayshttp://bbc.in/1NGE7eK 

        49 replies 1,585 retweets 266 likes
      4. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Photos from outside Radisson Blu hotel in #Bamako, Mali, where gunmen have taken hostages http://bbc.in/1NGE7eK pic.twitter.com/0tARZJhhex

        44 replies 1,182 retweets 307 likes
      5. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        #Bamako latest: - Gunfire heard - 170 people "locked-in", Mali president's office says - 2 attackers, hotel says http://bbc.in/1S8iZC5 

        27 replies 820 retweets 220 likes
      6. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        At least three hostages killed by gunmen while other hostages freed in Mali's #Bamako hotel siege, reports sayhttp://bbc.in/1MG6eek 

        23 replies 655 retweets 171 likes
      7. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Watch our rolling news coverage of the Mali #Bamako hotel attack and hostage situationhttp://bbc.in/1PQLpBj 

        13 replies 310 retweets 132 likes
      8. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Malian security forces have entered #Bamako hotel where gunmen have taken hostages, reports sayhttp://bbc.in/1MG6eek 

        19 replies 420 retweets 208 likes
      9. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Eighty people are freed from #Bamako hotel where gunmen have taken hostages, Mali state TV reportshttp://bbc.in/1MG6eek 

        7 replies 496 retweets 243 likes
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      1. Lee Warner‏ @LeeWarner19 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @Abdallah_mhmd2

        @Abdallah_mhmd2 @BBCBreaking no it won't

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. gordon horspool‏ @slicedtomatoes 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking How many of us will add the mali flag to our profile

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. OK‏ @oliverkightley 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @slicedtomatoes

        @slicedtomatoes @BBCBreaking they have taken Westerns as hostages so what relevance does that have to Mali?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. gordon horspool‏ @slicedtomatoes 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @oliverkightley

        @oliverkightley @BBCBreaking unlike france mali has been the victim of numerous terror attacks in the last few years

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Shahed Chowdhury‏ @ChowdhurySJ 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews No humanity left at all in this world we live in. Can't we all just be one. 🙏😥

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Lionel‏ @LionelHGH 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @ChowdhurySJ

        @schowdhury92 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews You live in one of the most peaceful periods in human history. Get some perspective.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. rosinda‏ @Rosinda2015 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @LionelHGH

        @LionelHGH @schowdhury92 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews maybe you're right...considering what is yet to come

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Shahed Chowdhury‏ @ChowdhurySJ 20 Nov 2015
        Replying to @Rosinda2015

        @Rosinda2015 Yes! Why can't we just be one! It's never going to happen. Hatred is spread throughout the world.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation

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