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Mali

• Mali and Tuareg rebels sign accord

  Mali, which lost half its territory last year to a rebel invasion, signed an accord Tuesday with Tuareg separatists who still control the country's ... 

• Main Tuareg rebel group says ready to sign accord

  The Tuareg rebel group occupying a part of northern Mali says it is ready to accept a proposed agreement with the government, a positive sign that ... 

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  Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon

  The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that scaled one wall, like Xeroxed, stapled handouts for a class. Except that the ... 

• Spain boosts its troop presence in Mali to 110

  Spain will boost its troop presence in Mali, increasing its mission there from 50 to 110 personnel. Spain participates in a European Union operation ... 

• Malian army takes Anefis, 1st territorial gain

  The Malian military attacked Tuareg rebels early Wednesday and succeeded in taking the village of Anefis, marking the army's first victory and ... 

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  French president awarded a peace prize

  He has been praised as a war chief in Mali. Now, French President Francois Hollande has been awarded a U.N.-sponsored peace prize — barely a year into ... 

• AP Interview: Mali wants its army in Kidal

  Malian authorities are insisting on a military presence in the troubled northern city of Kidal before the country can hold presidential elections next ... 

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  NATO to send expert mission to Libya

  NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced Tuesday the alliance will send an expert mission to Libya on short notice to assess needs as ... 

• Suicide bomber blows himself up in Mali's Kidal

  A man suspected of being an extremist ran for cover inside an abandoned house in the northern Malian city of Kidal, and detonated an explosive vest ... 

• Bordeaux beats Evian 3-2 to win French Cup

  Cheick Diabate scored an 89th minute winner to help Bordeaux beat Evian 3-2 in the French Cup final on Friday. The Mali striker also notched the ... 

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  Mali youth hold 1st protest against French

  Youth in the recently-liberated Malian city of Gao held a sit-in on Thursday to protest against what they see as France's tacit support of the Tuareg ... 

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  DNA, video led to arrest in French soldier attack

  DNA traces on an orange juice bottle and a surveillance video of a man praying in a mall led to the arrest Wednesday of a young suspected Islamic ... 

• Niger attackers had inside help: France

  France's foreign minister said Tuesday during a stop in Niger that the attackers who carried out last week's double suicide bombings on a military ... 

• Mali sets date for presidential election in July

  Mali's government announced on Monday that much-anticipated presidential elections will be held July 28, in a communique that set the dates for the ... 

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  Burkina Faso soldiers in Mali worry about defense

  African soldiers in the fabled city of Timbuktu worry their equipment, training and circumstances are not adequate to defend against another takeover ... 

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  French help Niger to kill last jihadist bombers

  With the help of French special forces, Niger's military on Friday killed the last two jihadists holed up inside a dormitory on the grounds of a ... 

• UN says China offers peacekeepers for Mali

  China has offered to contribute troops to the new U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, where Islamist jihadists controlled the country's north until ... 

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  Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

  Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — ... 

• Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania

  The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to ... 

• UN chief names Dutch envoy to head Mali mission

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Albert Koenders of the Netherlands to head the new peacekeeping mission in Mali. The mission is ...