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• UN peacekeeping force proposed for Mali

  France has circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would authorize a U.N. peacekeeping force to stabilize key towns in northern Mali and help promote ... 

• Suicide bombing in north Mali kills 3 Chad troops

  A suicide bombing by Islamic militants has killed at least three Chad soldiers and injured civilians at a market, officials and a humanitarian worker ... 

• Mali mayor accused of drug trafficking arrested

  Authorities have arrested a mayor in northeastern Mali on drug trafficking charges three years after a plane full of cocaine landed near his town, ... 

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  Al-Qaida leader urges Muslims to unite in struggle

  Al-Qaida's leader has urged Muslims in Arab Spring countries to unite to institute an Islamic state, while warning France that its intervention in ... 

• French minister in Mali, presses for July poll

  France's foreign minister has urged Mali to stick to a July date for a proposed presidential election. During a visit to the country's capital on ... 

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  France to take part in future Mali peacekeeping

  French troops would take part in a proposed U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali after they end their task of clearing al-Qaida-linked rebels out of the ... 

• US Senators McCain, Whitehouse visit Mali

  United States Sens. John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse arrived in Mali's capital, Bamako, Tuesday for a two-day visit to assess the country's battle ... 

• EU army training mission in Mali gets under way

  An EU spokesman says a mission to train the Malian military has begun in the African country. Michael Mann, a spokesman for EU foreign policy chief ... 

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  Al-Qaida takes responsibility for Timbuktu attack

  Al-Qaida's local chapter took responsibility for an attack on Timbuktu this weekend, as French and Malian forces Monday continued to hunt down the ... 

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  Islamic extremists attack Timbuktu in north Mali

  Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle between Islamic extremists and the Malian and French armies, residents and a Malian military spokesman ... 

• Suicide bomber, landmines rock northern Mali

  A suicide bomber attempted to force his way past the defenses of the city of Timbuktu on Saturday, detonating himself on its outskirts, while a ... 

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  French troops to stay in Mali through end of 2013

  French President Francois Hollande says the country's troops will stay in Mali to fight extremists at least through the end of this year. 

• Mali secular rebels appoint administrator in Kidal

  A secular rebel group that has long sought independence in northern Mali now has appointed its own administrator to govern the region of Kidal, a move ... 

• Mali extremist group says fighters, leader OK

  One of the three extremist groups being driven back in northern Mali by French-led forces says its fighters and leader, Iyad Ag Ghali, are fine and ... 

• UN chief proposes peacekeepers as option for Mali

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon proposed a U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali with 11,200 troops working alongside a non-U.N. force that would conduct ... 

• 9 dead in clash with Islamic radicals in Mali

  Mali's military says that nine people were killed when Islamic extremists belonging to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa infiltrated ... 

• Radical Islamists attack Malian city of Gao

  Islamic extremists infiltrated and attacked the northern Malian city of Gao, the mayor and residents said late Saturday. It was the third major attack ... 

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  France confirms death of Al-Qaida chief Abou Zeid

  The death of a top al-Qaida-linked warlord in combat with French-led troops represents a victory in the battle against jihadists who had a ... 

• Mali army: Suicide bomber kills 1 in Timbuktu

  A suicide car bomber killed a soldier near Timbuktu's airport, officials said Thursday, the first such attack in the fabled city where French forces ... 

• US imposes sanctions on extremist group in Mali

  The Obama administration has imposed sanctions on the Islamist extremist group that seized much of northern Mali last year and prompted a French ... 

• Website close to al-Qaida claims hostage executed

  A French hostage was executed by al-Qaida's North African branch in retaliation for France's military intervention in northern Mali, according to an ... 

• Website in Mauritania says French hostage killed

  A Mauritanian-based website says that al-Qaida's North African branch has executed a French hostage in retaliation for France's military intervention ...