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• US raises concerns over Mali's arrest of editor

  The United States ambassador to Mali says she has concerns about press freedom in the West African nation after authorities arrested a newspaper ... 

• France: April UN vote on Mali peacekeepers

  France's foreign minister is pushing for a U.N. vote next month to approve peacekeepers for the West African country of Mali. The peacekeepers would ... 

• Germany warns of returning jihadis

  A top German intelligence official says a number of trained Islamic militants who had planned to fight in Mali are returning to Germany, presenting ... 

• Dutch government raises terror threat level

  The Dutch government raised its terror threat Wednesday amid concerns that Dutch citizens traveling to Syria to fight in the civil war could return ... 

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  Mali media outlets go silent over editor's arrest

  The airwaves in Mali's capital fell silent on Tuesday and newspapers didn't print a morning edition in protest over the arrest last week of an editor ... 

• Nigeria: Video shows bodies of foreign hostages

  A video posted online appears to show the corpses of some of the seven foreign hostages abducted by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria and later ... 

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  Hostage killings a new, dangerous turn for Nigeria

  Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in ... 

• 2 French fighters detained in Mali

  France's defense minister says two French citizens fighting alongside extremists have been detained over the past week in the West African country of ... 

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  French tally toll as defense minister visits Mali

  France's defense minister made a surprise visit to Mali on Thursday to see French troops fighting extremists there, as military officials said at ... 

• 2 arrested in French anti-terrorism probe

  Two Frenchmen suspected of plotting terrorist attacks, making explosives and extremist activity online were detained Thursday, amid heightened concern ... 

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  French soldier, about 10 rebels die in Mali clash

  French and Malian forces moving into far eastern Mali clashed with jihadist fighters in a spontaneous gunbattle on Wednesday, leaving a French soldier ... 

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  EU commander: Malian army's needs 'considerable'

  The general leading the European Union training mission to Mali said Tuesday that molding the country's army into a cohesive and effective force will ... 

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  France: Key al-Qaida chief in Mali likely killed

  France said Monday for the first time that a key al-Qaida leader in Mali is probably dead. An activist close to the terror network's north Africa ... 

• UK's Hague visits Mali for political talks

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague is in Mali for talks with members of the Malian government to discuss the political process in the West ... 

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  3rd French soldier killed in Mali combat

  A French soldier has died in some of the most intense fighting thus far in the seven-week-old military campaign to push back a jihadist advance in ... 

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  Head of Chadian army claims troops kill Belmoktar

  Chad's military chief announced late Saturday that his troops deployed in northern Mali had killed Moktar Belmoktar, the terrorist who orchestrated ... 

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  Chad's president: Al-Qaida chief killed in Mali

  Chadian President Idriss Deby announced Friday that Chadian troops fighting to dislodge an al-Qaida affiliate in northern Mali killed one of the ...