Official: 4 rescued from Mali hotel; 9 killed in attack
By BABA AHMED Special forces early Saturday rescued four people who hid in a hotel for nearly 24 hours after Islamic extremists stormed the building and launched a shootout that…
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AP REPORTER’S QUEST TO FIND BODIES ENDS IN DESERT
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI In this July 23, 2013 photo, Sidi Fassoukoy, searching for his missing brother, covers his nose against the smell as he unearths the remains of two men…
France reinforces Mali troops after kidnap deaths
A coffin bearing the body of one of the two French radio journalists killed in Mali is carried at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy, north of Paris, Tuesday,…
French Foreign Ministry says 2 journalists for RFI radio kidnapped and killed in north Mali
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FIGHTING FLARES BETWEEN MALI ARMY, REBELS IN KIDAL
By BABA AHMED FILE – In this July 27, 2013 file photo, Malian Tuareg soldiers loyal to Col. Major El-Hadj Gamou listen during a visit by Mali’s army chief of…
WHY IS FRANCE PUSHING SO HARD ON SYRIA?
By JAMEY KEATEN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks with French President Francois Hollande, right, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, second left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague,…
NEW MALI PRESIDENT KEITA SWORN INTO OFFICE
By BABA AHMED Mali’s new president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, is sworn in at an official ceremony in Bamako, Mali, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. Keita took the oath of office Wednesday,…
MALI PRESIDENTIAL RACE GOES TO RUNOFF
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Supporters of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita briefly celebrate as they watch the televised reading of election results, at Keita campaign headquarters in Bamako, Mali, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013.…