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,…
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WOMAN TAKEN HOSTAGE IN MALI BACK IN TIMBUKTU
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI FILE – In this April 24, 2012 file photo, released Swiss hostage Beatrice Stockli, left, arrives by helicopter from Timbuktu, Mali after being handed over by a militant…
TERROR LEADER’S GROUP GROWS, VOWS TO AID EGYPTIANS
By AHMED MOHAMED FILE – In this undated file image taken from video provided by the SITE Intel Group and made available Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, purports to show terrorist…
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.…
REPORT: WORLD TURMOIL MEANS FEWER HAVE FREE PRESS
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN FILE – In this July 17, 1997 file photo, David Hoffman sits inside his self-built newsstand on Lexington Avenue in New York. According to democracy watchdog…
FRENCH FAMILY OF 7 TAKEN HOSTAGE IN CAMEROON FREED
By DIVINE NTARYIKE and LORI HINNANT French President Francois Hollande speaks at the Elysee Palace in Paris , Friday, April 19, 2013. A French family with four young children kidnapped…
AL-QAIDA LEADER URGES MUSLIMS TO UNITE IN STRUGGLE
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF FILE — In this undated file frame grab from video provided by IntelCenter, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, shows Al-Qaida’s leader Ayman Al-Zawahri in a…
ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS ATTACK TIMBUKTU IN NORTH MALI
By BABA AHMED and RUKMINI CALLIMACH FILE In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, a Malian soldier walks in Gao, northern Mali. Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle…