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,…
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,…
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…