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                    [Title] => French, Mali forces retake airport in city of Gao
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French and Malian troops regained control of the airport and bridge of the crucial, northern city of Gao on yesterday, marking their biggest advance yet in their bid to oust al-Qaeda-linked extremists who have controlled northern Mali for months, military officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-27 06:25:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 899823 [Title] => French seize control of 2 key Mali towns [Summary] =>

French troops in armored personnel carriers rolled through the streets of Diabaly on yesterday, winning praise from residents of this besieged town after Malian forces retook control of it with French help a week after radical Islamists invaded.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-22 02:50:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 899445 [Title] => French airstrikes jolt Islamists in Malian town [Summary] =>

Backed by French air strikes, Malian forces appeared close to recapturing a key central town in Mali where bands of al-Qaida-linked fighters had holed up, France's defense minister said Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-21 09:13:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1465/imagevlr.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 897597 [Title] => French triple troops in Mali, prepare for assault [Summary] =>

After a punishing bombing campaign failed to stop the southward advance of al-Qaida-linked fighters, France announced yesterday that it is tripling the number of troops deployed to Mali, strongly suggesting that French forces are preparing for a land assault to dislodge the extremists.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-16 04:26:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 897183 [Title] => Mali Islamists gain ground despite French fighting [Summary] =>

Despite intensive aerial bombardments by French warplanes, Islamist insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali on yesterday, including a strategic military camp, bringing them much closer to the capital, French and Malian military officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-15 02:52:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 847468 [Title] => 16 moderate Muslim preachers killed in Mali [Summary] =>

Sixteen Muslim preachers from a moderate sect were shot dead in central Mali as they traveled by road to a religious conference, the Malian and Mauritanian governments said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-10 05:20:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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