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                    [Title] => Al-Qaeda takes responsibility for Timbuktu attack
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Al-Qaeda's local chapter took responsibility for an attack on Timbuktu this weekend, as French and Malian forces yesterday continued to hunt down the jihadists who infiltrated the ancient, northern Malian town.

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                    [Title] => Islamists attack Malian troops in Gao
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Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles penetrated the most populous city in northern Mali on yesterday, engaging the Malian army in combat in a surprise attack two weeks after French and Malian troops ousted the jihadists.

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                    [Title] => French foreign minister: Troops to leave Mali soon
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France's foreign minister said yesterday that French forces would depart Mali "quickly" following their success in taking control of the airport in Kidal, a key position in the last remaining urban stronghold of Islamist extremists in northern Mali.

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                    [Title] => In recaptured city in Mali, Islamists hunted down
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Residents in Mali's newly liberated city of Gao hunted down and beat suspected Islamist extremists who had not fled with their brothers-in-arms as Malian and French military forces closed in and retook the town.

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                    [Title] => French, Mali forces head toward Timbuktu
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French and Malian forces pushed toward the fabled desert town of Timbuktu on yesterday, as the two-week-long French mission gathered momentum against the Islamist extremists who have ruled the north for more than nine months.

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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.

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                    [Title] => US begins transporting French troops to Mali
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American planes transported French troops and equipment to Mali, a US military spokesman said yesterday, as Malian and French forces pushed into the Islamist-held north.

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                    [Title] => French seize control of 2 key Mali towns
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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.

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Al-Qaeda takes responsibility for Timbuktu attack

April 2, 2013 - 4:45am

Al-Qaeda's local chapter took responsibility for an attack on Timbuktu this weekend, as French and Malian forces yesterday continued to hunt down the jihadists who infiltrated the ancient, northern Malian town....

Islamists attack Malian troops in Gao

February 11, 2013 - 2:33am

Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles penetrated the most populous city in northern Mali on yesterday, engaging the Malian army in combat in a surprise attack two weeks after French and...

French foreign minister: Troops to leave Mali soon

January 31, 2013 - 2:12am

France's foreign minister said yesterday that French forces would depart Mali "quickly" following their success in taking control of the airport in Kidal, a key position in the last remaining urban stronghold of...

In recaptured city in Mali, Islamists hunted down

January 30, 2013 - 3:38am

Residents in Mali's newly liberated city of Gao hunted down and beat suspected Islamist extremists who had not fled with their brothers-in-arms as Malian and French military forces closed in and retook the town...

French, Mali forces head toward Timbuktu

January 28, 2013 - 3:51am

French and Malian forces pushed toward the fabled desert town of Timbuktu on yesterday, as the two-week-long French mission gathered momentum against the Islamist extremists who have ruled the north for more than...

French, Mali forces retake airport in city of Gao

January 27, 2013 - 6:25am

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...

US begins transporting French troops to Mali

January 23, 2013 - 5:35am

American planes transported French troops and equipment to Mali, a US military spokesman said yesterday, as Malian and French forces pushed into the Islamist-held north.

French seize control of 2 key Mali towns

January 22, 2013 - 2:50am

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...