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                    [Title] => 2 arrested over attack on luxury hotel in Mali
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Malian special forces have arrested two men over last week's attack on a luxury hotel in the capital that killed 19 people, according to a statement distributed Friday morning.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-27 02:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155442 [AuthorName] => Baba Ahmed [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151127/attack-mali2.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1431695 [Title] => Mali: 3 dead in rocket attack on UN base in Kidal in north [Summary] =>

Two children and a U.N. peacekeeper were killed in a rocket attack early Sunday on a U.N. base in Mali's northeastern city of Kidal, the United Nations mission in Mali said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-09 09:09:43 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155442 [AuthorName] => Baba Ahmed [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150309/mali-attack.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1396070 [Title] => UN: Islamic State group got up to $45M in ransoms [Summary] =>

The Islamic State group which controls a large swath of Syria and Iraq has received between $35 million and $45 million in ransom payments in the past year, a U.N. expert monitoring sanctions against al-Qaida said Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-26 08:07:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289544 [AuthorName] => Edith Lederer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141002/ISIS-5.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1372280 [Title] => Islamist group kidnaps Frenchman in Algeria [Summary] =>

A splinter group from al-Qaeda's North African branch has kidnapped a French citizen and announced on yesterday that it will kill him unless France ends its participation in air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-23 05:31:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1130026 [AuthorName] => Aomar Ouali and Paul Schemm [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1066491 [Title] => 'Al-Qaida affiliates in Phl, other countries remain a threat' [Summary] =>

Al-Qaida's senior leadership has a diminished ability to direct global terror operations but the threat from loosely linked affiliates and individuals radicalized by its "infectious ideas" is becoming more sophisticated, U.N. experts said Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-08 08:50:42 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289544 [AuthorName] => Edith Lederer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8717/uk6m.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 947694 [Title] => AP Exclusive: Rise of al-Qaeda Saharan terrorist [Summary] =>

After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaeda's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-29 07:11:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1726314 [AuthorName] => Rukmini Callimachi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 926079 [Title] => Al-Qaeda takes responsibility for Timbuktu attack [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-02 04:45:05 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 923512 [Title] => France confirms death of al-Qaeda chief Abou Zeid [Summary] =>

The al-Qaeda-linked warlord Abou Zeid was killed in combat with French-led troops in Mali in February, France said yesterday, ending weeks of uncertainty about whether one of the group's leading commanders in the region was dead.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-24 05:50:52 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 911860 [Title] => Al-Qaida tipsheet on avoiding drones found in Mali [Summary] =>

One of the last things the bearded fighters did before leaving this city was to drive to the market where traders lay their carpets out in the sand.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-22 03:00:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 900212 [Title] => Pentagon: Al-Qaida top suspect in Algeria attack [Summary] =>

The Pentagon on Tuesday stopped short of saying al-Qaida's North Africa affiliate is definitely to blame for the deadly Algeria terrorist attack, but it said there is good reason to believe the group had a leading role.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-23 10:49:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2816/philippinesalgeriakguti.jpg ) ) )
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