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64 Killed In Terrorist Attacks On Passenger Boat, Army Base In Mali
Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday by suspected jihadists killed 64 people, a Malian official said.
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Trial To Open Of Malian Jihadist Accused Of Timbuktu Attacks
History is set to be made today at the world's only permanent war crimes court when an alleged Malian jihadist is due to plead guilty to attacking the fabled city of Timbuktu.
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Australian Couple Kidnapped By Jihadists In Burkina Faso: Islamist Group
Two Australians have been kidnapped in Burkina Faso, officials said Saturday, as a Malian Islamist group said the couple was in the hands of Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists.
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Al-Qaeda Affiliated Group Claims Responsibility for Mali Attack
An African jihadist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility today for the attack and ongoing hostage-taking at a business hotel in the Malian capital Bamako.
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Malian Troops Kill Jihadists on Ivory Coast Border: Defence Source
Malian troops killed several jihadists near the country's southern border with Ivory Coast and destroyed the insurgents' camp in a forest straddling the frontier, a Malian army officer said Thursday.
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Mali Kills 3 'Terrorists' in Border Sweep: Sources
Malian soldiers killed three "terrorists" on Wednesday during a cross-border search operation for jihadists backed by Ivorian troops, security sources said.
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Ansar Dine Claims Mali Attacks, Threatens Ivory Coast and Mauritania
Jihadist group Ansar Dine today claimed responsibility for two weekend attacks in Mali near the borders with Mauritania and Ivory Coast, and threatened to strike both countries.
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3 Mali Soldiers Killed in Jihadist Attack
Three Malian soldiers died Saturday in a jihadist attack on the southwestern town of Nara, on the Mauritania border, with several Islamist fighters also killed, officials said.
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Under Siege: Villagers in Fear in Mali's Bandit Country
Only the poor, old and sick have stuck around, holed up at home, trembling at the slightest noise, in the once-thriving Malian settlement of Bintagoungou, now little more than a ghost town.
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Suspect in Deadly Mali Nightclub Attack Killed
Malian special forces on Friday killed a suspect in last week's deadly jihadist attack on a nightclub in the capital, later identified as the flatmate of the heavily-armed gunman who stormed the venue.
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Mali Rebels Begin Talks to Mull Peace Deal
Mali's Tuareg-led rebels met today in the northeast of the country to decide whether to sign a peace deal already accepted by the government and smaller armed groups, a participant told AFP.
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5 Killed in Attack on Mali's Bamako Nightclub
Five people including two Europeans and a Malian policeman died in an assault on a Bamako nightclub today, the first attack targeting Westerners in a city braced for jihadist violence since 2012.
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Mali troops sweep Timbuktu for Islamist rebels after battle
Malian troops swept Timbuktu for remaining Islamist fighters after a weekend battle that left seven dead and forced France to dispatch reinforcements and fighter jets to help Mali's army.
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French soldier, about 10 rebels die in Mali clash
French and Malian forces moving into far eastern Mali clashed with jihadist fighters in a spontaneous gunbattle on Wednesday, leaving a French soldier and about 10 insurgents dead, a French military spokesman said.
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Mali jihadists in custody say tortured by military
Three suspected jihadists arrested in the days since the liberation of Timbuktu said Friday that Malian soldiers were torturing them with a method similar to waterboarding.
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64 Killed In Terrorist Attacks On Passenger Boat, Army Base In Mali
Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday by suspected jihadists killed 64 people, a Malian official said.
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Trial To Open Of Malian Jihadist Accused Of Timbuktu Attacks
History is set to be made today at the world's only permanent war crimes court when an alleged Malian jihadist is due to plead guilty to attacking the fabled city of Timbuktu.
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Australian Couple Kidnapped By Jihadists In Burkina Faso: Islamist Group
Two Australians have been kidnapped in Burkina Faso, officials said Saturday, as a Malian Islamist group said the couple was in the hands of Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists.
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Al-Qaeda Affiliated Group Claims Responsibility for Mali Attack
An African jihadist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility today for the attack and ongoing hostage-taking at a business hotel in the Malian capital Bamako.
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Malian Troops Kill Jihadists on Ivory Coast Border: Defence Source
Malian troops killed several jihadists near the country's southern border with Ivory Coast and destroyed the insurgents' camp in a forest straddling the frontier, a Malian army officer said Thursday.
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Mali Kills 3 'Terrorists' in Border Sweep: Sources
Malian soldiers killed three "terrorists" on Wednesday during a cross-border search operation for jihadists backed by Ivorian troops, security sources said.
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Ansar Dine Claims Mali Attacks, Threatens Ivory Coast and Mauritania
Jihadist group Ansar Dine today claimed responsibility for two weekend attacks in Mali near the borders with Mauritania and Ivory Coast, and threatened to strike both countries.
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3 Mali Soldiers Killed in Jihadist Attack
Three Malian soldiers died Saturday in a jihadist attack on the southwestern town of Nara, on the Mauritania border, with several Islamist fighters also killed, officials said.
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Under Siege: Villagers in Fear in Mali's Bandit Country
Only the poor, old and sick have stuck around, holed up at home, trembling at the slightest noise, in the once-thriving Malian settlement of Bintagoungou, now little more than a ghost town.
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Suspect in Deadly Mali Nightclub Attack Killed
Malian special forces on Friday killed a suspect in last week's deadly jihadist attack on a nightclub in the capital, later identified as the flatmate of the heavily-armed gunman who stormed the venue.
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Mali Rebels Begin Talks to Mull Peace Deal
Mali's Tuareg-led rebels met today in the northeast of the country to decide whether to sign a peace deal already accepted by the government and smaller armed groups, a participant told AFP.
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5 Killed in Attack on Mali's Bamako Nightclub
Five people including two Europeans and a Malian policeman died in an assault on a Bamako nightclub today, the first attack targeting Westerners in a city braced for jihadist violence since 2012.
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Mali troops sweep Timbuktu for Islamist rebels after battle
Malian troops swept Timbuktu for remaining Islamist fighters after a weekend battle that left seven dead and forced France to dispatch reinforcements and fighter jets to help Mali's army.
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French soldier, about 10 rebels die in Mali clash
French and Malian forces moving into far eastern Mali clashed with jihadist fighters in a spontaneous gunbattle on Wednesday, leaving a French soldier and about 10 insurgents dead, a French military spokesman said.
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Mali jihadists in custody say tortured by military
Three suspected jihadists arrested in the days since the liberation of Timbuktu said Friday that Malian soldiers were torturing them with a method similar to waterboarding.
