• French troops to quit Timbuktu this week

  • In a new phase of the Mali conflict, French airstrikes targeted the fuel depots and desert hideouts of Islamic extremists in northern Mali overnight Monday, as French forces planned to hand control of Timbuktu to the Malian army this week.
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  • TIMBUKTU, Mali
    By BABA AHMED,Associated Press
    Updated Feb. 4, 2013 @ 11:13 am
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