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Ex-Michigan congressman sentenced in terror funding case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman and U.S. delegate to the United Nations has been sentenced to a year and one day in prison for lobbying for a Missouri-based Islamic charity that had been identified as a global terrorist...Tags: Judges, Trials, Chicago, Social Issues, Terrorism
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After crushing Mali Islamists, France pushes deal with Tuaregs
Reuters* Mali army has headed toward Kidal, French oppose it entering town * Kidal, last rebel-held town in Mali, is central for July elections * French position is stirring frustration in army, on Bamako streets * Mali's interim president backs secretive...Tags: Politics, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda, Rebellions
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U.S. instructors to train African troops for Mali in Niger
ReutersNIAMEY, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. military instructors in Niger will train African forces participating in a U.N.-backed offensive against al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants in neighbouring Mali, senior military officers said on Thursday. The United States...Tags: Western Africa, U.S. Military, Wars and Interventions, Niger, European Union
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Former Dutch minister Koenders to be named UN Mali envoy-diplomats
ReutersBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - Former Dutch development minister Gerard Koenders will be named U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country, where Islamist militants hijacked...Tags: Sudan, Wars and Interventions, Africa, United Nations, International Organizations
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EU will give over 500 million euros to help Mali rebuild
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will pledge more than half a billion euros($650 million) to help Mali rebuild after months of conflict, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Tuesday. "Tomorrow we will commit 520 million...Tags: Wars and Interventions, European Union, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Burkina Faso
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Niger offers cash reward to help eradicate Guinea worm
ReutersNIAMEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Niger is offering cash rewards to anyone reporting a case of Guinea worm as part of efforts to permanently eradicate the parasitic disease in the impoverished West African nation, the health ministry said. Though it once...Tags: Dracunculiasis , Niger, Africa, Skin Lesion, Guinea
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Malian army approaches rebel-held northern town of Kidal
ReutersBAMAKO, May 12 (Reuters) - Malian troops approached the remote northeastern town of Kidal on Sunday ahead of a mid-May deadline set by the government to wrest it from the control of Tuareg separatist rebels. French forces which swept Islamist...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Justice and Rights, Paris (France), Politics, Elections
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Mali asks donors for two billion euros to rebuild country
Reuters* EU, France organising donor conference in Brussels next week * Mali trying to rebuild after French offensive drove out Islamists By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS, May 10 (Reuters) - Mali will ask international donors for nearly two billion euros ($2.6...Tags: Paris (France), Politics, France, Renovation, Francois Hollande
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INSIGHT-France struggles to fight radical Islam in its jails
Reuters* Jihadist recruiting behind bars a worry amid Mali crisis * Overcrowding, intelligence lapses, lack of chaplains weigh * Petty offenders easily lured into radicalism By Alexandria Sage VILLEPINTE, France, May 7 (Reuters) - In France, the path to...Tags: Terrorism, Jihad, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Punishment
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Mali court drops case against newspaper editor
Reuters* Editor published open letter criticising coup leader * Charged with inciting revolt * Arrest showed junta's lingering influence BAMAKO, April 30 (Reuters) - A court in Mali threw out a case against a newspaper editor who was arrested after publishing...Tags: Judges, Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Prosecution
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In Mali, scribe keeps an ancient calling alive
BAMAKO, Mali — Homemade twig pens stand like off-duty soldiers in a jar on Boubacar Sadeck's worktable. The morning sun steals into a room stuffed with a jumble of papers, ink bottles and stretched animal hides. He sits thoughtfully before a blank...
Tags: North Africa, Science and Technology, Africa, Islam, Germany
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Libya's south teeters toward chaos — and militant extremists
SABHA, Libya — Their fatigues don't match and their pickup has no windshield. Their antiaircraft gun, clogged with grit, is perched between a refugee camp and ripped market tents scattered over an ancient caravan route. But the tribesmen keep...
Tags: Niger, Butterfly Ballots, Weaponry, Substance Abuse, Islam
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