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Young men play football in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013. French forces led an all-night aerial bombing campaign Tuesday to wrest control of a small Malian town from armed Islamist extremists who seized the area, including its strategic military camp. A a convoy of 40 to 50 trucks carrying French troops crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast as France prepares for a possible land assault. Several thousand soldiers from the nations neighboring Mali are also expected to begin arriving in coming days. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Mali: French troops begin land assault

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French defense minister Jean Yves Le Drian addresses reporters during a press conference held at the defense ministry in Paris, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013. Map at left shows the operations zone in Mali. France carried out new airstrikes overnight against Islamist fighters in central Mali.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

French triple troops in Mali, prepare for assault

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French citizen Nicole Obre Toure carries a bag to her car as she prepares to leave the region where she has lived for 12 years, in Segou, central Mali, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. As Islamist militants gained ground Monday morning, Toure decided to move from the village where she lives into Segou, the regional capital. Once there, however, she learned that the French government had ordered the immediate evacuation of French citizens from the area. Despite intensive aerial bombardments by French warplanes, Islamist insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali Monday and moved closer to the capital, French and Malian authorities said. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)

Mali rebels make gains, vow to avenge French bombs

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Franch Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, right, speaks during a press conference, in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Le Drian said hundreds of French troops are involved in an operation that destroyed a command center of Islamic rebels in Mali. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels

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Mali army, Islamist rebels clash
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Mali army, Islamist rebels clash

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FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2012 file photo, women wearing veils as mandated by Islamist group Ansar Dine, walk along a street in Timbuktu, Mali. The Mali army attacked Islamist rebels with heavy weapons in the center of the country which divides the insurgent-held north and the government-controlled south, government officials said Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/File)

Islamists clash with military, take key Mali town

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Official: Mali Islamists closer to gov’t areas
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Official: Mali Islamists closer to gov’t areas

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Mali militants seek peace after UN backs force
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Mali militants seek peace after UN backs force

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Malians express dismay at intervention timeframe
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Malians express dismay at intervention timeframe

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North Mali Islamist group adds new brigade
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North Mali Islamist group adds new brigade

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