Jamey Keaten

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A resident of San in central Mali talks with a French soldier in his vehicle as French troops pass through en route to Sevare, Mali, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. French forces encircled a key Malian town on Friday to stop radical Islamists from striking closer to the capital, a French official said. The move to surround Diabaly came as French and Malian authorities said they had retaken Konna, the central city whose capture prompted the French military intervention last week.(AP Photo/Harouna Traore)

Africa forces’ role in Mali faces diverse snags

Jamey Keaten · January 19, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Monday, June 11, 2012 file photo, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian listens to a question during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Le Drian said Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, that a French soldier is missing after an unsuccessful commando raid in Somalia to rescue an intelligence agent who was killed by his captors during the fighting. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

French commando killed in Somalia hostage raid

Abdi Guled, Jamey Keaten · January 12, 2013 5:00 am

France hosts secretive inter-Afghan meeting

Jamey Keaten · December 20, 2012 4:07 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2012 file photo, former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his apartment building in Paris. French judges decided Wednesday, Dec.19, 2012 not to drop aggravated pimping charges against Strauss-Kahn. His lawyer says he will appeal. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

French judges keep Strauss-Kahn pimping charges

Jamey Keaten · December 19, 2012 1:59 pm

An Israeli walks near a construction site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Sholmo, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. An European diplomat says Germany and three other European members of the U.N. Security Council are preparing a statement condemning Israel's latest settlement plans in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Israel to face new condemnation for settlements

Edith Lederer, Jamey Keaten · December 18, 2012 10:39 pm

France eyes new UN resolution on Mali

Jamey Keaten · December 17, 2012 4:50 pm

3 French ex-troops convicted in Ivory Coast death

Jamey Keaten · December 7, 2012 7:32 pm

Germany to take stake as EADS shakes up ownership

Jamey Keaten · December 5, 2012 8:03 pm

10 on trial in France for alleged jihadist funding

Jamey Keaten · December 3, 2012 5:54 pm

Faster than NATO, France ends Afghan combat role

Jamey Keaten · November 20, 2012 2:13 pm

EU could mobilize soldiers fast to help Mali

Jamey Keaten · October 25, 2012 4:15 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012 file photo, fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine leave after performing a public amputation, severing the hand of a young man found guilty of stealing rice, in Timbuktu, Mali. France is moving surveillance drones to western Africa amid rising concerns that an al-Qaida offshoot and its allies who control northeast Mali represent a major threat to French interests abroad and possibly at home. With six French hostages held by Islamic militants in the region, France is facing a delicate task, but has garnered support from other Western powers including the United States to keep Mali from becoming a new launchpad for global terrorism. (AP Photo, File)

AP Exclusive: France to send drones to Mali region

Jamey Keaten · October 22, 2012 4:00 am