BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A United Nations vehicle securing an airstrip in northern Mali drove over a mine and a soldier with the U.N. force was seriously wounded, said a U.N. official.
Earlier Wednesday, a plane carrying U.N. officials and European ambassadors landed at the strip in the city of Kidal. When the blast happened, the delegation was already in town.
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