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FILE - In this picture taken Monday Jan. 28, 2013, Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, Northern Mali. Chadian President Idriss Deby in an interview with French journalists that was posted online Monday April 15, 2013 said his country's troops are pulling out of Mali three months after the French-led mission to oust al-Qaida-linked militants began, raising concerns about the future of war in the absence of the fierce Chadian desert fighters. The drawdown of Chadian forces comes days after a suicide bombing killed three Chadian soldiers.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay-File)

Chad’s leader: Troops to leave Mali guerrilla war

Baba Ahmed, Krista Larson -

April 16, 2013 4:00 am

FILE -- In this picture taken Monday Jan. 28, 2013, Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, Northern Mali. Chadian President Idriss Deby in an interview with French journalists that was posted online Monday April 15, 2013 said his country's troops are pulling out of Mali three months after the French-led mission to oust al-Qaida-linked militants began, raising concerns about the future of war in the absence of the fierce Chadian desert fighters. The drawdown of Chadian forces comes days after a suicide bombing killed three Chadian soldiers.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay-File)

Chad’s leader: Troops to leave Mali guerrilla war

Baba Ahmed, Krista Larson -

April 15, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2013 file photo, government security forces in a pickup truck drive past a demonstration calling for peace as negotiators prepare for talks with rebels from the north, in downtown Bangui, Central African Republic Saturday. On Friday, March 22, rebels took the town of Damara, beginning a new march to take the capital, Bangui, said a rebel spokesman. Panic spread throughout the capital, with the neighborhoods closest to the northern gate of the city emptying out, as frightened residents locked up their shops, packed their bags and yanked their children out of school. Banks and government offices closed early.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Rebels enter C. African Republic capital

Krista Larson, Hippolyte Marboua -

March 23, 2013 4:00 am

Video story: French, Mali forces retake airport in city of Gao

Video story: French, Mali forces retake airport in city of Gao

Rukmini Callimachi, Krista Larson -

January 26, 2013 5:00 am

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

Baba Ahmed, Krista Larson -

January 10, 2013 5:00 am

Mali announces new govt 5 months after coup

Mali announces new govt 5 months after coup

Baba Ahmed, Krista Larson -

August 20, 2012 4:00 am