What are Western and African powers up against in Mali, Algeria?
Today in Algeria, authorities are scouring a Saharan gas plant for bodies in the wake of a hostage crisis that ended in a shootout between the Army and Islamist kidnappers. Around the world, leaders are vowing to strike back hard at Islamist militancy that is surging across North Africa.
In Mali, French forces move north amid plea for faster African deployments
As Malian troops enter Diabaly, a garrison town of 35,000 recently abandoned by rebels in response to French air strikes, France's foreign minister has warned his African counterparts that “African friends need to take the lead” in the ongoing military campaign against Islamist rebels in Mali.
Al-Qaida flourishes in Sahara, emerges stronger
RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- The Islamists are back as a force in Algeria.
Korea's Lee sets 500-metre world record at long-track speedskating World Cup
CALGARY – Sang-Hwa Lee of Korea set a 500 metre world record Sunday at the Essent World Cup speedskating event at Calgary’s Olympic Oval.
Friday, January 25, 2013
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