DJENNE, Mali (AP) -- Malian soldiers killed people accused of ties to radical Islamists at a bus stop around the time the French-led military intervention began, a witness told The Associated Press on Wednesday, detailing how the soldiers shot the victims and then threw thei r bodies into nearby wells. 3 beheaded, 5 others killed in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- Officials say suspected fighters from a radical Islamist sect beheaded three people in a northeastern Nigerian city where gunfire has echoed through the street.
New pipeline attack shows Nigeria unrest spreads
AREPO, Nigeria (AP) -- Thick plumes of smoke rose into the sky and fire danced across the fuel-slicked waters surrounding the Nigerian pipeline, another attacked and vandalized so thieves could steal the gasoline inside.
Witness describes executions by Malian army
DJENNE, Mali (AP) -- Malian soldiers executed people accused of ties to radical Islamists at a bus stop around the time the French-led military intervention began, a witness told The Associated Press on Wednesday, detailing how the soldiers s hot the victims and then threw their bodies into nearby wells. Rights group warns of executions by Malian army
DJENNE, Mali (AP) -- A France-based human rights group on Wednesday accused Malian forces of dozens of "summary executions" and other abuses as they counter-attack Islamist extremists holed up in the West African country's hi nterlands with key support from French air power and troops. Groups call for Somali gov't to release journalist
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Rights groups on Wednesday called for the Somali government to release a journalist arrested by police for interviewing a woman who said she was raped by government security forces.
Malian army ill-equipped to fight Islamists
DIABALY, Mali (AP) -- Explosions rang out at 3 a.m. last week as the radical Islamists descended on the town of Diabaly, home to a Malian military camp. Residents cowering in their homes believed the Malian soldiers would protect them. US begins transporting French troops to Mali
DJENNE, Mali (AP) -- The U.S. airlift of French forces to Mali to fight Islamic extremists is expected to go on for another two weeks, Pentagon officials said, as hundreds of African troops from Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso and Senegal are now joining the French-led intervention. US airlift of French troops to Mali to last weeks
DJENNE, Mali (AP) -- The U.S. airlift of French forces to Mali to fight Islamic extremists is expected to go on for another two weeks, Pentagon officials said, as hundreds of African troops from Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso a nd Senegal are now joining the French-led intervention. Haitian amputee makes comeback on dance floor
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Georges Exantus thought he'd never dance again. He was lucky just to be alive. Venezuelan government: Hugo Chavez recovering
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in good spirits and recovering six weeks after he underwent cancer surgery in Cuba, his government said Tuesday in a continuation of more upbeat assessments of the leader's fragile heal th. Fight for Mali town reflects Islamist tactics
DIABALY, Mali (AP) -- Abou Zeid, the shadowy and feared emir of one of al-Qaida's most successful cells, commandeered the packed-dirt home of a famil y here last week, embedding himself and his hundreds of men in this community of rice growers. He ate spaghetti and powdered milk, read the Quran and planned a war. UN team evaluates Dominican mine expansion project
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- A team of experts from the U.N. on Tuesday began evaluating a proposed nickel mine expansion in the Dominican Republic that has been halted by a court over environmental concerns.
Venezuela official: 'encouraging' report on Chavez
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in good spirits and recovering six weeks after he underwent cancer surgery in Cuba, a government spokesman said Tuesday, continuing more upbeat assessments of the leader's fragile health. 
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