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French, Malian troops battle militants in desert village French forces moved northward in Mali to bolster government forces fighting Islamist rebels.
Jan. 23, 2013
A boy who fled northern Mali looks on at a camp for internally displaced persons in Sevare. Mali's army chief said his French-backed forces could reclaim the northern towns of Gao and fabled Timbuktu from Islamists in a month, as more offers of aid poured in for the offensive.
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Jan. 23, 2013
Children who fled northern Mali gather at a camp for internally displaced persons in Sevare.
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Jan. 22, 2013
A Malian gendarme stands guard after the arrival of a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane with French troops at the airport in Bamako. The United States has started transporting French soldiers and equipment to Mali as part of its logistical aid to French forces fighting Islamist militants in the north of the country, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
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Jan. 22, 2013
French soldiers carry their equipment after arriving on a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the airport in Bamako.
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Jan. 22, 2013
A French soldier deployed near the city of Diabaly keeps post from a machine-gun-mounted vehicle.
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Jan. 22, 2013
French soldiers deployed in Diabaly are seen on patrol.
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Jan. 22, 2013
A Malian soldier walks in a Diabaly military camp that was destroyed by airstrikes a week ago.
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Jan. 21, 2013
A resident of the Malian town of Diabaly explains to French soldiers his experiences fighting Islamist militants. For the last week, French and Malian forces fought to route the militants from the town.
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Jan. 21, 2013
Young boys stand near the wreckage of a vehicle that was destroyed in a French airstrike near Diabaly.
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Jan. 21, 2013
A woman passes the wreckage of a vehicle that was destroyed in a French airstrike near Diabaly.
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Jan. 21, 2013
French military forces patrol the recently captured town of Diabaly. For the last week, French and Malian forces fought to route Islamic militants from the town.
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Jan. 20, 2013
Bystanders stand by a French APC as a French Puma transport helicopter lands to test the field in the center of Niono, Mali, about 300 miles north of the capital of Bamako. French troops encircled a key Malian town on Friday, trying to stop radical Islamists from striking against communities closer to the capital and cutting off their supply line, a French official said. The move around Diabaly came as French and Malian authorities said that the city whose capture prompted the French military intervention in the first place was no longer in the hands of the extremists.
Jerome Delay
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AP
Jan. 20, 2013
A cattle herder moves his cows at dusk near the battle’s front lines in central Mali.
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Jan. 20, 2013
Residents of the town of Niono, near the frontline, spend time outside a local restaurant.
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Jan. 20, 2013
Malian soldiers watch a soccer match in the Africa Cup of Nations in the town of Niono, near the frontline.
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Jan. 20, 2013
Residents of the town of Segou, Mali, await goods arriving by boat on the Niger River.
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Jan. 19, 2013
French and Malian soldiers examine maps of the area in Niono. Niono serves as the staging ground for combat operations in the nearby town of Diabaly, where French and Malian forces battle Islamist rebels.
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Jan. 19, 2013
A Malian woman waits at an army checkpoint in Niono.
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Jan. 19, 2013
Two men pray by the roadside in Niono.
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Jan. 18, 2013
Young girls pass through alleys in the town of Banamba, approximately 90 miles north of the Malian capital of Bamako. Fear among residents in Banamba spread Thursday amid rumors that Islamist fighters had entered the town.
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Jan. 18, 2013
A police officer looks through his pocket in Banamba.
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Jan. 17, 2013
French troops arrive at Bamako's airport.
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AP
Jan. 17, 2013
Soldiers from the West African republic of Togo load their supplies onto a truck at the airport in Bamako. The Togolese troops arrived as part of a pledge by the Economic Community of West African States to provide military support the fledgling Malian government in its battle with Islamist militants in the country's north. Togo pledged more than 700 soldiers. The Togolese forces join elements of the French military which have intervened in Mali to stop the rapid advance of the rebels
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Jan. 17, 2013
Soldiers from the West African republic of Togo load their supplies onto a truck at the airport in Bamako.
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Jan. 17, 2013
Soldiers from the West African republic of Togo arrive at the airport in Bamako. The troops arrived as part of a pledge by the Economic Community of West African States to provide military support the fledgling Malian government in its battle with Islamist militants in the country's north.
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Jan. 17, 2013
Soldiers from the West African republic of Togo aboard a bus after arriving at the airport in Bamako.
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Jan. 17, 2013
Oumar Diakite, the mayor of the embattled Malian town of Diabaly, poses for a portrait in Bamako. Diakite fled the town when Islamist rebels took it over on Monday. When the militants consolidated control of the town, they sought Diakite as government officials are often targeted by rebel forces. Since Diabaly fell on Monday, French and Malian forces have encircled the area and engaged the Islamist forces inside.
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Jan. 17, 2013
Malians descend from a pedestrian overpass in the capital city of Bamako. While war continues in central and northern Mali, the capital hums with usual activity. Many in Bamako are concerned about the escalation of conflict in the country and fear that it could reach the capital.
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Jan. 16, 2013
Mali National Guard soldiers walk the grounds around Bamako-Senou International Airport as Malian President Dioncounda Traore and French Ambassador Christian Rouyer visit troops there. France has sent troops to the African nation to support government forces to combat Islamist rebels.
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Jan. 16, 2013
Malian soldiers patrol around Bamako’s airport.
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Jan. 16, 2013
Mali army cadets secure a perimeter at Bamako's airport.
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Jan. 16, 2013
French soldiers check a map at an undisclosed location north of Bamako.
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AP
Jan. 16, 2013
French troops stand guard along the road leading from Markala to Niono, in Markala, about 25 miles outside Segou, in central Mali.
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AP
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