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January 13, 2013

Mali an African War France Couldn't Avoid

John & Irish, Reuters

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Just as its leaders were defining a new "hands-off" strategy for Africa, France has been thrust onto the front line of one of the continent's riskiest battlefields deep in the desert of Mali.

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TAGGED: Mali, France, Africa

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