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Protesters get Islamists in Mali to stop planned hand amputation
World NowIslamists in northern Mali reportedly changed their plans to cut off the hand of a suspected thief after they were confronted by people protesting such punishment, but a radio reporter covering the incident was badly beaten.... -
Russia suffers another embarrassing failure in space
World NowA Russian Proton-M booster rocket launched Tuesday morning from Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan failed to deliver Indonesian and Russian telecommunication satellites into orbit, instead adding $2 million of space junk into the Earth’s orbit.... -
Doors open for six pic projects: Films from western Africa win backing at Locarno co-pro lab
VarietySix film projects from western Africa won coin at the Open Doors co-production lab held during Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival. On Tuesday "Pieces of Lives," by Madagascar's Laza, "The Eye" from Mali's Daouda Coulibaly, "Fire Next Time" by Mati Diop...Tags: Burkina Faso, Movies, Swiss Confederation, Africa
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Mali rebellions put Timbuktu on UNESCO's endangered list
World NowThe United Nations cultural organization put the besieged city of Timbuktu and the nearby Tomb of Askia on its endangered list, citing threats to the designated world treasures from ethnic and religious fighting in northern Mali.... -
Islamist rebels in Mali destroy Timbuktu historic sites
World NowRadical Islamists affiliated with Al Qaeda used axes, shovels and automatic weapons to destroy tombs and other cultural and religious monuments in northern Mali for a third day on Monday, including bashing in the door of a 15th Century mosque in Timbuktu,... -
UNICEF: Mali chaos has left children to be recruited as soldiers
World NowAs West African leaders seek a green light to send forces into northern Mali, the U.N. child protection agency said at least 175 boys had been recruited as child soldiers in the region, prodded into fighting in the chaotic aftermath of a Tuareg rebellion.... -
Locusts menace already hunger-stricken Mali and Niger
World NowMali and neighboring Niger are facing swarms of locusts, left uncontrolled while Libya and Algeria grappled with conflicts of their own.... -
Al Qaeda affiliate urges Mali fighters to form Islamist nation
World NowAn Al Qaeda affiliate urged rebels in northern Mali to use their “historic opportunity” to make their would-be-state an Islamic nation, in another sign of how Islamists have tried to capitalize on tumult in the West African nation.... -
West African troops in Guinea-Bissau to restore order after coup
World NowA West African bloc is sending hundreds of troops to the tiny nation of Guinea-Bissau, part of a regional attempt to restore order after the latest military coup in its tumultuous history.... -
U.S. escalates clandestine war in Yemen
World NowIn an escalation of America’s clandestine war in Yemen, a small contingent of U.S. troops is providing targeting data for Yemeni airstrikes as government forces battle to dislodge Al Qaeda militants and other insurgents in the country’s... -
Amnesty International: Mali facing its worst crisis in 50 years
World NowMali is confronting its worst challenge since independence in 1960, according to London-based rights group Amnesty International in a report released Wednesday, with a severe humanitarian emergency, human rights abuses by rebel militias in the north,... -
In Mali, a shaky debut for the would-be country of Azawad
World NowNearly a month ago, Tuareg fighters seized the northern stretches of Mali as it reeled from a military coup, declaring a new state of their own called Azawad. But while Mali has so far failed to dislodge the rebels, the Tuareg stab at independence has...
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