Algeria and Mali
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So far fleeing Konna and Diabaly, #Mali Islamist rebels have abandoned lots of weapons, ammo and vehicles. Do they have endless supplies?by Bate Felix via twitter 1/19/2013 11:20:58 PM -
1/2 Victim who took a stray bullet when Islamist rebels burst into Diabaly, #Mali on Monday, said some fighters were very young (14 - 16).by Bate Felix via twitter 1/19/2013 11:31:02 PM
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2/2 "I said to myself I could kill one with my hands if not of the many arms and bullet chains they had," Diabaly, #Mali victim saidby Bate Felix via twitter 1/19/2013 11:35:36 PM
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RT @texasinafrica: We're up to five people accidentally shot at Gun Appreciation Day: http://j.mp/10IjD2F #geniusesby Bate Felix via twitter 1/19/2013 11:48:37 PM
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RT @_DavidThomson: Le passeport du jihadiste français Gilles Le Guen aurait été retrouvé sur le site de In amenas http://bretagne.france3.fr/2013/01/20/le-djihadiste-francais-en-algerie-est-breton-selon-rfi-184191.html v ...by Bate Felix via twitter 1/20/2013 9:42:25 AM
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RT @Reuters: PM Cameron says three Britons confirmed dead in Algeria http://reut.rs/13S3mqRby Bate Felix via twitter 1/20/2013 9:43:08 AM
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Islamists Ansaru claim attack on #Mali-bound Nigeria troops: paper http://reut.rs/Xs7WFb via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/20/2013 4:33:00 PM
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Meanwhile more French troops - APCs and supply trucks - just drove past Segou heading towards Markala, Niono direction. Diabaly next.by Bate Felix via twitter 1/20/2013 4:38:38 PM
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Niono Prefet told journalists they can't go to Diabaly for security reasons. Residents allowed. "Tomorrow you'll be allowed to go," he said.by Bate Felix via twitter 1/20/2013 4:41:59 PM
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RT @philinthe_: Excellent anglophone reporters who are as far n+e as journalist can be in #mali: @petertinti @katarinah @BateEtah @joepe ...by Bate Felix via twitter 1/21/2013 7:00:57 AM
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RT @faithcnn: US recants after seeking $19M reimbursement from France to help transport troops to #Mali http://on.wsj.com/VeViPKby Bate Felix via twitter 1/21/2013 7:02:55 AM
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Heading to Diabaly #Mali. Malian and French troops entered the town early this morning after Islamist rebels left under French air strikesby Bate Felix via twitter 1/21/2013 9:53:26 AM
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French troops enter Mali's Diabaly as Islamists vanish
NIONO, Mali, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A column of French and Malian armoured personel carriers and supply trucks moved north into the central Malian town of Diabaly early on Monday after the Islamist rebels who were controlling it melted away, security sources said.
Diabaly, 350 km (220 miles) north of the capital Bamako, had harboured the main cluster of rebels south of the front-line towns of Mopti and Sevare until French airstrikes forced them to flee or attempt to blend in with locals, residents said.
"French and Malian forces have advanced to Diabaly and they will continue their mission of securing the town," the deputy commander of Malian forces in nearby Niono, who gave his name only as Captain Samasa, told Reuters. Another security source confirmed the information on condition of anonymity.
(Reporting by Bate Felix and Adama Diarra; Writing by Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Kevin Liffey) -
Two dead siege militants were Canadians-Algerian source
ALGIERS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Two dead Islamist militants found inside the Algerian desert siege site were Canadians, an Algerian security source told Reuters on Monday.
Algerian special forces had discovered the bodies at the Tiguentourine gas plant near the town of In Amenas, the source said.
Troops stormed the plant on Saturday, ending a hostage crisis which began when Islamists took control of the site before dawn on Wednesday. Many hostages, including American, British, French, Japanese, Norwegian and Romanian citizens, are among those missing or confirmed dead.
An official Algerian source said previously that the group behind the attack had comprised Arabs, Africans, and also people from outside the African continent. (reporting by Lamine Chikhi; editing by David Stamp) -
Nine Japanese killed in Algerian hostage crisis-govt source
TOKYO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Nine Japanese nationals were killed during a four-day siege at a gas plant in Algeria, where the number of hostages killed had already reached at least 48, a Japanese government source said on Monday.
"We've received information from the Algerian government that nine Japanese are dead," the official, who declined to be identified pending the official announcement, told Reuters.
The Japanese government and engineering firm JGC Corp , which had several dozen employees working at the plant, have so far said only that 10 Japanese workers remained unaccounted for. Neither would confirm media reports of casualties.
JGC is due to give an update regarding its staff in Algeria at 0600 GMT.
The deadly siege, one of the worst international hostage crises in decades, was claimed by a veteran Islamist fighter on behalf of al Qaeda. -
Death toll of hostages in Algeria crisis reaches 48 -source
ALGIERS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Algerian troops searching a desert gas compound a day after ending a four-day siege found the bodies of 25 more hostages inside, more than doubling the toll to 48 hostages killed, a security source said on Sunday.
Along with 32 slain hostage-takers, the overall death toll from the incident reached 80. The source said the toll could still rise as troops continue to comb through the site.
(Reporting by Lamine Chikhi; Editing by Peter Graff and Sonya Hepinstall) -
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French target Islamist posts in Gao, Timbuktu strikes: minister
PARIS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - French forces have launched air strikes in the Mali regions of Timbuktu and Gao in recent days and will continue to do so as they target command posts of Islamist militants, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday.
"French forces, and notably air forces, are striking terrorist strongholds, that's the case in the region of Gao, it's the case in the Timbuktu region. It will continue," the minister said in a TV interview.
He also said ground troops had not yet taken another town, Diabaly, but that he expected positive news on that front "in the coming hours".
(Reporting By Brian Love) -
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UK rejects combat role in #Mali after Algeria crisis http://reut.rs/WhKB9P via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/21/2013 4:04:59 PM
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RT @RV_YONKEU: #UK considers boosting #Mali support http://bbc.in/VNUwqg”by Bate Felix via twitter 1/22/2013 10:24:30 AM
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UK special forces active in #Mali http://m.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/22/uk-special-forces-active-maliby Bate Felix via twitter 1/22/2013 10:15:19 PM
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RT @ChadCeleste: Also not sure about the claim it's all about resources - where is the uranium in #Mali? @SeumasMilneby Bate Felix via twitter 1/23/2013 5:34:58 PM
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U.S. and African leaders give full backing to campaign to expel Islamist rebels from #Mali http://reut.rs/WLRst0 via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/23/2013 6:31:52 PM
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Army seals off #Mali town after reports of ethnic reprisals http://reut.rs/146f6Ga via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/23/2013 10:26:53 PM
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A Reuters reporter saw at least six bodies in two areas of Sevare: Reports of #Mali ethnic reprisals http://reut.rs/146f6Ga via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/23/2013 10:30:54 PM
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Oumar said his friend arrested. "The next day his body was behind the station in Sevare," #Mali http://reut.rs/146f6Ga via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/23/2013 10:37:02 PM
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RT @tweetsintheME: So they're talking about Mali at Davos. That's lovely. I wonder if they'll foot the bill for any of the intervention/ ...by Bate Felix via twitter 1/24/2013 11:08:29 AM
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RT @IrishJReuters: #French SF 2 be sent 2 #Niger to reinforce security at #Areva sites. Much uranium from Niger powers French nuke plantsby Bate Felix via twitter 1/24/2013 11:11:07 AM
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160 Burkina soldiers deployed to Markala, #Mali. The 1st W.African troops to link up with France and Mali
http://reut.rs/WoqbvP via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/24/2013 11:18:09 AM -
RT @DG_Lewis: Faction of Islamists in #Mali say they have split from #AQIM, #AnsarDine and want talks http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-mali-rebels-split-idUSBRE90N0FL20130124by Bate Felix via twitter 1/24/2013 11:38:57 AM
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Heading to Dakar. Follow colleagues @rich_reuters @joepenney on the ground in Segou and @DG_Lewis for all latest #Mali updates.by Bate Felix via twitter 1/24/2013 11:53:53 AM
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G4S says Algeria, #Mali unrest raising security demand http://reut.rs/WVFI7t via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/25/2013 6:16:22 PM
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Speed of the French, #Mali action in Gao and Timbuktu suggest they intend to move aggressively northward http://reut.rs/14f5edl via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/26/2013 3:20:37 PM
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French officer told Reuters they were facing "harassment" attacks but no solid resistance in Gao. #Mali http://reut.rs/14f5edl via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/26/2013 3:22:38 PM
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At this rate, fighting will be over by the time African forces get ready to enter combat in #Mali http://reut.rs/14f5edl via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/26/2013 3:27:38 PM
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French urgency, U.S. caution collide in #Mali operation - Reuters http://reut.rs/WY9wjR via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/26/2013 3:29:42 PM
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RT @RudyAtallah: According to a contact in Kidal, Islamist leaders are in the hills of Boghassa ,Inabag & Tighargharene. #Maliby Bate Felix via twitter 1/26/2013 3:38:03 PM
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Army chiefs to increase African forces in #Mali to 7,700 from 5,700. Lib, G-Bis, Bur'di, Gui & Uga to join http://reut.rs/14f5edl via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/26/2013 10:15:18 PM
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French, Malians reached "the gates of Timbuktu" on Saturday, #Mali army source told Reuters http://reut.rs/X1fRec via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/27/2013 5:25:48 PM
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RT @rich_reuters: Boxes of rockets at a former rebel base in Konna #mali http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BBoyUcSCIAAvLJs.jpg
by Bate Felix via twitter 1/27/2013 6:53:10 PM -
Reuters Update: Liberated #Malians celebrate in Gao, French-led forces clear Timbuktu http://reut.rs/X1fRec via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/27/2013 8:39:57 PM
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In Gao many smoked, women went unveiled, men wore shorts to flout sharia law the rebels had imposed. #Mali http://reut.rs/X1fRec via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/27/2013 8:44:58 PM
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"Now we can breathe freely," said Hawa wearing colorful robe banned under sharia 'cos too revealing http://reut.rs/X1fRec via @reuters #Maliby Bate Felix via twitter 1/27/2013 8:50:56 PM
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RT @texasinafrica: One way Mali isn't Afghanistan: the French knew Mali well before going in. They speak languages, have lots of country ...by Bate Felix via twitter 1/27/2013 8:54:43 PM
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#Niger has given permission for U.S. surveillance drones to be stationed on its territory http://reut.rs/YBhNPR via @reuters #Maliby Bate Felix via twitter 1/29/2013 11:39:51 AM
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UK ups offer to help France fight Islamist rebels in #Mali. http://reut.rs/XcMOV5 via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/29/2013 12:44:15 PM
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RT @bbcfessy: Tension rising in #Timbuktu dozens of people breaking in shops held by ethnic Arabs and Tuaregs believed to have collabora ...by Bate Felix via twitter 1/29/2013 2:16:50 PM
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#Mali interim president Dioncounda says target July 31 for elections http://reut.rs/14ry9ee via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/29/2013 2:33:35 PM
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Britain ups #Mali, Africa aid but wary of mission creep and being dragged into an Afghan-style quagmire http://reut.rs/YCe4BJ via @reutersby Bate Felix via twitter 1/29/2013 7:12:10 PM
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RT @IrishJReuters: #French Defence Minister #French LeDrian says French troops stuck at Kidal airport due to sandstorm, coordinated with ...by Bate Felix via twitter 1/30/2013 5:07:46 PM
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RT @IrishJReuters: #LeDrian says cost of French operation so far about 50 million eurosby Bate Felix via twitter 1/30/2013 5:08:09 PM
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RT @IrishJReuters: Defence min #LeDrian says so four French soldiers injured (not seriously), 1 killed since start of operationby Bate Felix via twitter 1/30/2013 5:08:21 PM
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RT @IrishJReuters: #French Defence min #LeDrian says #Mali political roadmap is a start, but not perfect. says time now is for dialogue ...by Bate Felix via twitter 1/30/2013 5:08:30 PM
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RT @IrishJReuters: #French DefenceMin says 3,000 African troops now on ground in #Mali, 1,000 in south, 2000 in northby Bate Felix via twitter 1/30/2013 5:08:53 PM
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RT @IrishJReuters: #French Defence Min says Chadian, Nigerien forces heading towards Kidal to support #French troops. #Maliby Bate Felix via twitter 1/30/2013 5:09:49 PM
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MT @IrishJReuters: #French DefMin: appears "terrorists, jihadis" have pulled back to Adrar des Ifoghas mountain rangeby Bate Felix via twitter 1/30/2013 5:11:19 PM
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RT @WCM_JustSocial: Hello Team @TheWatchers_ is there any possibility of verifying if there is/was a sandstorm in #Kidal #Mali today pls ...by Bate Felix via twitter 1/30/2013 5:16:54 PM
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#Cameroon's President Paul Biya sees minds changing on "crime" of homosexuality http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/30/uk-cameroon-homosexuality-idUKBRE90T15420130130 via @reuters #cmr #team237by Bate Felix via twitter 1/30/2013 6:24:16 PM
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