Mali boosts army to fight Tuareg
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Mali  is reinforcing its garrison near the Algerian border to hunt down Tuareg rebels amid escalating violence.
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France raised the alert level Thursday for its military forces in Chad following intelligence reports that rebels were moving toward the African country's capital, a military spokesman said.
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AFRICA/MALI - LÂattacco contro una postazione dellÂesercito del Mali riaccende la tensione con i tuareg Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- Cresce la preoccupazione in Mali e in Niger per il riaccendersi della tensione con la popolazione tuareg, una popolazione nomade di origine berbera che vive nella fascia del Sahel.  \
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At least six soldiers are captured by Tuareg rebels in Niger's uranium-rich  northern Agadez region.
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Thailand approves extra troops for the country's troubled south, ahead of PM Thaksin Shinawatra's visit.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chadian troops armed with tanks and rocket launchers protected government buildings in the capital on Monday after a weekend raid on an eastern town stoked fears of a new attack on N'Djamena.
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NIAMEY, Niger -- French troop reinforcements flew to the coastal city of Abidjan in riot-torn Ivory Coast yesterday amid rising concerns that the conflict between government and rebel forces was on the verge of spiraling out of control and could dramatically hurt its West African neighbors.
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THE United Nations yesterday said it was boosting its peacekeeping presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo after Rwanda threatened to attack rebels based there.
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Heavily armed Chadian soldiers reinforced their positions in the capital on Monday, girding for attack after a rebel convoy was spotted heading toward the capital of this volatile central African nation.
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KINSHASA, Congo -- Congo intends to send up to 10,000 reinforcements toward its eastern border with Rwanda, a presidential spokesman said yesterday, after credible reports that thousands of Rwandan troops crossed into its territory, raising fears of reigniting a devastating five-year regional war.
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French forces transported munitions from Libya and other countries to Chad's army during a rebellion in the Central African country earlier this month, a French Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
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Morocco raised its terror alert to its highest level and ordered stepped up security nationwide Friday, citing a "serious threat of a terrorist act."
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Lebanon's army pressed on with an offensive to uproot al-Qaida-inspired militants, pounding their hideouts in a Palestinian refugee camp with artillery Saturday, a day after sending tanks and armored vehicles to seize positions in the camp's outer neighborhoods.
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Georgia announces that it will more than double the number of its troops fighting as part of the US-coalition in Iraq.
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France has moved around 100 troops from Gabon to the Central African Republic, two days after its forces helped the army there fight off a rebel attack.
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France said on Thursday it was ready to   send an extra 1,600 troops to bolster a revamped U.N. force for   Lebanon, bringing the total French contingent to 2,000 and   making it easier to recruit other nations.
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US and Iraqi forces have launched a major offensive against a town suspected of harboring insurgents in northern Iraq. At least eight people have been killed and dozens injured in the fighting in Tal Afar Saturday.