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Thu, 09 Feb 2012
UPDATE 1-Malian rebels seize key border town, civilians flee
* Key border town in rebel hands as soldiers withdraw to
Algeria Wed, 08 Feb 2012
Malian rebels seize key border town, more displaced
BAMAKO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Northern Malian rebels have
seized the strategic border town of Tinzawatene after two days
of fighting forced government troops to withdraw into Algeria,
rebel and government officials said on Wednesday. Wed, 08 Feb 2012
Germany says Greek progress disappointing
BERLIN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The euro zone has made
unsatisfactory progress over the past two years in getting
Greece, the country where the sovereign debt crisis started, out
of its doldrums, German deputy finance minister Thomas Steffen
said on Wednesday. Wed, 08 Feb 2012
Niger ups state salaries, cuts water, power bills
NIAMEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Niger has given a pay rise
to tens of thousands of civil servants and cut the price of
water and electricity in an effort to stave off social unrest in
one of Africa's poorest nations, the government said. Mon, 06 Feb 2012
CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Mali says 20 rebels killed, thousands flee
(Corrects spelling to Gao in third to last paragraph, from Gau) Sun, 05 Feb 2012
UPDATE 2-Mali says 20 rebels killed, thousands flee
* Thousands flee across Mali and beyond
(Recasts with government claim of rebels killed) Sat, 04 Feb 2012
Mali says army killed 20 rebels in north
BAMAKO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Mali's defence ministry said
on Saturday the armed forces had killed about 20 northern
separatist rebels and taken another dozen more prisoner during
two days of clashes in the Timbuktu region. Sat, 04 Feb 2012
UPDATE 1-Heavy weapons rattle N. Mali town, thousands flee
* Thousands flee across Mali and beyond
(Adds refugees, background) Sat, 04 Feb 2012
Heavy weapons fire rocks town in Mali's north
KIDAL, Mali, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Heavy weapons fire rang
out in and around the northern Malian town of Kidal overnight,
residents said on Saturday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led
rebellion was nearing the most significant target yet in two
weeks of clashes. Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Eurogroup meeting on Monday not yet certain - Germany
BERLIN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - It is not yet certain
whether euro zone finance ministers will meet on Monday in
Brussels to agree a financing package for Greece as not all
conditions have been met, such as a deal on voluntary losses by
private creditors, a German finance ministry spokesman said on
Friday. |
