French Troops Enter Timbuktu, Mali

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French troops on Monday entered Timbuktu, Mali, which has been under the control of Islamist rebels for months, the Associated Press reported. According to the AP, French and Malian forces do not yet have control of the town, but there has not been any combat. 

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