• epa03535504 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle speaks to reporters in Kiel, Germany, 14 January 2013. Germany will not send combat troops to Mali but is ready to offer France logistical or other support, the government said 14 January as fighting again flared in the West African country. The German cabinet had agreed 'to start talks with France on how we can support France's engagement, short of sending combat troops, for example in the political, logistics, humanitarian and medical fields,' Westerwelle said. EPA/CARSTEN REHDER *** Local Caption *** 03535504.jpg
    epa03535504 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle speaks to reporters in Kiel, Germany, 14 January 2013. Germany will not send combat troops to Mali but is ready to offer France logistical or other support, the government said 14 January as fighting again flared in the West African country. The German cabinet had agreed 'to start talks with France on how we can support France's engagement, short of sending combat troops, for example in the political, logistics, humanitarian and medical fields,' Westerwelle said. EPA/CARSTEN REHDER *** Local Caption *** 03535504.jpg
  • Malians in Bamako look at frontpages focusing on France's military intervention to turn back the terrorist threat in Mali. Eric Feferberg / AFP Photo
    Malians in Bamako look at frontpages focusing on France's military intervention to turn back the terrorist threat in Mali. Eric Feferberg / AFP Photo
  • People in the Mali capital donate blood ready for injured civilians. Issouf Sanogo / AFP PHOTO
    People in the Mali capital donate blood ready for injured civilians. Issouf Sanogo / AFP PHOTO
  • In Paris, soldiers patrol under the Eiffel Tower. Islamist forces based in northern Mali vowed to avenge France's military offensive against them on French soil. Joel Saget / AFP Photo
    In Paris, soldiers patrol under the Eiffel Tower. Islamist forces based in northern Mali vowed to avenge France's military offensive against them on French soil. Joel Saget / AFP Photo
  • French Rafale fighter jets head to Mali from the Saint Dizier airbase in eastern France. French airstrikes pounded central Mali today Laure-Anne Maucorps / AP Photo
    French Rafale fighter jets head to Mali from the Saint Dizier airbase in eastern France. French airstrikes pounded central Mali today Laure-Anne Maucorps / AP Photo
  • Francois Hollande, the French president, right, speaks with members of Malian associations in France during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Nigeria agreed on Saturday to send soldiers, a day after France authorise???
    Francois Hollande, the French president, right, speaks with members of Malian associations in France during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Nigeria agreed on Saturday to send soldiers, a day after France authorise???
  • Soldiers man a checkpoint at a bridge in Markala, approximately 40 km outside Segou on the road to Diabaly, which is now under Islamist occupation. Harouna Traore / AP Photo
    Soldiers man a checkpoint at a bridge in Markala, approximately 40 km outside Segou on the road to Diabaly, which is now under Islamist occupation. Harouna Traore / AP Photo
  • A Rafale fighter is armed. A Malian commander in the nearby town of Niono said the bombardments did not stop the extremist fighters and that they occupied Alatona. Laure-Anne Maucorps / Reuters
    A Rafale fighter is armed. A Malian commander in the nearby town of Niono said the bombardments did not stop the extremist fighters and that they occupied Alatona. Laure-Anne Maucorps / Reuters
  • Meanwhile in Somalia, a second French commando is believed to have been killed by militants in Mogadishu. The soldier is thought to have been killed during a botched military raid on Saturday to rescue a French intelligence officer held by the Al Shabab g???
    Meanwhile in Somalia, a second French commando is believed to have been killed by militants in Mogadishu. The soldier is thought to have been killed during a botched military raid on Saturday to rescue a French intelligence officer held by the Al Shabab g???

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