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Mali Rebel Groups Merge, Plan To Create Islamic State - Voice Of America
google.com 13 hours, 38 minutes agoBBC News Mali Rebel Groups Merge, Plan to Create Islamic State Voice of America BAMAKO - Tuareg rebels and Islamist militants have joined forces and say they will turn northern Mali into an independent Islamist state. The groups took advantage of a military coup in Bamako to seize control of nearly two-thirds of Mali's territory ... No strict sharia in Mali's independent north , MNLA rebels Al-Qaeda offshoot seizes key arms dump in Mali's north Mali Tuareg and Islamist rebels agree on Sharia state
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Islamists Walk Out Of Algeria Parliament In Protest
yahoo.com 11 hours, 49 minutes agoALGIERS (Reuters) - Islamist lawmakers walked out of the inaugural session of Algeria's parliament on Saturday to protest against an election they say was rigged to hand a majority to the ruling elite's party. Algeria, supplier of about a fifth of Europe's imported gas, is the only country in north Africa left largely untouched by last year's "Arab Spring" revolts, but some analysts predict unrest if the establishment does not loosen its grip on power. ...
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