Mali: Coups, clashes and terror
The West African country endured decades of instability until its first democratic presidential election in 1992.
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Mali: Coups, clashes and terror
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Video shows rescue mission inside Mali hotel
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Malian troops arrive on the scene November 20.
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State TV: 80 hostages freed from Mali hotel
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Security forces escort a man from the hotel on November 20.
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Armed police  operate in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. Police say two suspects in last week's Paris attacks, a man and a woman, have been killed in a police operation north of the capital. Two police officers have been injured in the standoff. Police have said the operation is targeting the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks, believed to be holed up in an apartment in Saint-Denis with several other heavily armed suspects. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Armed police  operate in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. Police say two suspects in last week's Paris attacks, a man and a woman, have been killed in a police operation north of the capital. Two police officers have been injured in the standoff. Police have said the operation is targeting the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks, believed to be holed up in an apartment in Saint-Denis with several other heavily armed suspects. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Gunmen storm Mali hotel, 170 hostages held
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People flee from the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali on Friday, November 20, amid reports of a hostage situation.
Gunmen hold 170 hostage at Radisson Blu hotel in Mali
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