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Saturday, February 2, 2013

In Mali, Timbuktu celebrates as France's Hollande visits

The French president’s arrival is cause for singing and dancing for residents of Timbuktu, who were oppressed under Islamist militants for nearly a year until French-led forces arrived.

TIMBUKTU, Mali — When singer Khalima Cisse woke up Saturday, she put on her finest gold-embroidered white dress — one that she had been forbidden from wearing during the fabled city’s nearly yearlong occupation by tyrannical Islamist militias.mf

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