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A outside view of the Polyclinique Pasteur clinic where a nurse is suspected of dying from the Ebola virus in the city of Bamako, Mali, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Malian authorities on Wednesday reported two new deaths from Ebola that are not believed to be linked to the nation's only other known case, an alarming setback as Mali tries to limit the epidemic ravaging other countries in the region. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Mali reports three deaths from Ebola; West Africa country borders hard-hit Guinea

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama meets with Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Pham, the first nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected man at a Dallas hospital is free of the virus. The 26-year-old Pham arrived last week at the NIH Clinical Center. She had been flown there from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Ebola: More calls for travel bans or quarantines

By Connie Cass - Associated Press

People walk past The Meatball Shop, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York. Dr. Craig Spencer, who has been diagnosed with Ebola, recently ate at the restaurant, which was temporarily closed Friday as a precaution. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Ebola cases in New York and Mali fan travel fears

By Connie Cass - Associated Press

An Air Algerie jet. (Screen grab from Wikipedia)

Algerian plane diverted due to storms, second aircraft: 116 missing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Croatia'sIvan Perisic celebrates his second goal during the internationa friendly soccer match between Croatia and Mali, in Osijek, Croatia, Saturday, May 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Croatia beats Mali 2-1 in World Cup warm-up

Associated Press

UN has record number of about 118,000 peacekeepers

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Malian army flees Tuareg rebels in northern town

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Mali urges UN to demand disarmament of all groups

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Director Abderrahmane Sissako holds his hands over his face while answering a question during a press conference for Timbuktu at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

‘Timbuktu’ director breaks down over Mali conflict

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

Students eat their lunch at the Bahria Foundation school in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Most of the children at the school have home cooked food for lunch, which contain eggs, chicken nuggets, bread, rice or noodles. Some have vegetables, minced mutton or beef prepared and cooked at home the night before. Principal Syeda Arifa Mohsin says the school tries to dissuade parents from fixing junk food for their children. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

AP PHOTOS: A taste of school lunches around world

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP - Associated Press

Death toll in Ebola outbreak rises to 121

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

Senegal to send Mali 250 more peacekeeping troops

Associated Press

Officials say Ebola outbreak could last months

By BOUBACAR DIALLO and SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Saturday, March 29, 2014, medical personnel at the emergency entrance of a hospital receive suspected Ebola virus patients in Conakry, Guinea. Senegal has closed its land border with neighboring Guinea to prevent the spread of the Ebola outbreak, which has killed at least 70 people. Senegal's Interior Ministry announced the border closure Saturday. It also said officials in the southern region of Kolda closed a weekly market which draws thousands of people from the neighboring West African countries of Guinea, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. Guinea confirmed last week that several victims of hemorrhagic fever in the country's southern region had tested positive for Ebola. (AP Photo/ Youssouf Bah)

Mali reports 3 suspected cases of Ebola fever

Associated Press

**FILE** French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian talks Jan. 2, 2014, with French soldiers from Operation Sangaris, at Mpoko Camp in Bangui, Central African Republic. France will broaden its military presence in Africa's turbulent Sahel region with specialized new outposts to better fight the terror threat from extremist groups such as al Qaeda, the defense minister said. (Associated Press)

French take down wanted Islamic militant ‘Red Beard’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Mali ex-defense minister charged in soldier deaths

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

In this photo taken early Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, Malian singer Salif Keita, rear center, performs on stage at a music festival at Segou, Mali. Long before Mali captured the global spotlight as an al-Qaida training ground where French soldiers had to intervene, the West African nation was celebrated for producing some of the biggest stars in world music. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Mali music festival returns after end of war

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Rockets fired at N. Mali French army base

Associated Press

Mali: UN mission to reach full strength by July

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2014 file photo German Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen, left, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier talk at the beginning of a cabinet meeting at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. After years in the diplomatic shadows, Germany looks keen to shed its image as a foreign-policy lightweight and assume a more vigorous role in shaping European policies in global hotspots from central Africa to Syria. New Foreign Minister Steinmeier has declared that Europe &quot;cannot leave France alone&quot; in Africa. He and von der Leyen are preparing to reinforce Germany's military role in Mali and help France at least logistically in Central African Republic. (AP Photo/dpa, Kay Nietfeld, File)

German foreign policy perks up under new gov’t

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press