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FILE In this Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 file photo, fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard as they prepare to publicly lash a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery, in Timbuktu, Mali. Ordinary Malians and international experts alike are not sure what will reunite and bring back political stability to a country that until recently had a reputation as one of West Africa's most steady democracies. Representatives of the United Nations, the African Union and regional body ECOWAS are to consider the situation on Oct. 19, 2012 in a meeting in Mali's capital, Bamako. (AP Photo, File)

Talk of N. Mali intervention grows; no action soon

By Krista Larson - Associated Press

**FILE** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by President Obama, meets Sept. 12, 2012, with State Department personnel in the courtyard of the State Department building in Washington after the president spoke at the White House concerning the recent deaths of Americans in Libya. (Associated Press)

White House ponders a strike over Libya attack

By Kimberly Dozier and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Two young fighters recite Koranic verses for a journalist, at the request of their Islamist commanders, in Douentza, Mali, late last month. Across northern Mali, Islamists have recruited and paid for as many as 1,000 children from poverty-stricken rural towns and villages, an investigation by The Associated Press has found. Interviews provide evidence that a new generation in what was long a moderate and stable Muslim nation is becoming radicalized. (The Associated Press)

Islamists in Mali paying for child soldiers

By Krista Larson And Baba Ahmed - Associated Press

Young fighters, including 13-year-old Abdullahi (right) and 14-year-old Hamadi (second right), display their Quranic studies notes for a journalist as their Islamist commanders watch in Douentza, Mali, on Sept. 27, 2012. (Associated Press)

Islamists in Mali recruit, pay for child soldiers

By Baba Ahmed and Krista Larson - Associated Press

World Briefs: Military said necessary to oust radical Islamists in Mali

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard during a hostage handover in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali. Allied Islamist groups Ansar Dine and the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, are applying strict Shariah justice across the northern half of Mali, which fell to the al-Qaeda-linked rebels. (Associated Press)

Mali rebels punish with whip, amputation

By Baba Ahmed and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Islamists conduct public amputations in Mali

By Baba Ahmed and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

World Briefs: Prime minister urged to form government

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A man slides down a hill after a rare snowfall in Johannesburg on Tuesday sent people pouring out of their offices. The South African Weather Service said snow last fell in the city in June 2007. (Associated Press)

Briefly: U.N. chief calls for sanctions against Islamists

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

World Briefs: Gunmen kill guards at border checkpoint

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Briefly: Militant rivals reignite fight for region control

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Briefly: Human rights group reports on abuses in Mali

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Briefly: U.S. warns of attacks from Boko Haram sect

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Malian soldiers from the 512th Motorized Infantry Company complete their training by U.S. Special Forces (top) in the desert near Timbuktu in Mali in March 2004 as part of the U.S. Pan-Sahel Initiative to secure the Sahel region from being used by terrorists. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Timbuktu, ancient Islamic city in Mali, under attack

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press

Mali coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo (center), accompanied by Burkina Faso Foreign Affairs Minister Djibril Bassole (left), speaks during a news conference Sunday in Kati. Capt. Sanogo announced he is reinstating the nation's constitution. (Associated Press)

Mali coup leader reinstates old constitution

By Rukmini Callimachi and Martin Vogl - Associated Press

Briefly: Ugandan protest leader in court after police death

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Civilians walk past tires set afire in support of mutinying soldiers in Bamako, Mali, on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)

Soldiers loot Mali presidential palace after ousting leader

By Baba Ahmed and Martin Vogl - Associated Press

Soldiers gather in Bamako, Mali, on Thursday at an entrance to the compound containing government ministries after taking power in a coup, Drunken soldiers looted Mali's presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. (Associated Press)

Mali soldiers grab power in coup; U.S. condemns ouster of president

By Baba Ahmed and Martin Vogl - Associated Press

Mali rebels claim control of army base

By Martin Vogl - Associated Press

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi, is wanted by the International Criminal Court, as well as by Libya's new leaders, who overthrew his father's regime. The younger Gadhafi fled the country. (Associated Press)

Gadhafi’s son on the lam

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press