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Mali has been placed under a ten-day state of emergency after hundreds were taken hostage at a luxury hotel in its capital city. At least 20 people

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As Malian special forces searched the upper floors of the hotel to capture a pocket of remaining militants, some of the freed hostages and

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Up to 27 people are believed to have been killed following an attack on a luxury hotel in the Malian capital, Bamako. Eyewitnesses say the assailants

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Security forces in Mali report at least 22 people have been killed in the siege at the Radisson Blu in the capital.

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At least 22 people have been killed in a siege at a luxury hotel in the Mali capital Bamako. Islamist gunmen stormed the Radisson and took 170

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