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UPDATE 2-TUI AG narrows loss as tourists return to N Africa

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:56:37 +0000

* Q2 underlying EBITA loss 224 mln eur vs poll avg 245 mln euro

TUI AG narrows loss as tourists return to N Africa

Thu, 10 May 2012 06:08:04 +0000

FRANKFURT, May 10 (Reuters) - German travel and tourism group TUI AG said demand for holidays to North Africa was recovering as it reported a smaller than expected second-quarter loss of 224 million euros ($289.7 million).

FACTBOX-Timbuktu - heritage in danger

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:40:31 +0000

May 5 (Reuters) - Separatist rebels in Mali seized Timbuktu and two other regional capitals in April to create an independent state called Azawad.

Mali Islamists attack UNESCO holy site in Timbuktu

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:12:44 +0000

BAMAKO, May 5 (Reuters) - Malian fighters from the Ansar Dine Islamist group attacked and burned the tomb of one of the town's saints, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, residents and a regional official said on Saturday.

UPDATE 1-Al Qaeda offers to free Briton if cleric released

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:22:07 +0000

DUBAI, April 30 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African branch has offered to free a British hostage in return for the release of radical preacher Abu Qatada but warned London against handing him over to his native Jordan, a statement on an Islamist website said on Monday.

UPDATE 1-Mali gets post-coup government, facing crisis in north

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:09:17 +0000

BAMAKO, April 25 (Reuters) - Mali's interim leaders named the country's first post-coup government on Wednesday, faced with the challenge of restoring political stability and tackling a crisis in the rebel-held north.

Mali gets post-coup govt, priority is crisis in north

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:20:01 +0000

BAMAKO, April 25 (Reuters) - Mali's interim leaders named the country's first post-coup government on Wednesday, to help in their struggle to restore political stability and allow the army and regional powers tackle a crisis in the rebel-held north.

ANALYSIS-Mali: from democracy poster child to broken state

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:40:15 +0000

* Wrangling soldiers, politicians muddy response to crisis

UPDATE 1-INTERVIEW-Mali ready to talk to rebels, not "foreigners"

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:54:38 +0000

* But say "armed foreign jihadist groups" must leave Mali

REFILE-UPDATE 2-Swiss woman taken by gunmen in Mali's Timbuktu

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:24:35 +0000

(Deletes line about question to Swiss foreign ministry going unanswered)