Mali troops battle Islamists in Gao

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Gao, Mali -  

Malian troops were battling armed Islamists in the northern Mali  city of Gao on Thursday in clashes that left the main courthouse in  flames, an AFP correspondent and a military source said.

Fighting had first erupted overnight in Gao, where a military official and witnesses reported heavy gunfire around two main entrances to the main city in the north of the country. - Sapa-AFP



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