Fierce Fighting in Battle For Control in Mali
French and Malian troops fought Islamists on the streets of Gao, as fighting showed little sign of abating weeks before France plans to start withdrawing some forces. Reuters reporters in Gao in the country's desert north said French and Malian forces fired at the mayor's office with heavy machine-guns after Islamists were reported to have infiltrated the Niger River town during a night of explosions and gunfire.
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