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Mali troops battle Islamists, Gao courthouse ablaze

By AFP
Mali A French sniper holds position as soldiers patrol next to the central police station, on February 11, 2013 in Gao, Mali.  By Pascal Guyot (AFP/File)
THU, 21 FEB 2013
A French sniper holds position as soldiers patrol next to the central police station, on February 11, 2013 in Gao, Mali. By Pascal Guyot (AFP/File)

GAO, Mali (AFP) - 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.

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