French President Francois Hollande is expected to announce a decision Friday on Mali's request for help to counter a military advance by radical Islamist forces pushing south toward the capital. Diplomatic sources say Hollande will address the issue at a mid-morning New Year's speech to diplomats in Paris. Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traore has asked France, the country's former colonial ruler, for help in stopping the rebel advance. The U.N. Security Council held an ...
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