UNITED NATIONS — A spokesman for the French U.N.
Mission says the Security Council will meet Monday at France's request to
discuss Mali.
Spokesman Brieuc Pont said in a tweet posted Sunday that the
council will meet Monday afternoon "to examine the situation in
Mali." French troops have intervened to oust al-Qaida-linked Islamist
extremists who control northern Mali.
The 3-day-old, French-led effort to take back Mali's north
from the extremists has included airstrikes by jets and combat helicopters on
at least four northern towns. Some 400 French troops have been deployed to the
country in the all-out effort to win back the territory from the well-armed
rebels, who seized control of an area larger than France itself following a
coup in Mali nine months ago.
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