US to Give Mali Equipment for Military Forces (ABC News)
US gives Mali security forces $5 million in equipment following al-Qaida attack claim
Camels ham it up for the camera in Egypt (CNN)
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Polisario threatens to quit W. Sahara talks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Western Sahara’s Polisario Front independence movement on Tuesday threatened to pull out of negotiations with Morocco unless seven detained activists were freed, its Algiers representative said.
Atom Smasher Physicist Had Al Qaeda Contact (WCBS-TV New York)
A French physicist arrested last week while working at the world’s largest atom smasher has acknowledged to investigators that he corresponded over the Internet with a contact in North Africa’s al Qaeda branch, a judicial official said Sunday.
Physicist exchanged e-mails with al-Qaida contact (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
A judicial official says a French physicist arrested last week while working at the world’s largest atom smasher has acknowledged to investigators that he corresponded over the Internet with a contact in North Africa’s al-Qaida branch.
Morocco’s king invested in troubled Macau firm: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI is among a number of investors embroiled in a bitter financial restructuring of a loss-making Macau casino and hotel firm, a report said Tuesday.
