Mali Rebels Agree on Further Talks With Mediators

Northern Mali's Tuareg-led rebels said on Tuesday they have agreed to another round of talks with the government after the rebel coalition said it was not ready to sign a preliminary U.N.-brokered deal. Rebels and northern community leaders said on Monday the proposed deal, which took months to thrash out and had already been signed by the government based in the southern capital of Bamako, did not go far enough in meeting their demands for autonomy. “We agreed that there should be...

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