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Change Agent Can music help heal Mali's war wounds?

One of Mali's biggest stars, the singer-songwriter Salif Keita, says music can help bring peace and reconciliation to his homeland, which has been torn apart by an Islamist uprising in the north.

Chapter & Verse Choosing the Pope: Looking back at the process through the ages

19 dead in balloon crash near Luxor: How will this affect tourism?

Fatal hot air balloon crash in Egypt under investigation

Family of 7 kidnapped in Cameroon, including four children

Short trip to Timbuktu reveals long road ahead for Mali

Talking about love: Valentine's Day tales from around the world

He loves maps and Vietnam. That may put him in the eye of a storm.

New mission for Knights of Malta: rescue Europe's poor

Tunisia 'at a crossroads'

Does Tory opposition to gay marriage signal a UK 'culture war'?

Could France's empty office buildings ease its homeless crisis?

Mali war pulls France's Hollande out of polling slump (+video)

French will 'quickly' exit Mali after mop up, leaving vacuum

Terrorism & Security France rolls north in Mali, but daunting second phase looms (+video)

'Carmen,' gypsies, bohemians, and 'others'

Islamists burn ancient manuscripts in Mali's Timbuktu

French take airport at Timbuktu as Islamist forces disappear (+video)

French push north, seize key airport and bridge in Mali

What are Western and African powers up against in Mali, Algeria?

Twenty hostages escape from Islamic militants in Algeria, reports

Islamic militants attack Algerian gas field, kidnap at least nine

French will triple troops in Mali, prepare for ground fight

France beefs up security in wake of Mali intervention

Terrorism & Security Mali rebel fighters better prepared than first thought: French officials